Project Grant 301815G097M1

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $693,900 Project Grant to Pronatura Noroeste, a non-profit organization and foundation, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635). The 2-year project leverages local partnerships to track migratory bird movements at different geographic scales. Key activities include: Strengthening capacities and expanding the Motus wildlife tracking network to better understand the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.655), awarded a $193,205 Cooperative Agreement to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to conduct one year of rapid assessment surveys monitoring tidal marsh sparrows in 20 marshes in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. A crew of three experienced avian field technicians will perform the surveys using established protocols, with results to be...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $549,164 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to conduct a study on bird community changes in the St. Louis River Estuary (SLRE). The goal is to determine how recent remediation and restoration efforts in the heavily degraded SLRE have improved breeding habitat conditions for wetland-dependent birds at both the site and...

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 U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $666,705 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) project grant to Associacao De Pesquisa E Preservacao De Ecoss Aquatico (Aquasis) in Brazil. The goal is to document habitat use and migratory movements of key shorebird species, including Red Knot, Short-billed Dowitcher, and Ruddy Turnstone, that utilize the Banco dos Cajuais, a regionally important non-breeding site. The objectives are to assess local...

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative Agreement award, under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation program (CFDA 15.655), provides $173,326 in funding to the Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) to develop a spatially explicit avian risk assessment and vulnerability assessment for the Gulf of Mexico. The goal is to evaluate the potential impacts of offshore wind energy development on migratory bird species in the region, addressing critical wildlife...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.655), provides $1,190,156.56 in funding to the Wildlife Management Institute, Inc. to support the USFWS Division of Migratory Birds in the Northeast Region. The funding will be used to hire multiple renewable energy biologists who will: conduct environmental assessments of migratory birds at offshore renewable energy...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635), awarded a $753,158 project grant to Fundacion Proaves De Colombia. The funding supports two key strategies: 1) Establishing 11 permanent migratory bird biodiversity research stations across critical regions of Colombia to expand infrastructure and enable Colombian and international researchers to study neotropical migratory birds, with the goal of...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $117,796 Cooperative Agreement under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.655) to Clemson University's Division of Research. This 2-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will support a study to track the migration and habitat use of the endangered Black-capped Petrel (BCPE) in the Caribbean region. The study aims to improve understanding of BCPE's at-sea habitat requirements to inform critical...