Project Grant 24DG11051400025

This $640,404 federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program, will fund the development of a regional native plant nursery in Fairbanks, Alaska. The project, led by the Fairbanks Soil & Water Conservation District, aims to address the limited availability of native plant seedlings and seeds required for ecosystem restoration activities such as post-wildfire, forest...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $350,000 cooperative agreement to Native Plant Trust Inc., doing business as Garden in the Woods, to develop a native seed network in New England and increase the availability of high priority native seed for conservation from September 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026. This award was made under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), which provides assistance to identify, conserve, manage, and enhance natural,...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program, will enable Alaska Village Initiatives (AVI) to establish a native plant nursery in Alaska. The $436,480 award, granted on September 10, 2024, will allow AVI to construct a greenhouse, manage the nursery to produce 200,000 native plants per year, restore 3 acres of fire-burned tribal land, and establish a community seed...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The grant will fund expansion of the Commission's aquatic plant nursery facility to increase production capacity from 3,500 plants in 2024 to 12,000 plants by 2027. This will support the Commission's efforts to establish self-sustaining native aquatic vegetation communities in eight reservoirs in 2024 and nine...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded $955,000 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program to the State of Hawaii Department of Land & Natural Resources to support conservation efforts for endangered native plant species in Hawaii. Funding will support infrastructure upgrades and staffing increases at rare plant nurseries operated by the Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife's Rare Plant Program through...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $986,250.54 Cooperative Agreement to the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) on September 20, 2024 under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247). The funding supports CNPS's efforts to conduct assessments, inventories, and monitoring of riparian, wetland, and related habitats across California over a 5-year performance period ending September 19, 2029. Key project activities include vegetation mapping, rare plant monitoring,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $318,750 Cooperative Agreement under the Candidate Species Conservation Program (CFDA 15.660) to The Evergreen State College for the "Sagebrush Steppe Plant Materials Project". This project aims to: Develop infrastructure to scale up production of diverse sagebrush steppe plant species, particularly native forbs and shrubs, to ensure sufficient resources for post-fire rehabilitation and recovery of functioning...

This $550,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), will fund the development of a Paiute Native Plant Center in Utah. The Center will include greenhouse nurseries, seed processing facilities, and research areas, while providing native plant workforce training opportunities for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah and rural communities in southern Utah and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), is intended to update and relaunch the Native Seed Network website (www.nativeseednetwork.org). The $742,128.41 award to the Institute for Applied Ecology, a non-profit organization based in Corvallis, Oregon, will fund the development of an interactive website that connects seed producers and buyers. Key...

Through this $113,035 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, also known as the California Botanic Garden, will provide a range of native plant conservation services to support the BLM's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). Key activities include seed banking, specimen collection, species surveys, taxonomy research, and restoration propagation, with a focus on rare...