Cooperative Agreement W9126G2520017

The National Park Service awarded a $230,170 cooperative agreement to Hawks Aloft Inc. from March 1, 2021 through October 31, 2025 under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. Hawks Aloft will conduct research on forest restoration and fire impacts on bird communities in northern New Mexico. As part of this cooperative research effort, Hawks Aloft will study bird species in Jemez Springs, New Mexico to provide the National...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), provides $400,000 in funding to the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. The funding will support expanding the organization's Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program to conduct additional bird surveys on BLM lands in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The expanded monitoring will provide robust...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $234,110.53 to the National Audubon Society, Inc. to assess avian responses to forest management across the Upper Mississippi River System. The project aims to quantify the relationships between forest structure characteristics and bird species composition and abundance before and after habitat restoration and enhancement activities. Key activities include...

This $160,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) supports long-term monitoring of landbird populations across 13 national park units in the Northern Great Plains region. The awardee, the non-profit Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, will implement a standardized regional bird monitoring program using the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) sampling...

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $693,900 Project Grant to Pronatura Noroeste, a non-profit organization and foundation, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635). The 2-year project leverages local partnerships to track migratory bird movements at different geographic scales. Key activities include: Strengthening capacities and expanding the Motus wildlife tracking network to better understand the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation program (CFDA 15.655) will fund research by SUL Ross State University to assess the suitability of livestock tanks and ephemeral ponds as habitat for migratory and wintering grassland birds in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. The $176,785 award will support the use of automated recording units, point counts, and GPS tracking of...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $198,880.46 Cooperative Agreement to the Great Basin Bird Observatory, a non-profit organization, under the Department of the Interior's Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247). The funding supports the integration of wildlife occurrence data, specifically land bird data, into BLM's Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) program across 125-150 sites in the Great Basin region. Key objectives include: Collecting land bird occurrence...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) provides $173,290 to the University of Massachusetts for a 3-year project titled "Forecasting Changes in Avian Biodiversity Under Changing Climate". The project aims to: Forecast species distributions and abundances for migratory forest birds in the Northeast U.S. under climate and land-use change scenarios through 2100. Identify priority areas for...

This $185,346 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program will evaluate the effectiveness of climate-adaptive forest management strategies in sustaining habitat for priority bird species and maximizing carbon storage in Northeastern forests. The key activities include: Field-based assessments of forest-dependent bird responses to climate-adaptive silviculture practices on lands managed...