Project Grant 18953672822

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $530,290.58 Project Grant under the Combating Wildlife Trafficking program (CFDA 15.679) to Sustainable Innovation Initiatives, Inc. (SII) to address the trade in neotropical songbirds for singing competitions in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. The 3-year project, awarded on June 5, 2024, will be carried out in partnership with Green Heritage Fund Suriname, Wildlife People Suriname, and the University of the West Indies School of Veterinary...

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin received a $250,485 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will be used to address the need to test and assess the viability of the center's collection of over 800 seed accessions, many of which are rare and over 20 years old. Project activities will include acquiring germination chambers and lab materials, researching and testing...

This $124,665 three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) aims to restore the endangered Behrens and Myrtles Silverspot butterflies on the Sonoma-Mendocino coast by expanding the coverage of their larval host plant, Viola adunca, in Fort Ross State Historic Park. The project will test the effectiveness of two restoration methods - seed dispersal and planting mature...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.679 - Combating Wildlife Trafficking) provides $129,805.02 to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and its partners to research and address the trade in neotropical songbirds for singing competitions in the Southern Caribbean and Guiana Shield regions. The key activities include: 1) assessing songbird health and welfare, 2) synthesizing data on wild songbird declines, 3) mapping the songbird trade value...

This $120,162 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) supports the Mississippi Urban Forest Council's (MUFC) efforts to provide technical assistance to urban and rural, new, and existing flower farms in Mississippi. The project aims to collaborate with local and state NRCS offices to deliver training and demonstration activities to these flower farms, helping...

This U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Project Grant award under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program will provide $1,128,200.00 to expand the Motus wildlife tracking network in the Pacific and Intermountain Western United States. The project will install 30 new Motus stations and retrofit 50 existing stations to enable tracking of migratory species such as the monarch butterfly, hoary bat, silver-haired bat, and western purple martin. This expanded network...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $1,173,742.00 to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to support conservation efforts for critically endangered Hawaiian forest birds. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant funding include: 1) Research on the natural history, threats, and recovery techniques for Hawaii's endangered Puaiohi...

This $177,376 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) aims to support the conservation of the Mulford's milkvetch (Astragalus mulfordiae), an endemic legume species in the Pacific Northwest facing population decline. The key objectives include: 1) testing procedures to improve seedling emergence and production for outplanting, 2) evaluating the levels of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and arbuscular...

The Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) has awarded a $571,531.51 Cooperative Agreement to the Natural Areas Association to produce up to five short, educational documentaries that explore the power of native plants through the eyes of conservation and restoration heroes. The award period runs from August 26, 2024 to November 1, 2027. The key objectives of this film series are to remedy "plant blindness", celebrate...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $155,125.36 Cooperative Agreement on April 4, 2024 to The Understory Initiative, a non-profit organization based in Oregon. The funding is provided through the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) program, which supports natural resource management and conservation projects on federal lands. Under this award, The Understory Initiative will conduct ecological monitoring and habitat conservation efforts focused...