Project Grant 14DG11050600022

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management awarded a $295,397.14 Cooperative Agreement to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on October 1, 2023 under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230). This grant will fund a 5-year project to remove invasive primrose plants and restore the Laguna Creek area in California. The project aims to prevent, detect, control and monitor invasive plant populations on public lands to support the...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded $140,000 to the Nevada Department of Agriculture under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) on September 2, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2030. The award supports outreach and education initiatives focused on noxious weed species management across Nevada. Deliverables include the development and dissemination of training materials designed...

Summary of Federal Cooperative Agreement Award The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $116,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) program (CFDA 15.015) to Carbon County Weed and Pest Control District on September 30, 2025, with performance extending through September 29, 2030. This award funds invasive and noxious plant management activities at the BLM's Rawlins Field Office in Wyoming. The awardee will implement landscape-scale vegetation management and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Fremont County Weed & Pest received a $173,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Agriculture on Indian Lands program (CFDA 15.034), effective May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026. The award supports cropland and rangeland restoration initiatives on tribal trust lands within Fremont County, Wyoming, with a specific focus on noxious weed eradication and invasive species management. This funding enables the...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $343,890 Cooperative Agreement to the Mattole Restoration Council (MRC) under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230) to provide invasive plant control and ecosystem restoration services in Northern California. The performance period for this 5-year award is from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028. MRC, a non-profit community organization, will use the funding to implement an integrated pest management approach to...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) to the Otero Soil & Water Conservation District in New Mexico. The objective of this 1-year project is to be part of a multi-agency effort for the control of noxious and invasive weeds. Key activities include: 1) Inventorying and treating noxious weeds, 2) Restoring native vegetation, and 3) Developing educational materials on noxious weed...

The Resource Conservation District of Monterey County (RCD) received a $1,975,005.92 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The funding will be used to eradicate 150 acres of invasive Arundo donax (Arundo) from a five-mile stretch of the Salinas River in Monterey County, California. Arundo infestations degrade fish and wildlife habitat, alter hydrologic...

The Utah Weed Supervisors Association will receive $230,000 through a Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. The grant is part of the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) and will fund the Invasive Plant Cost Share Program from June 2021 through June 2026. Through this program, the Utah Weed Supervisors Association will protect and manage non-federal forest and tree resources in Utah from damaging...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 2 – Rocky Mountain Region, awarded Carbon County Weed And Pest Control District a $119,999.34 project grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) on September 15, 2025, for active management and monitoring of invasive species across Wyoming. The grant funds the expansion of the Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems Monitoring Network, which conducts early detection...

The Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District received a $119,544 Project Grant awarded on July 24, 2025, under the Schools and Roads - Grants to States program (CFDA 10.665), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 6 - Pacific Northwest Region. The grant funds invasive weed control and native species restoration efforts across forest and recreation areas in Oregon through June 1, 2029. Primary deliverables include treatment of six invasive weed species...