Formula Grant F23AF01201

This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Formula Grant award of $248,101, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, supports research under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education (CFDA 15.611) program. The purpose is to inform efforts to create and manage grasslands for birds in an agricultural landscape. The project will map grassland locations across Illinois and determine how the amount and arrangement of grasslands contributes to healthy grassland...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded $132,424 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety (CFDA 15.611) Formula Grant program to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for the period of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The grant funding will support projects to examine aspects of habitat quality and management approaches for at-risk bird guilds in Illinois that are dependent on early successional habitats including grasslands...

This $1,073,619 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) seeks to determine the activities, attitudes, and behavioral intentions of resident and non-resident hunters, trappers, landowners, and other stakeholders in Illinois. The grant will also gather information from stakeholders on perceived impacts from wildlife interactions, perceptions of the Illinois Department of...

This federal Project Grant award of $136,252.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) will support research to evaluate the joint effects of fire regime and grass invasion on forest regeneration and soil health in oak hickory communities of the central hardwood region in Illinois. The award, which begins on July 15, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by July 31, 2028, will be executed by the University of Illinois, a renowned...

This four-year, $1.14 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research into the cumulative effects of ecological and social stressors on integrated ranching-wildlife systems in the western United States. The University of Illinois is the primary awardee and will partner with Oregon State University, the University of Michigan, the University of Idaho, and The Ohio State University on the research. The project aims to better...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $246,781 Formula Grant to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Funds will support continued monitoring and research on grassland bird populations in Illinois. This includes monitoring the impact of lands enrolled in the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement program...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $200,236 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Natural Resources Division. The project aims to provide information to aid effective conservation and management strategies for priority bird species in Illinois. Specific objectives include assessing the status and distribution of priority bird species and habitats, evaluating how habitat use...

This $133,333 federal Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) aims to better understand the response of wildlife populations, particularly birds, to forest management activities under the state's Wildlife Action Plan. The primary products and services to be provided through this one-year grant, with an expected completion date of September 30, 2026, include...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611), awarded a $133,333 Formula Grant to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). The purpose of this 1-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, is to better understand the response of wildlife populations to forest management activities under the Illinois Wildlife Action Plan. The grant will fund research and monitoring to determine whether forest...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $140,001 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The purpose of this 1-year project is to develop approaches for rigorously estimating population parameters of important wildlife species in consultation with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The project aims to provide information and tools necessary to...