Cooperative Agreement L24AC00554

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides $503,102.77 to Oregon State University (OSU) to identify factors contributing to population declines of the Greater Sage-Grouse in the Brothers Priority Areas of Conservation (PAC) in Oregon. The project utilizes GPS-satellite transmitters to quantify sage-grouse population-level responses, assess habitat connectivity via movement data, and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $151,800 Cooperative Agreement to Backcountry Hunters & Anglers under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) to support the Wet Meadow Restoration and Fence Removal Project in northwest Colorado. The project aims to address critical habitat loss issues for sage grouse resulting from coal mine expansion in the Danforth Hills. Key planned activities include removing or modifying 10 miles of hazardous fencing and restoring 5 acres...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides $249,360 in funding to Oregon State University (OSU) from September 2024 to September 2029. The project aims to identify anthropogenic activities and structures that inhibit or promote movement and connectivity among and within seasonal habitats for the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Bighorn Basin...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $295,168 to Oregon State University to conduct a field study examining how sage grouse utilize and benefit from the restoration of mesic (moist) habitats in southeastern Oregon. The key objectives are to: 1) Assess how sage grouse space use changes around restored mesic resources before and after restoration, and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $166,833.34 Cooperative Agreement to the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, Inc. under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) on December 1, 2023. The goal of this 5-year project is to improve sagebrush and grassland habitat for sage-grouse, sagebrush songbirds, grassland songbirds, big game, and other priority wildlife in Montana's Northern Great Plains. Key activities include collaborating with local landowners to implement voluntary...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the County of Baker, in Oregon, to implement conservation actions that increase the quality and quantity of sagebrush habitat and reverse the sage-grouse population trend in the Baker County Priority Area for Conservation (PAC). The grant funds will be used to implement Tier 1 projects, which include removing juniper from high priority...

This $100,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631), will fund replacement exclusion fencing to protect approximately 1.6 total stream miles of Fivemile Creek and associated spring habitats in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Klamath Watershed Partnership, doing business as Klamath Watershed, will install fencing to reduce or eliminate cattle access to riparian...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $291,791 Formula Grant to the State Of Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife, to be completed by June 30, 2025. The grant is part of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611), which provides funding to state wildlife agencies for projects to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance wild birds, mammals, and their habitats. Under this grant, the State Of...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $300,000 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety Program (CFDA 15.611) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), Salem Region Office, to improve mule deer habitat in the Deschutes watershed. The key activities to be conducted under this 2-year grant include: Treatment of western juniper to release shrub and other forage components;...

This $165,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides funding to Pheasants Forever, Inc. to implement habitat restoration and conservation activities in the Foster Creek and McCartney Creek watersheds in Washington. Key project components include: Upland shrub restoration (sagebrush and bitterbrush) in areas impacted by recent wildfires to benefit mule deer habitat Riparian and wet meadow...