Project Grant 72061524FA00002

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), awarded a $5,075,487.58 cooperative agreement to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to provide implementation, monitoring, and strategy integration capacity to improve climate resilience and habitat quality in Idaho. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) conserving water at natural sources through infrastructure improvements; 2) protecting water sources, streams,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), provides $400,000 in funding to the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. The funding will support expanding the organization's Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program to conduct additional bird surveys on BLM lands in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The expanded monitoring will provide robust...

This $375,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245) supports the Birds of Prey NCA Partnership (BOPP), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Idaho. Through this 5-year award from September 2024 to September 2029, BOPP will: Conduct habitat improvement activities on public lands managed by the BLM, including exotic weed removal, native plant installations, and native...

This $180,395 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas will support Special K Ranch, Inc. in advancing native plant conservation and restoration efforts through 2027. Funded by the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), the award will increase production of native seeds harvested east of the Rocky Mountains for revegetation projects addressing issues such as wildfires, drought, and overgrazing. Special K...

This $349,988.71 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Forest and Woodlands Resource Management Program (CFDA 15.233) supports a project to rigorously monitor the effects of science-based forest management treatments designed to restore and improve forest ecosystem function, promote wildlife habitat, and respond to climate change in the Inland Northwest and Northern Rockies region. Key activities include: Establishing a long-term vegetation monitoring network...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) to the Regents of the University of Idaho (UI). The project will work closely with local BLM offices to assess and document the trajectory of restoration projects designed to improve priority wildlife habitat in Idaho. UI will utilize field-based and drone-based monitoring to evaluate projects at the site and landscape level, and develop a method for...

The Bureau of Land Management awarded a $122,401 cooperative agreement to the Institute For Applied Ecology under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act program (CFDA 15.234) to conserve and restore habitat for two listed and one species of concern at Oak Basin Prairies Area of Critical Environmental Concern in Oregon from April 2023 through April 2028. The Institute For Applied Ecology will use integrated pest management including mechanical, chemical and physical methods...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) awarded a $610,000 project grant to African Parks Network, a non-profit conservation organization, to strengthen long-term wildlife conservation capacity in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (OKNP) in the Republic of the Congo. The grant aims to protect the ecological integrity of this critical conservation area through targeted community development initiatives, mitigation of human-wildlife conflict, and...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $364,985.90 to support a 5-year project focused on assessing the impacts of the Three Creeks Grazing Consolidation Plan on riparian conditions and ecosystem services across a 57,000 hectare landscape in Utah. The project aims to determine how implementation of this new grazing management approach, which uses grazing duration and timing as tools,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $200,000 to engage eight 16-week interns from 2025 to 2027 in a habitat inventory and restoration project for the slickspot peppergrass plant in the Snake River Plain region of Idaho. The interns will use tablets loaded with Survey123 and field mapping software to identify the presence and absence of slickspot habitats across...