The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $198,090 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR). This 2-year grant, effective April 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, will enable the CNMI DLNR, in partnership with the Institute for Bird Populations, to establish a Tropical Monitoring Avian Productivity...
The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $118,352 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR). The grant supports DLNR's annual avian monitoring and management programs to conserve the CNMI's unique bird community, including endemic and migratory species. Key activities include collecting survey data to estimate population size, trends, and...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $462,078 Formula Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). This grant funding will support 13 wildlife restoration projects in fiscal year 2025, including ensuring the completion of grant objectives, timely reporting, maintaining staffing capacity, and preparing the DLNR's...
This $706,353 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) supports the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Fish and Wildlife in executing 13 wildlife restoration projects in fiscal year 2025. The grant funding enables the DLNR to secure its core wildlife conservation mission,...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Region 1 awarded a $156,584 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (CFDA 15.611) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR). This funding supports research on the diet and prey availability for the endangered Nightingale Reed-Warbler, a bird endemic to the Saipan and Alamagan Islands. The DLNR will collect and analyze fecal samples and prey species data to...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $714,806 Formula Grant to the American Samoa Government Office of the Governor, Division of the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources. This grant is funded through the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (CFDA 15.611) and will support projects to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance wild bird and mammal populations and their habitats in American Samoa. Key activities include data collection and monitoring of seabird species,...
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) has been awarded a $437,649 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611). This 1-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the DLNR's Division of Fish and Wildlife in executing administrative and compliance tasks to effectively manage all Wildlife Restoration and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $214,968.73 Formula Grant under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR). The grant will fund the DLNR's Division of Fish and Wildlife to conduct fisheries-independent assessments of marine resources within the CNMI from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant supports the DLNR's efforts to...
This $112,342.00 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the CFDA program "Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety", provides funding to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) to support the agency's Division of Fish and Wildlife Geographic Information System (GIS) program. The GIS program serves as a data management system for processing,...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $154,715.25 Formula Grant under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant funding will support the DLNR Division of Fish and Wildlife's efforts to enhance awareness and engagement in recreational fishing, as well as promote the conservation of...