Project Grant 72038820FA00003

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) provides $300,000.00 to The Nature Conservancy to enhance climate and water resilience in Latin America. The award period spans from September 25, 2024 to August 31, 2028. Under this cooperative agreement, The Nature Conservancy will leverage its expertise in habitat restoration, invasive species control, land management, and ecological research to...

Under a $814,290 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will work with the agency to evaluate native grasslands and wetlands on National Wildlife Refuge System lands in Minnesota. TNC will hire two field biologists to write restoration plans and assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in carrying out nature-based restoration and enhancement work. The partners will also conduct outreach to private landowners to facilitate conservation...

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) was awarded a $1,244,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). The 4-year project aims to reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire on 2,100 acres of loblolly pine-dominated habitat at the James River National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. Key activities include: 1) completing a timber inventory to assess baseline conditions; 2)...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a 24-month, $100,400 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686) to The Nature Conservancy. The agreement will fund the collection, processing, and analysis of high-resolution 3D imagery in West Hawaii to guide habitat restoration efforts at six coastal sites (four anchialine pools and two fishponds) in partnership with the Hui Loko Network. This methodology will enable assessment of...

This three-year $542,996 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Asian Elephant Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.621) aims to strengthen human-elephant coexistence in the Chure Terai Madhesh Landscape of Nepal. The grant recipient, the National Trust for Nature Conservation, will implement a multi-faceted program to: 1) Increase human tolerance towards wild elephants through community outreach, behavior change campaigns, and development of a regional human-elephant coexistence...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $928,484.00 Cooperative Agreement to the Nature Nexus Institute, a non-profit organization, under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463). Through this 3-year award, effective July 1, 2023, the Nature Nexus Institute will engage community members in South Los Angeles in habitat restoration activities, including nature hikes, field trips, workshops, and hands-on restoration work at two local...

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will receive $8.3 million under a Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to restore high-priority habitat along three rivers in coastal Mendocino County, California. Funded through NOAA's Habitat Conservation grant program (CFDA 11.463), TNC will implement on-the-ground restoration at three sites focusing on floodplain and stream habitat improvement. The work will benefit endangered Central California coast coho...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $1,000,000.00 and effective from January 8, 2025 to January 7, 2030, is funded by the National Park Service (NPS) through the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944). Under this agreement, The Nature Conservancy will work cooperatively with the NPS to facilitate the environmental and ecological restoration and conservation of ranchlands within Point Reyes National Seashore. Key project outcomes include providing ranchland transition...

The Nature Conservancy will provide $194,500 in services under a cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 on June 8, 2021. Funded through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), the agreement supports the Nature Conservancy's "Western Wyoming Big Game Migration and Habitat Restoration" project through September 30, 2025. The Partners for Fish and Wildlife program aims to conserve fish and wildlife by...

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) was awarded a $924,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631) to replace 17.5 miles of perimeter fencing at the 8,073-acre Kona Hema Preserve on Hawaii's Big Island. The project, taking place from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027, will ensure the continued protection of native upland forests at the preserve that provide...