Project Grant 20233842438748

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded South Dakota State University $111,402.93 under the Threatened and Endangered Species cooperative agreement program (CFDA 15.246) from September 2022 through September 2026. The university will identify current nesting colonies and habitat use of the pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocaphalus), a species that has declined 83.5% with an additional 50% decline anticipated by 2035. Field work will provide information on habitat features selected by nesting...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California received a $200,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award supports the continued operations and expansion of the Washoe Resilience Garden, a native and cultural plant nursery established in 2021 to conserve and propagate the single leaf pinyon pine—an important...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Tribal Climate Resilience federal grant program (CFDA 15.156) to the University of Colorado on August 18, 2022 for work to be completed by August 17, 2027. The grant will support efforts to document, preserve, and manage culturally modified trees (CMTs) in Navajo forests through mapping, environmental analysis, oral histories, archival work, and outreach. Key deliverables include mapping and...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Navajo Nation Tribal Government received a $100,000 Project Grant awarded on March 4, 2025, under the Tribal Wildlife Grants (TWG) program (CFDA 15.639) administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Led by University of Arizona PhD candidate DeAndra Jones in partnership with the Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife, this project assesses the current status of the black bear population on Navajo Nation lands while...

Federal Grant Award Summary Northern Arizona University received an $825,000 block grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156) on July 16, 2025, with a completion date of July 15, 2026. Under this award titled "Tribal Wellbeing for Seven Generations," NAU will deliver products and services across the program's four broad funding categories: technical training and capacity-building workshops for...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Idaho Department of Fish and Game received a $106,667 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 1 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. Through a cooperative agreement with Boise State University's Intermountain Bird Observatory, IDFG will conduct comprehensive field surveys and monitoring of Pinyon Jays across Idaho. Deliverables include...

Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division received a $130,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), awarded July 1, 2026, with a completion date of March 31, 2031. This award supports a monitoring and assessment project focused on developing blister rust hazard rating systems for western white pine (Pinus monticola) plantations across the Inland Northwest...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cooperative Inspection Agreements with States and Tribes program (CFDA 15.222) will provide $636,000 in funding to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government over a 5-year period from 2024 to 2029. The funding will be used to carry out management, development, implementation, and evaluation of all oil and gas leases on the Navajo Nation Reservation. This includes employing and training Navajo Nation inspectors to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) provides $150,000 to Northern Arizona University (NAU) to analyze long-term ecological monitoring data and improve analytical methods to assess the impacts of climate change on grasslands and other ecosystems in the western United States. The key activities include: Analyzing natural resource monitoring data and providing...

This $1,637,038 federal Project Grant awarded on January 10, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) supports climate mitigation and forest resilience efforts for the Chickasaw Nation, a federally recognized Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. The funding will enable the tribe, through its subsidiaries Corvid Technologies and Digitalibiz, to provide cost-sharing, technical...