Cooperative Agreement 16FI11050700016

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 supports the Lomakatsi Restoration Project (LRP) and its partners in implementing strategic forest health and wildfire fuels reduction treatments on at least 500 acres of private land adjacent to communities. The goal is to minimize wildfire pathways in the wildland-urban interface and protect service trust resources, while also creating 15 full-time equivalent positions,...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 8 awarded a $131,750 cooperative agreement to Lonesome Desert, LLC under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) effective September 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2025. Under this award, Lonesome Desert will conduct comprehensive field monitoring and data collection activities to improve population estimates for desert tortoises across all age classes in...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region), awarded a $279,200 Cooperative Agreement to Sheridan County Weed & Pest Control under the Good Neighbor Authority program (CFDA 10.691) on June 3, 2025. The award funds a Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Weed Management Project for the Elk Fire recovery effort across National Forest System lands and adjacent Sheridan County lands in Wyoming through May 28, 2030. The primary deliverables include aerial...

This $113,181.39 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) supports ex situ conservation and population genomic research of Peirson's milkvetch (Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii), a rare plant species found in California. The award to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (doing business as California Botanic Garden), a non-profit organization, will fund a...

LIHEAP-2026 Formula Grant Award Summary Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc. received a $108,940 formula grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Community Services under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.568). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, supports energy assistance services for eligible low-income households within the organization's tribal service area across Riverside and San...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded $134,060 to the Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Reservation under CFDA 66.038 (Training, Investigations, and Special Purpose Activities of Federally-Recognized Indian Tribes Consistent With the Clean Air Act) for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award supports the tribe's capacity building in air quality assessment and management through operation and maintenance of PM2.5 and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California Santa Cruz received a $166,238 Project Grant award effective September 1, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to conduct collaborative research on seabird community responses across three marine Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: ULTRA-DATA: Harmonizing At-Sea Seabird Surveys at Three Marine LTER Sites to Uncover Community...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation received a $133,450 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program (CFDA 15.922), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. The grant supports NAGPRA-eligible archaeological collection verification activities for site CA-ORA-64 located in California. Under this award, the university will...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Northern Arapaho Tribe received a $653,720 formula grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP, CFDA 93.568). The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, funds direct assistance to eligible low-income households within the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming to reduce home energy cost burdens....

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary American Conservation Experience will deploy eight members to support the California Condor Recovery Project in partnership with the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex under this cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The awarded cooperative agreement, valued at $284,951.32, spans from May 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027. Members will conduct monitoring of free-flying California condors through...