Cooperative Agreement L24AC00330
Award Date
9/10/24
Completion Date
9/9/25
Dollars Obligated
$153K
Federal Agency
Wyoming Region
Federal Grant Program
15.246
Assistance Type
Cooperative Agreement
Place of Performance
Wyoming, USA
Similar Awards
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded South Dakota State University $111,402.93 under the Threatened and Endangered Species cooperative agreement program (CFDA 15.246) from September 2022 through September 2026. The university will identify current nesting colonies and habitat use of the pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocaphalus), a species that has declined 83.5% with an additional 50% decline anticipated by 2035. Field work will provide information on habitat features selected by nesting...
The U.S. Department of the Interior, through the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), awarded a $150,163 Cooperative Agreement to the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association, doing business as the Buffalo Bill Museum, to conduct research on the habitat relationships between greater sage-grouse and pinyon jays in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin. This study aims to inform conservation strategies for these declining bird species, as habitat changes due to conifer encroachment and management...
This $144,768 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides funding to the Institute for Bird Populations to conduct avian research and monitoring in the Richfield Field Office of Utah. The purpose is to document the presence and seasonal trends of pinyon jay and other pinyon-juniper-sagebrush ecosystem bird species across areas that have undergone pinyon-juniper removal...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $228,948 Cooperative Agreement (Federal Grant ID P25AC00257) to The Institute For Bird Populations under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) grant program. The funding will support comprehensive surveys for the presence of the Pinyon Jay in 25 national parks across New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah over a 3-year period from May 2025 to December 2027. These surveys, which will...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $106,667 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG). The grant aims to fund surveys to document current breeding activity and potentially unique habitat use of the Pinyon Jay in Idaho. This information will inform future habitat management recommendations and the species status assessment, as a petition to list the Pinyon Jay under the Endangered Species Act...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) provides $176,671.62 to the University of Wyoming to investigate the habitat use and behavior of bat species of conservation concern, with a focus on how bats respond to various forestry management practices implemented to minimize stand-replacing wildfires. The research aims to fill critical gaps in knowledge about bat responses to...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $198,880.46 Cooperative Agreement to the Great Basin Bird Observatory, a non-profit organization, under the Department of the Interior's Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247). The funding supports the integration of wildlife occurrence data, specifically land bird data, into BLM's Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) program across 125-150 sites in the Great Basin region. Key objectives include: Collecting land bird occurrence...
This $349,988.71 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Forest and Woodlands Resource Management Program (CFDA 15.233) supports a project to rigorously monitor the effects of science-based forest management treatments designed to restore and improve forest ecosystem function, promote wildlife habitat, and respond to climate change in the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies region. Key activities include: Establishing a long-term vegetation monitoring network...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), provides $400,000 in funding to the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. The funding will support expanding the organization's Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program to conduct additional bird surveys on BLM lands in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The expanded monitoring will provide robust...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the CFDA 15.247 Wildlife Resource Management program provides $109,464.49 to New Mexico State University to conduct research on the effects of energy development and forest management on birds of greatest conservation need in southwestern New Mexico. The key research activities include: 1) investigating territory occupancy and nest survival of arid land birds, especially Bendire's...