Cooperative Agreement P21AC10653

This $881,505 Cooperative Agreement grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) supports the Farallon Islands Stewardship and Ecosystem Monitoring Project. The project, awarded to the non-profit Point Reyes Bird Observatory doing business as Point Blue Conservation Science, provides long-term stewardship and monitoring of the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge located off the coast of California. The key...

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation program (CFDA 15.655), awarded a $113,820 Cooperative Agreement to Clemson University to conduct research on the endangered Black-capped Petrel (BCPE). The project aims to improve understanding of the BCPE's at-sea habitat use, movement patterns, and migration paths by tagging birds with solar-powered satellite tags. This data will assist with the designation of critical habitat and...

This $299,999.63 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) to The Institute for Bird Populations will benefit the public by promoting broader understanding of protocols and standards for assessing bird populations on public lands. The project will train a post-doctoral researcher and involve long-term monitoring of bird populations in national parks to inform future management...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, is focused on processing and analyzing audio recordings of songbirds in Eastern National Park Service (NPS) parks. The $129,383.95 award to Cornell University will fund a postdoctoral research associate to develop and improve methods for processing and analyzing sound recordings of forest birds. This will...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.655), awarded a $193,205 Cooperative Agreement to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to conduct one year of rapid assessment surveys monitoring tidal marsh sparrows in 20 marshes in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. A crew of three experienced avian field technicians will perform the surveys using established protocols, with results to be...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) engages the Klamath Bird Observatory, a non-profit organization, to determine trends in bird communities within several national parks in southern Oregon and northern California. From 2026-2028, field crews will survey breeding bird populations in parks including Crater Lake, Lassen Volcanic, Redwood, and others, to identify bird species present, their relative...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $194,711.82 Cooperative Agreement under its Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) to Point Reyes Bird Observatory, doing business as Point Blue Conservation Science, a non-profit organization based in Petaluma, California. The purpose of this award is to perform scientifically robust data collection on riparian landbirds in Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Specifically, Point Blue will prepare for the...

Under this $1.1 million Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) will partner to advance conservation actions on the South Farallon Islands, which serve as critical habitat for the Ashy Storm-Petrel. The partnership will leverage funding from the FWS and the private sector through NFWF's Seabird Program to eliminate threats from invasive species on the South Farallon Islands. This work is funded through the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation Program (CFDA 15.655), provides $117,796 to Clemson University to conduct research on the endangered Black-capped Petrel (BCPE). The project aims to improve understanding of the BCPE's marine habitat use and movement patterns, particularly differences between light and dark color morphs, to assist with critical habitat designation and assessment of...