Cooperative Agreement P16AC01743

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $400,000.00 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to continue and expand long-term monitoring and management of endangered, threatened, and special status ranid (frog) species in CDFW's North Central Region. The key objectives are to obtain current data on the distribution and relative abundance of...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was awarded $246,154 under the State Wildlife Grants Formula Grant program by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support conservation efforts for the Cascades frog in California's Lassen region through December 2026. The award will fund three key initiatives. First, CDFW will use anti-fungal treatment of juvenile frogs to enhance growth rates of remnant populations threatened by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Second,...

Summary of Federal Grant Award The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received a Formula Grant award of $248,962 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants Program (CFDA 15.634) on July 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2028. This award supports a collaborative project with the San Francisco Zoo to raise early-life stage ranid frogs (Rana sierrae and R. boylii) from eggs or larvae to adulthood. The project will produce up to three cohorts...

This $132,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4, under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660), will fund genetic analysis and population modeling to help inform conservation of the gopher frog (Lithobates capito). Tangled Bank Conservation will sequence thousands of genetic loci from 1,000 existing gopher frog samples across the species' range. They will assess phylogeographic structure, identify potential distinct...

Federal Grant Award Summary The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received a $571,483 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants Program (CFDA 15.634), effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027. This project addresses CDFW's need to evaluate habitat suitability for foothill yellow-legged frogs (Rana boylii) in streams regulated by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydroelectric projects. The primary deliverables...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $548,021 to Revive & Restore, a non-profit conservation organization, to develop new biobanking methods to enhance recovery and management of threatened amphibian species, with a focus on the endangered Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus baxteri). The key goals of the project are to: (1) cryopreserve and recover live amphibian...

This Project Grant award, totaling $3,008,301.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The grant funds the fee title purchase of the 442-acre Bear Creek Ranch in California, which hosts one of only seven known reproductive populations of the federally threatened California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii). The grant supports permanent habitat protection and conservation...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports the development and implementation of a sustainable captive rearing program for the endangered Island Marble Butterfly. The $150,000 award will enable Woodland Park Zoo, the primary awardee, to conduct a captive rearing partner workshop in 2024 and establish a long-term captive rearing program to produce approximately 125...

This $835,113 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program supports the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) in implementing strategic conservation efforts to address the declining Cascades frog populations across California. The funding will enable CDFW to conduct research, monitoring, and habitat restoration activities focused on this at-risk amphibian species over the 3-year grant...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $1,375,534 project grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to The Fort Worth Zoological Association, doing business as the Fort Worth Zoo, to support the conservation and recovery of the endangered Puerto Rican crested toad. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Establish an in situ conservation center to increase captive breeding and genetic diversity of toads for reintroduction, 2)...