Project Grant 25DG11132762215
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to Birdlife International, a global non-profit conservation organization. The grant funding will support Birdlife International's efforts to advance grasslands conservation initiatives in the Americas. Key activities include research, habitat monitoring, and strategic conservation planning for migratory and endemic bird species, particularly in the Ecuadorian...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $665,877 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) program to the American Bird Conservancy (ABC). The grant, with a performance period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, supports comprehensive conservation efforts for migratory birds in the Dominican Republic. Key activities include: Maintaining and improving management and law enforcement capacity on over 64,000 hectares across five...
- This $811,254 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635) supports efforts by the American Bird Conservancy, a non-profit organization, to conserve migratory songbirds in northern Peru. Key products and services to be delivered include planting 135,320 new trees and coffee plants across 247 acres to establish new bird habitat, working with local farmers to adopt bird-friendly land use practices,...
- The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions awarded Birdscaribbean $165,000 on September 10, 2025, under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to support bird tagging, radio telemetry training, and shorebird census activities in Puerto Rico. The award funds expansion of migratory bird tracking work initiated in March 2025, when prairie warbler tracking began in Puerto Rico. In 2026, the project will pilot tracking of one to two migratory landbird...
- This $553,529 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) partners with the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a non-profit organization, to increase and improve the delivery of NRCS forestry conservation programs in Kentucky. The agreement supports ABC's efforts to deliver a range of services, including habitat restoration and management, wildlife monitoring,...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) provides $464,100.59 to the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) to support conservation activities for the Kirtland's Warbler. Key activities include: Hiring a Kirtland's Warbler recovery forester to increase the acres or quality of conserved and managed forest habitats consistent with the Kirtland's Warbler Conservation Strategy within Bird...
- This $496,130 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program (CFDA 15.658) will support the acquisition and permanent protection of 1,112 acres of tropical rainforest habitat within the Cerro San Gil Watershed Protection Reserve in Guatemala. American Bird Conservancy will work with local partner Fundacion Para El Ecodesarollo Y La Conservacion (Fundaeco) to add the acquired land to the...
- This $149,633 Cooperative Agreement award from the USDA Forest Service's International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) supports the Asociacion Para El Estudio Y Conservacion De Las Aves Acuaticas En Colombia, a non-profit organization based in Cali, Colombia. The award enables the organization to conduct research, education, and conservation activities focused on preserving neotropical migratory and resident bird species in Colombia and the broader Americas region through June 2028. Key...
- Environment For The Americas, Inc. received a $114,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) awarded on September 17, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2026. The agreement funds targeted migratory bird conservation activities including the coordination of World Migratory Bird Day events, support for hummingbird conservation initiatives in California, administration of a summer internship...
- This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the CFDA 15.608 Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program will support a $240,089.17 research project conducted by the American Bird Conservancy. The project aims to investigate the responses of young forest bird species, including the threatened Golden-winged Warbler and Eastern Whip-poor-will, to experimental silvicultural treatments designed to improve northern hardwood forest regeneration....
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions awarded American Bird Conservancy $109,534 on September 17, 2025, under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to fund personnel, workshop expenses, and a monitoring framework demonstrating sustainable forest management across federal, state, and private lands. The award supports implementation of the BirdsPLUS program, which uses bird populations as ecological health indicators to measure conservation investment impact and validate landscape management practices. American Bird Conservancy will expand the BirdsPLUS methodology across working forests, formalize a sustainability framework, and build out the validation dataset underlying the BirdsPLUS Index to enable companies to measure and report their impact on birds and nature. The organization will share BirdsPLUS findings with international partners engaged in migratory bird conservation in Latin America, supporting efforts to engage private agricultural and timber sectors internationally in practices that align conservation and industry profitability. Performance spans the United States through August 31, 2027. The International Forestry Programs category funding this award supports conservation of U.S. migratory species habitat through partnerships across the migratory range to improve species survival and chances of returning to U.S. forests and grasslands in healthy numbers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 8/26/26 | ||
| Not listed | $44.5k | 8/26/26 | ||
| Not listed | $65.0k | 9/17/25 |