Cooperative Agreement W912HZ2520024

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Southeast Region of the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System) provides $206,902 in funding to the National Audubon Society to monitor small egret and heron nesting on islands throughout Florida Bay in Everglades National Park over a 5-year period. The goal is to document peak nesting effort and track changes as the Comprehensive Everglades...

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) was awarded a $343,083 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will fund three key products and services through December 2025. TNC will lead remediation of the Lydalisk Stream crossing in Stone County, Arkansas through a $50k subaward to the Stone County Clerk's Office. Additionally, TNC will subaward the University of Central Arkansas...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, will support a project titled "Turtle Movements Related to Water Levels at Lake Red Rock." The $182,075.47 award to Iowa State University will fund a 3-year study to monitor indigenous turtle movements and behaviors at Lake Red Rock, with a focus on understanding their overwintering habitat and responses to reservoir water level changes....

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 (FWS) awarded a $2,250,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) to mitigate five low water crossings in the Robinson Creek watershed. The project aims to restore Robinson Creek as a free-flowing stream for approximately 150 miles by removing or replacing the crossings with box culverts or span bridges. This will improve sediment transport, water quality, and aquatic habitat...

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...

This $185,724.14 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program supports several conservation objectives in Arkansas: Assessing the status and distribution of the Rocky Shiner fish species through occupancy sampling and habitat/diet analysis to inform the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Species Status Assessment. Improving habitat quality and stability for four federally listed mussel species along the...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a $159,114 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Florida to provide monitoring support for wood stork reproduction in Lake Okeechobee and overlapping core foraging areas in Florida. This award is funded through the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations program (CFDA 12.005), which supports research, technical services, and projects aimed at protecting, enhancing, and managing natural...

The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to Ducks Unlimited, Inc.'s Southern Regional Office division. The goal of the Port Fourchon Terracing Project is to construct 1,000 linear feet of earthen terraces in fragmented brackish marsh near Port Fourchon and south of Leeville, Louisiana to protect coastal communities and infrastructure. Key project elements include:...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469), will support the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) in constructing ten hardened structures that will house data collection platforms to monitor water levels, salinity, and other environmental factors along the Louisiana coastline. These monitoring gages are intended to...