Project Grant 30181AG028

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) program to the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. This funding will support continued efforts to conserve high-priority and declining grassland bird species across their full annual cycle in western North America and Mexico. Key activities include: Protecting at least 10,000 additional acres of Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and...

The Grasslands Charitable Foundation will receive $150,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2. The funding is provided under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631) to serve as a fiscal agent and enroll private landowners in conservation projects benefitting federal trust species. Specifically, Grasslands Charitable Foundation will deliver on-the-ground conservation work by providing...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides $560,120.22 to Pheasants Forever, Inc. to facilitate cross-boundary collaborative conservation work in Montana. The award will fund a Montana Conservation Delivery Team, including a State Coordinator and Wildlife Biologists, to work with BLM field offices and partners to implement projects that benefit grasslands,...

This $1,900,000 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), is focused on habitat restoration and management practices to benefit wildlife species in the Flint Hills region of Kansas and Oklahoma. The Nature Conservancy, the prime recipient, will work cooperatively with private landowners to restore and enhance native grassland, wetland, and riparian habitats. Key activities include removing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $595,825 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (NMBCA) program (CFDA 15.635) to Universidad Autonoma De Nuevo Leon, a non-profit university in Mexico. The grant supports a 2-year project focused on conserving two priority grassland areas in northern Mexico that provide critical habitat for over 30 species of migratory grassland birds. Key project objectives include: Maintaining connectivity and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) provides $575,000 to the State of Oklahoma Conservation Commission to facilitate the use of prescribed fire on private lands across Oklahoma. The goal is to promote native prairie restoration and enhancement, combat the spread of invasive plant species, and reduce fuel loads in urban interface areas. The award will enable the...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with ID F24AC01643, was issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631). The $387,614 award to the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, Inc. will fund a 5-year project to retain approximately 14,260 acres of highly vulnerable grassland habitat in expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands and associated properties in Montana. The key activities include restoring...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $178,800 Cooperative Agreement to the Kansas Grazing Lands Coalition Inc. under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program. The purpose of this 5-year agreement is to build a funding partnership to facilitate cooperation between USFWS and the Coalition on various habitat restoration and management projects throughout Kansas. The objective is to work cooperatively with private landowners to restore, enhance, establish, and...

Under a $810,369 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635), Pronatura Noreste AC will implement a comprehensive watershed management approach in the Valles Centrales region of Mexico. The key activities include: Protecting 27,428 acres of critical grassland corridors through legal conservation agreements to prevent agricultural expansion Promoting sustainable rangeland management on...

This Project Grant award of $197,934 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) supports a two-year initiative by Fundacion Lagunas Costeras, a non-profit organization in Uruguay, to work with local ranchers to develop and implement grazing best management practices (BMPs) that improve habitat for threatened grassland shorebirds while meeting ranchers' production objectives. The project involves gathering detailed information...