Cooperative Agreement P25AC01459
- This Cooperative Agreement award under the National Park Service (NPS) Southwest Border Resource Protection Program (CFDA 15.963) provides $200,994 in funding to the Cedo Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans, Inc. The award period runs from September 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. The project aims to continue species protection efforts for native freshwater fish in the Sonoyta River, including the Quitovaquito-Sonoyta pupfish and Mexican longfin dace. Key activities include...
- The U.S. National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded a $109,101 Cooperative Agreement under the Southwest Border Resource Protection Program (CFDA 15.963) to Sky Island Alliance, a non-profit conservation organization, with a performance period from June 11, 2025 to December 31, 2026. Through this funding, Sky Island Alliance will monitor wildlife occurrence and movement patterns along 90 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in response to border infrastructure. The project aims to quantify...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded a $277,126 Cooperative Agreement under the Southwest Border Resource Protection Program (CFDA 15.963) to the Tucson Audubon Society. The project aims to address declining avian biodiversity, focusing on the vulnerable Desert Purple Martin, a neotropical migrant nesting in saguaro and cardon cacti. Key activities include: 1) tracking migration routes and overwintering locations in Brazil using satellite tags,...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $278,369 Project Grant to the Sky Island Alliance, a non-profit conservation organization, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) program. The grant funds a 2-year project focused on grassland bird conservation efforts in Sonora, Mexico. Specific activities include assessing and restoring springs and wetlands, conducting wildlife surveys, removing invasive species, developing conservation...
- This $455,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey will support the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in its efforts to examine and repopulate endangered plant species impacted by border wall construction in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Over four years, the university will conduct field surveys; collect seeds; establish a plant nursery; grow thousands of endangered plants from seed; transplant newly grown plants into suitable habitats; monitor transplantation...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) program to the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. This funding will support continued efforts to conserve high-priority and declining grassland bird species across their full annual cycle in western North America and Mexico. Key activities include: Protecting at least 10,000 additional acres of Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and shrublands...
- The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,501,173 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) grant to Pronatura Noreste AC, a non-profit organization, for a 2-year project. The grant will support conservation, restoration, and sustainable management activities across 5,948 acres in the Grassland Priority Conservation Areas of Cuchillas de la Zarca and Malpais in Mexico. Key activities include establishing conservation reserves with native grasslands,...
- This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (NMBCA) program (CFDA 15.635), supports conservation efforts in the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador. The $799,508 award, granted on May 23, 2024, will enable the prime recipient, Fundacion Para La Conservacion De LOS Andes Tropicales Cat, to acquire and protect priority habitat, restore 40 hectares of degraded land, and expand a remote...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish & Wildlife Service awarded a $878,353 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) project grant to Pronatura Noreste AC, a non-profit organization in Mexico. This two-year grant from July 2024 to June 2026 will support comprehensive efforts to increase the resilience and reduce the vulnerability of the Janos GPCA grasslands in Mexico. Key activities include: Protecting 17,526 acres of priority grassland properties through legal...
- The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $309,396 cooperative agreement to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026 under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630). The agreement will support coastal and wetland restoration in two priority areas of the Northeast Ecological Corridor Nature Reserve in Puerto Rico. Specifically, Protectores De Cuencas Inc. will implement voluntary coastal habitat protection, restoration, and improvement...
15.963: SOUTHWEST BORDER RESOURCE PROTECTION PROGRAMSAM.GOV LINK: CLICK HERE FOR THE SAM.GOV ASSISTANCE LISTINGTHIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TRIBES, AND LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP, ACHIEVE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INTERPRETATION AND CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, WHICH WILL LEAD TO INCREASED APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ALONG OUR INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH MEXICO. THE QUITOBAQUITO BIODIVERSITY PROJECT WILL IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN EX SITU HABITAT FOR ASSURANCE POPULATIONS OF THE SONOYTA PUPFISH, MUDTURTLES, AND THE RIO SONOYTA LONGFIN DACE. LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF THESE ANIMALS REQUIRES MAINTAINING ASSURANCE POPULATIONS OUTSIDE OF THEIR NATIVE HABITAT (I.E., EX SITU) TO HEDGE AGAINST POTENTIAL POPULATION OR HABITAT LOSSES IN THE WILD. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKERS, RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $35.5k | 8/20/25 |