Cooperative Agreement P15AC01167

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to the South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Wildlife Division. The grant funding will be used to directly restore, enhance, create, or manage 5,000 acres of grassland and wetland habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region of South Dakota by September 30, 2026. The key activities include seeding 1,300 acres of new native grasses and forbs, removing or...

This $980,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), supports a landscape-scale wetland and grassland restoration project in the Prairie Pothole Region of Minnesota. The key products and services to be delivered include: Restoring and rehabilitating 200 acres of wetland habitat and 200 acres of upland habitat by building resilient infrastructure, removing...

This $239,528.99 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 3) under the Youth Engagement, Education, and Employment program (CFDA 15.676) provides funding to the Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) to map and treat invasive plant species in high quality and highly threatened prairies in west central Minnesota. The work will take place on National Wildlife Refuge System lands in the Morris Wetland Management District and Big...

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County will receive $190,000 through a cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 to manage habitat for the endangered Platanthera leucophaea (prairie fringed orchid) at three nature preserves in Illinois. Funded under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation grant program (CFDA 15.657), the District will control invasive woody species currently degrading core and potential orchid habitat over...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for the Juneberry Project. This landscape-scale peatland restoration initiative in the Roseau River Wildlife Management Area in northwest Minnesota will restore hydrology to a large, degraded peatland and wetland complex by abandoning and filling up to 25 miles of lateral drainage ditches....

This $2.7 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614) will support restoration and enhancement of 159 acres of coastal wetlands and riparian habitats at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, California. The California Coastal Conservancy and East Bay Regional Park District will directly restore and enhance over 14.5 acres of wetlands and 144.5 acres of grasslands,...

The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe received a $115,385 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639). The grant will support the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe in conducting a pilot habitat restoration project at the Snoqualmie Prairie in Washington state from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. Key activities to be undertaken include restoring approximately 3.5 acres of native Garry oak meadow,...

This $441,742 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service under the Save America's Treasures program will enable Louisiana State University (LSU) to stabilize and protect the LSU Campus Mounds, two ancient, dome-shaped Native American mounds that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The grant will fund activities to repair erosion, revitalize vegetation, and unify the sacred landscape between the mounds. Key activities include removing damaged vegetation,...

Under a $114,654 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain will restore 80.39 acres of wet pine savanna habitat near the Mississippi Sandhill Crane Refuge. The project utilizes mechanical mulching, chemical mowing, and bush hogging techniques to establish alternative restoration methods and explore their ecological and economic viability. This effort builds on the...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a $980,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). The award will fund a landscape-scale wetland and grassland restoration project located in the Prairie Pothole Region of Iowa. The project aims to restore or enhance 250 acres of wetland habitat and 200 acres of upland habitat by December 31, 2028. Key activities include addressing invasive species,...