Cooperative Agreement P19AC00838

This $110,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (CFDA 15.245 - Plant Conservation and Restoration Management), supports a project to better understand and quantify the impacts of water harvesting structures and strategic grazing management on vegetation restoration in the Hatch and Mesilla Valley region of New Mexico. The key objectives are to develop a comprehensive restoration design and monitoring approach, and to work closely with ranchers to implement grazing...

The Bureau of Land Management awarded a $122,401 cooperative agreement to the Institute For Applied Ecology under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act program (CFDA 15.234) to conserve and restore habitat for two listed and one species of concern at Oak Basin Prairies Area of Critical Environmental Concern in Oregon from April 2023 through April 2028. The Institute For Applied Ecology will use integrated pest management including mechanical, chemical and physical methods...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Delmarva R C & D Inc., a non-profit conservation organization, to restore degraded salt marshes in the Maryland Coastal Bays. The project aims to improve fish habitat, water quality, and coastal resiliency by reversing human impacts on at least 114 acres of salt marsh. Key restoration techniques include sediment addition to nourish degraded...

This $113,218 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), will support a project to address habitat restoration challenges in Hawaii. The primary objectives are to enhance innovation and success in forest restoration while also testing strategies to mitigate the impacts of intensified drought on restoration outcomes. The project plans to conduct a field experiment in the Kahuku...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide $1,000,000 through a Cooperative Agreement to the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust to restore and enhance brook trout habitat in the Upper Kennebago River watershed in Maine from September 2022 to September 2025. As part of the Coastal Program, the project aims to apply habitat assessments to design restoration treatments incorporating large woody material installations. Treatments will recreate natural stream channels and accelerate recovery from a...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244), supports the restoration of severely degraded stream systems and wetland habitats across 3,000 acres administered by the BLM Taos Field Office in New Mexico. The non-profit organization RIO Grande Return will employ low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) techniques, including removing non-native species, planting...

This $442,219 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund research at North Carolina State University to test incorporating secondary foundation species into coastal habitat restoration efforts. The research aims to increase ecosystem regrowth, biodiversity recovery, and climate resistance through harnessing beneficial species interactions. Specifically, the project will test how...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), funds a collaboration between Colorado State University (CSU) and the USGS to examine riparian restoration outcomes, evaluate ecosystem responses, and develop information to support resource management decisions for future riparian restorations in the western United States. The $145,400 award supports activities including participating in the...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded Colorado State University a $137,134 cooperative agreement under the Wetlands Reserve Program to evaluate the capacity of climate-adaptive restoration treatments and seed sources to promote healthy and resilient rangelands in the face of climate change. The two-year project will assess climate-resilient strategies for restoring rangeland ecosystems in Colorado through research on restoration treatments and seed sources. Results of the...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $816,723 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and the Hood River Watershed Group (HRWG). The funding will be used to complete the study and design of five stream restoration projects across the East Fork Hood River, Neal Creek, and Baldwin Creek sub-watersheds in north-central Oregon. The projects aim to remove two fish passage...