Project Grant 25DG11132762164

This $190,494 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635) will be used by Birds Canada to address conservation of the Bicknell's Thrush in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The key objectives are to: 1) facilitate communication between timber companies and regulators to implement best practices for preventing habitat degradation, 2) assess Bicknell's Thrush occupancy of potential...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.647) provides $118,370.00 to conduct a range-wide study on the non-breeding grounds of the wood thrush, a migratory bird species of conservation concern. The award aims to gather information on over-winter survival, migration routes, survival during migration, and migratory connectivity of distinct wood thrush populations across Central...

This Project Grant award of $651,150 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the National Audubon Society Inc., a non-profit conservation organization. The funding will support a 5-year initiative to engage private landowners in Vermont to address the biodiversity crisis through collaborative conservation efforts focused on landscape-scale restoration. The project aims to protect...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Birdlife International a $866,100 project grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA #15.635) program. The grant will fund a 2-year project to improve habitat quality and connectivity for migratory and resident grassland birds in southern South America, with a focus on Argentina. Key project activities include habitat restoration, bird population monitoring, environmental education, and development of...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $306,638 Project Grant to the University of New England (UNE) under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) program. The funding supports a 2-year effort to assess the seasonal and migratory movements of bobolinks breeding on the farm hub and in Vermont. The grant aims to improve understanding of the life-cycles of the animals that are stewarded. As a non-profit private university with a...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $778,778 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) program to the Walkers Institute For Regenerative Research Education And Design Inc. in Barbados. The grant will fund a 2-year project to conserve shorebirds in Barbados through wetland restoration, research, education, and community engagement. Key activities include habitat protection and restoration, migratory bird population...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded Klamath Bird Observatory, a non-profit organization, a $199,782.11 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) program on April 1, 2024. The objective of this 2-year project is to study the effects of invasive blackberry density on riparian bird abundance, territory density, nest success, nestling growth rates, and local insect abundance. The findings will help determine if removal...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program awarded a $800,161 Project Grant to Fundacion Para La Conservacion De LOS Andes Tropicales Cat, a non-profit organization, to support conservation efforts in the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador. The primary objectives of this 2-year grant are to: (1) acquire 91 hectares of priority habitat to establish connectivity with a globally important wetland, (2) monitor migratory bird use of overwintering habitat, (3)...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $674,360 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) project grant to Fundacion De Conservacion Jocotoco, a non-profit organization in Ecuador. The two-year project aims to reduce habitat loss and information gaps on 114,000 acres, forming ecological corridors in northern Ecuador. Key activities include patrolling the Jocotoco Narupa Reserve to mitigate threats, monitoring migratory bird...

The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife has been awarded a $850,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The grant will fund the acquisition and conservation of approximately 200 acres of forested habitat in Bridport, Addison County, Vermont. This land will create a habitat corridor connecting the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife's Lemon Fair Wildlife Management Area and...