Cooperative Agreement W911KB2120001

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Point Blue Conservation Science (Point Blue). The purpose of this 5-year project is to develop a habitat suitability model and survey protocol to monitor changes in the extent of western snowy plover nesting habitat at the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in California. The key deliverables include: 1) a habitat...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has been awarded a $540,019 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to implement actions to conserve and manage the federally threatened Western Snowy Plover (WSPL) and federally endangered California Least Tern (CLTE) in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California. Key activities include replacing a fence at the Venice Beach CLTE colony,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $216,214 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to enhance recovery of the threatened Western Snowy Plover and endangered California Least Tern at the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in the San Francisco Bay area. The project involves field monitoring of breeding success, habitat enhancement activities, and installation of a Motus wildlife tracking system to study plover...

This $142,700 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) program supports the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) in assessing the population status of the threatened snowy plover in Washington state. The key activities to be delivered include: Monitoring of non-breeding winter and breeding spring/summer snowy plover populations and life stages to assess...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded Oregon State University a $793,742 cooperative agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to implement the Predator Management Project from May 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. The project will monitor seabird colonies in southern Oregon for predation and remove problem animals that are detrimentally impacting nesting seabirds. Oregon State University staff will receive training from Wildlife Services to set...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Installation and Mission Support Center Civil Engineer Center awarded a $260,827 cooperative agreement to Point Blue Conservation Science under the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations federal grant program (CFDA 12.005). Under the award, Point Blue Conservation Science will provide conservation and rehabilitation services for natural resources located on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658), provides $509,724 to the Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation to conduct seabird colony surveillance and monitoring in central coastal California. The project aims to restore breeding seabird populations, especially the common murre, that were harmed by the Luckenbach oil spills. Key activities include documenting...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $3,176,250 Cooperative Agreement to the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658). This 5-year project, starting February 2024, will work to stabilize and increase beach-nesting bird populations in Texas through habitat protection, stewardship, outreach, and monitoring activities. The project focuses on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Birds of Conservation Concern and...

The U.S. Department of the Navy, through the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), has awarded a $113,760 Cooperative Agreement to Wildlife Innovations, a for-profit company. This 5-year award will support the conservation management of the California least tern, an endangered seabird species, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Specifically, Wildlife Innovations will conduct endangered species monitoring, manage predator...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $678,797 Project Grant to Habitats Resilientes, A.C. under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation grant program (CFDA 15.635). The grant will support conservation activities for the Mountain Plover, a bird species experiencing significant population declines, at its wintering habitat sites in the Ascension region of Chihuahua, Mexico. Specifically, the grantee will (1) secure long-term protection of...