Project Grant 301819G086

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 5 Project Grant award for $187,500.00 under the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures program (CFDA 15.637) will enable the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) to implement habitat conservation on private and public lands in New York to support the recovery of the golden-winged warbler (GWWA) and improve overall forest health. The project aims to restore at least 400 acres of forest and shrubland habitat that is compatible with GWWA best management...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $577,302 Project Grant to Fundacion Proaves De Colombia, a non-profit organization, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635). This two-year grant, effective from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025, supports the expansion and protection of 5,660 acres of critical migratory bird habitat in Colombia's El Dorado and Chamicero de Perij reserves. Key activities include monitoring populations of cerulean,...

This $1,230,294 five-year Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on March 1, 2024, supports research at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to study the genetic basis and evolutionary history of plumage coloration in wood warblers. The key activities include: Characterizing carotenoid pigments and the function of carotenoid processing genes across the wood warbler radiation Conducting field studies on hybridizing warbler...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $767,153 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) Project Grant to the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) to restore and manage key wintering habitat in the Central Andes of Colombia for the cerulean, golden-winged, and Canada warblers. The grant's objectives include promoting the Central Andes Birdscape conservation plan, increasing native habitat coverage and connectivity, implementing sustainable agroforestry systems, monitoring project...

This $710,788 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) will support the development and implementation of a conservation plan for the migratory route of the Golden-cheeked Warbler (GCWA) and other priority neotropical migratory bird species in the Sierra Plegada region of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental. The grantee, Habitats Resilientes, A.C., aims to: 1) establish standardized...

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....

This Project Grant award of $223,355 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research to explore the role of seasonal migration as an ecological barrier to gene flow between hybridizing species. The primary performer, Columbia University, will leverage state-of-the-art tracking and genomic technology to (1) compare survival rates of parental and hybrid Swainson's thrush subspecies, (2) identify genetic variants underlying migratory traits,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program, awarded the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (Agfc) a $189,150 Formula Grant on October 1, 2023. The grant funds a 3-year project to assess the breeding ecology of the Cerulean Warbler in managed and unmanaged forests of the Ozark Ecoregion in central hardwood forests of Arkansas. The goal is to validate and modify existing Appalachian-focused management guidelines for this species across its range....

This Project Grant award of $270,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a postdoctoral research fellowship to study the evolutionary history and genetic basis of plumage coloration in tropical birds. The key products and services to be delivered include: Using a microevolutionary population genomic approach to investigate whether a divergent plumage patch in a hybridizing bird species complex evolved in allopatry or due to...

Pronatura Sur, A.C., a non-profit community development organization, has been awarded a $793,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635) to support conservation efforts for the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler in Mexico. Through this 2-year grant, Pronatura Sur will: Protect 1,300 hectares of indigenous community forest habitat and establish a legal conservation mechanism on 2,000 additional hectares of communal...