Project Grant 21DG11132762357

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), provides $414,878.56 to the Upper Salinas / Las Tablas Resource Conservation District to restore 5 acres of overwintering and breeding habitat for the monarch butterfly on Army National Guard camps in California. The project aims to alleviate the species' decline by restoring native habitat, improving drought...

This $221,127.14 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, will fund the Oregon Department of Agriculture's (ODA) Native Plant Conservation Program. The award supports ODA's collaborative efforts with conservation partners to advance the understanding, protection, and recovery of several listed and rare plant species in Oregon, including Howell's spectacular...

The Oregon Desert Land Trust and partners received a $417,250 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 through July 15, 2027. The funding is provided under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation federal grant program (CFDA 15.657) to assess, protect, and restore streams, springs, and wet meadows in Oregon's Trout Creek and Pueblo Mountains. Key activities over the five-year period include continuing to assess and prioritize wet...

The San Juan Islands Conservation District will implement ten new Island Marble Butterfly habitat projects totaling $151,918.84 through December 2026 under a Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. Funded by the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, the projects will create fenced habitat plots and permanent open spaces on private properties in San Juan and Lopez Islands, Washington to expand existing habitat and connect areas for...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) provides $639,220 to Alternare AC, a foreign-owned non-profit in Mexico, to conserve and restore the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR). Key activities include: Placing 3,024 hectares of land under community-based forest management (698 ha in the core zone, 2,326 ha in the buffer zone) Reforesting 60 hectares in the MBBR buffer...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) received a $1,182,433 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (CFDA 15.611) to support implementation of the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. Through this 2-year grant, ODFW will conduct population monitoring, research, depredation response, public outreach, and education to enhance gray wolf conservation in Oregon. The grant...

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

The National Park Service, through its Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, awarded a $149,723 cooperative agreement to the University of California, Davis. The purpose of this award is to conduct an inventory of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and bumble bees (Bombus spp.), including plant-pollinator interactions, within Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (WHIS) and Lassen Volcanic National Park (LAVO) in northern...

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...

The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) was awarded a $171,260.58 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The 3-year grant supports several initiatives focused on the conservation and recovery of rare plant species in Oregon, including: Monitoring and research on Applegate's milkvetch, Bradshaw's lomatium, and Howell's spectacular thelypody to inform management...