Project Grant 20DG11120101029

This $140,250 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) supports Envirosurvey Inc., a Puerto Rico-based minority-owned non-profit organization, in implementing operational field strategies to promote habitat connectivity between remnant mature native forests and surrounding agricultural landscapes. The key objectives and activities include: 1) Identifying at least 5 coffee plantation properties...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service has awarded a $886,895 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The grant funding will be used to enhance habitat connectivity in subtropical dry forests in Puerto Rico over a 3-year project period ending in May 2026. PDC, which has a strong track record of delivering federally-funded environmental conservation...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,058,240 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The award, effective from August 13, 2024 to August 31, 2027, supports forest stewardship management and habitat restoration initiatives in Puerto Rico. Through this funding, PDC will deliver a comprehensive range of environmental conservation,...

This federal Project Grant award of $136,086.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676), supports the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) of Puerto Rico, doing business as Hilo, in executing a range of environmental conservation and resource management activities. The funding will enable DNER to identify and protect environmentally important forest areas in Puerto Rico that are at risk of conversion to...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry awarded a $668,443 project grant to Sabana Grande Community & Economic Development Corporation (Saced Corp) to work with land stewards and communities to restore degraded landscapes in central southwest Puerto Rico. This award, made on September 23, 2022 under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664), will support efforts through August 30, 2025 to advance forest resource...

This $1,999,988.00 Cooperative Agreement, awarded on September 27, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), will facilitate reforestation education and stewardship transitions to build relationships and investments for developing green economies in Puerto Rico. The funding recipient, Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc. (Crcd), is a non-profit organization and community...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $430,585 Project Grant to Centro Para La Conservacion Del Paisaje Inc. on September 27, 2023 under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674). The grant will fund a 3-year project to provide direct technical assistance regarding new and emerging wood utilization technologies and products to the Forest Service, state foresters, tribes, and public/private organizations in Puerto Rico. The goal is to effectively manage...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) provides $185,000.00 to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization in Puerto Rico. The funding will support two main goals: 1) Engaging 2-4 private landowners to establish forested corridors through native tree and shrub planting, increasing nesting and foraging habitat for the endangered yellow-shouldered blackbird, and 2)...

This $210,366 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678) supports the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) in its efforts to promote and enable long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Puerto Rico. The grant funding will be used to provide technical assistance to private landowners, develop forest management plans, monitor...

The Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc., doing business as CRCd, received a $130,009 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardin Botanico Sur. The award will fund CRCd's "INTEGRATING URBAN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS WITHIN THE RIO HONDO COMMMUNITY FOREST" project from September 16, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The project aims to plan for, establish, manage and protect trees, forests, green spaces...