The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $245,379.27 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) to the Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc. in Encinitas, California. The award, with a project period from September 19, 2024 to September 19, 2029, supports the foundation's work in botanical research, conservation, and environmental education, with a focus on native plant preservation, habitat restoration, and community...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award L24AC00594, funded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), provides $536,000.00 to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (doing business as California Botanic Garden) for a 5-year project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. The award supports the organization's efforts to collect native plant seeds in the Mojave Desert ecoregion of California, with...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $181,421.14 Cooperative Agreement to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Inc. under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The 5-year award, effective from September 3, 2024 to September 3, 2029, will support the non-profit organization's work in California to advance native plant conservation, restoration, and ecological research. Key activities will include seed collection and banking, habitat restoration, rare plant...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $257,813.90 Cooperative Agreement (Award ID: L24AC00610) to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, doing business as California Botanic Garden, under the BLM's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The award supports a project to assess habitat suitability models for eight plant species in development focus areas for renewable energy in California. The project will run from October 1, 2024 to...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) provides $206,382.30 to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Inc. for a 5-year project to assess the geographic distribution and conservation status of the Inyo rock daisy. The project involves conducting surveys in known and potential habitat areas to better understand the species' populations and support its conservation. As a non-profit...
Through this $113,035 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, also known as the California Botanic Garden, will provide a range of native plant conservation services to support the BLM's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). Key activities include seed banking, specimen collection, species surveys, taxonomy research, and restoration propagation, with a focus on rare...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $324,190.75 Cooperative Agreement (Federal Grant Award ID: L24AC00618) to the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, doing business as the California Botanic Garden, under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The award supports the development of propagation protocols for eleven rare plant species impacted by solar energy development in California over a 5-year project period from...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) provides $412,119.88 to Conservation Science Global Inc., a non-profit organization, to collect and save native seeds for the Cosumnes River Preserve in California over the 2025-2027 growing seasons. The key products and services to be delivered include: Collecting seeds from at least 20 different native plant species, aiming for a total of 1.5 million...
Under a $176,066.52 Cooperative Agreement awarded on January 1, 2024 by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is conducting a 4-year project titled "Resolving Taxonomic Confusion Among Rare Species in the Boechera Bodiensis." This work is funded through the Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), which aims to address priorities related to the climate crisis by supporting...
This $351,588.23 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) supports ex-situ research and seed production activities conducted by the Laguna De Santa Rosa Foundation. The project aims to increase the availability of source-identified native seeds and container plants to enable widespread post-fire restoration on Department of the Interior (DOI) lands. Key activities include establishing trial production fields,...