This $140,072.22 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management California Region under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) provides funding to Conservation Science Global Inc., a non-profit organization, to conduct a status assessment and population viability analysis for Tiehm's milkvetch, a rare plant species. The project will take place in New Jersey from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. This work supports...
This $236,552.17 Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under CFDA 15.245 Plant Conservation and Restoration Management, will expand the capacity of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department's (EMNRD) Endangered Plant Program. The project will fund a Project Coordinator position to focus on rare plant conservation and recovery efforts of interest to the BLM. This will include building upon existing...
This $113,181.39 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) supports ex situ conservation and population genomic research of Peirson's milkvetch (Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii), a rare plant species found in California. The award to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (doing business as California Botanic Garden), a non-profit organization, will fund a...
This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $113,132.49 and issued by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Threatened and Endangered Species (CFDA 15.246) program, supports the Utah Rare Plant Program at Utah State University (USU). The objective is to provide the BLM with comprehensive and current data on the distribution and abundance of special status plant species and their habitats across Utah's public lands. Key activities to be performed by USU include conducting surveys and...
This $257,813.90 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), supports the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (also known as the California Botanic Garden) in assessing habitat suitability models for eight plant species in renewable energy development focus areas in California. The award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will enable...
This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), aims to enhance the management of rare and endangered plants in New Mexico. The $323,985 award supports two main efforts: Conservation genetic studies to examine the taxonomic accuracy, genetic structure, and overall health of several BLM sensitive plant species, including Astragalus ripleyi, rare Sclerocactus, and...
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 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $199,765 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The funding supports a comprehensive network of Cooperative Study Units that facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the National Park...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) will provide $412,119.88 to Conservation Science Global Inc. to collect and save native seeds from the Cosumnes River Preserve in California over the 2025-2027 growing seasons. The project will train two field workers through the American Conservation Experience (ACE) program to collect seeds,...
This $375,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) supports the Birds of Prey NCA Partnership (BOPP), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Idaho. Through this 5-year award from September 2024 to September 2029, BOPP will: Conduct habitat improvement activities on public lands managed by the BLM, including exotic weed removal, native plant installations, and native...