This $223,154.01 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) supports the Xerces Society Inc., a non-profit organization, in providing training, technical guidance, and species inventory for imperiled, threatened, and endangered butterflies on BLM lands in California. The five-year project, running from September 2024 to September 2029, will involve comprehensive studies,...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $155,125.36 Cooperative Agreement on April 4, 2024 to The Understory Initiative, a non-profit organization based in Oregon. The funding is provided through the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) program, which supports natural resource management and conservation projects on federal lands. Under this award, The Understory Initiative will conduct ecological monitoring and habitat conservation efforts focused...
The Xerces Society Inc. was awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 to conduct the Great Plains Bumble Bee Atlas from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The award is being administered under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660), which aims to secure information and undertake restoration activities to help prevent the need to list species under the Endangered Species Act. Through this funding,...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, with ID L24AC00444, was provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246). The $142,000 award to the Institute for Applied Ecology, a non-profit organization based in Corvallis, Oregon, supports the conservation, research, and protection of federally listed and sensitive species across BLM-managed public lands in the Oregon-Washington region. The 5-year award, with a start date of August...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $126,400 Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation program (CFDA 15.655) to conduct intensive multi-method inventory and monitoring fieldwork throughout Oregon. The project aims to: 1) Publish a dataset of Bombus species occurrence and a summary data paper, and 2) Process 380 unique bee genetic specimens for DNA barcoding. This work will generate...
The Xerces Society Inc. will receive $524,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to expand pollinator and beneficial insect outreach and education to gardens nationwide. Funded through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935), this three-year award beginning May 25, 2023 will support the Xerces Society's collaboration with the USDA People's Garden Initiative....
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) federal grant program, will fund a $385,000 inventory project to collect species presence data on bumble bees and butterflies at five national park units in the Northern Great Plains region. The primary objectives are to inform invasive vegetation management, controlled burning, and compliance determinations for these...
The Bureau of Land Management awarded a $122,401 cooperative agreement to the Institute For Applied Ecology under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act program (CFDA 15.234) to conserve and restore habitat for two listed and one species of concern at Oak Basin Prairies Area of Critical Environmental Concern in Oregon from April 2023 through April 2028. The Institute For Applied Ecology will use integrated pest management including mechanical, chemical and physical methods...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Adaptive Science program (CFDA 15.670) provides $312,817 to Oregon State University to assess the impacts of widespread threats to native pollinators, particularly bees, within the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. The project aims to quantify how bee communities respond to threats such as wildfire and invasive annual grasses, generating foundational knowledge to inform landscape-scale management decisions for improving...
The Institute for Applied Ecology will receive $186,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington. The funding supports restoration work at the OR/WA Twin Prairie, Dorena, McGowan, and Garoutte sites from June 2021 through September 2024. The award is provided through the Threatened and Endangered Species program (CFDA 15.246), which aims to restore landscape connectivity and function, conserve and restore lands to...