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The U.S. Department of the Navy, through the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), has awarded a $113,760 Cooperative Agreement to Wildlife Innovations, a for-profit company. This 5-year award will support the conservation management of the California least tern, an endangered seabird species, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Specifically, Wildlife Innovations will conduct endangered species monitoring, manage predator...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $299,985 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) program to the University of Wisconsin System for a 3-year study on managing the invasive Barred Owl to protect threatened native species such as the Northern and California Spotted Owls. The study will involve the continued lethal removal of Barred Owls in California to prevent the extinction of the native Spotted Owl...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $272,215 State Wildlife Grant (CFDA 15.634) to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to increase the recovery potential for the endangered uau and threatened ao seabirds. The project aims to design new and replace old artificial burrows to increase the species' breeding success, building on the results of a previous successful project focused on the endangered akak seabird. The project will address issues with burrow...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), awarded a $165,000 Project Grant to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to support active restoration of Lehua Island's ecosystems. The funding will be used to control introduced avian predators, such as barn owls, that threaten the island's diverse seabird populations, as well as enhance biosecurity measures to maintain Lehua's rat-free status. This project aims to improve the health...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658), will fund a project to conduct seabird colony surveillance and monitoring in central coastal California. The $509,724 award to the Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU Foundation) will support efforts to restore breeding seabird populations, particularly common murres, that were...

The Department of the Navy Installations Command awarded a $233,310 cooperative agreement to Texas A&M Agrilife Research to support lower Keys marsh rabbit and wildlife habitat monitoring from September 2021 through March 2023. Under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), the awardee will monitor the lower Keys marsh rabbit population and its habitat in Key West, Florida, to support and stimulate basic and applied research with potential to improve naval operations....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) provides $111,020.00 to restore suitable nesting habitat for the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Puerto Rico. The goal is to reduce threats and enhance the quality of nesting beaches across approximately 128 acres along the southwest, south, and southeast coasts of the island, including Vieques. Planned restoration actions include constructing...

The Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research has awarded a $286,496 Cooperative Agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife to provide support for greater sage grouse studies in and around the Fallon Range Training Complex at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada. This award is funded under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research (CFDA 12.300) federal grant program, which supports fundamental and applied research across a wide range of scientific and technological domains with...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Point Blue Conservation Science (Point Blue). The purpose of this 5-year project is to develop a habitat suitability model and survey protocol to monitor changes in the extent of western snowy plover nesting habitat at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in California. The key deliverables include: 1) a habitat...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $799,366 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The grant supports the removal of invasive Barred Owls to prevent the extinction of the threatened Northern Spotted Owl in the Mendocino National Forest. Specifically, the project will conduct Barred Owl removals over a two-year period and monitor the recovery of Northern Spotted Owl...