Project Grant 962009G030

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program awarded a $800,161 Project Grant to Fundacion Para La Conservacion De LOS Andes Tropicales Cat, a non-profit organization, to support conservation efforts in the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador. The primary objectives of this 2-year grant are to: (1) acquire 91 hectares of priority habitat to establish connectivity with a globally important wetland, (2) monitor migratory bird use of overwintering habitat, (3)...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) provides $639,220 to Alternare AC, a foreign-owned non-profit in Mexico, to conserve and restore the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR). Key activities include: Placing 3,024 hectares of land under community-based forest management (698 ha in the core zone, 2,326 ha in the buffer zone) Reforesting 60 hectares in the MBBR buffer...

This $885,040 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (NMBCA) program supports Pronatura Noreste AC, a non-profit organization in Mexico, in implementing a comprehensive habitat conservation and management project in the Sierra Madre Oriental region. The key activities include: Protecting over 91,143 acres of critical habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife across two state protected...

This two-year, $227,885 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters, under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional CFDA program, will support the Wildlife Conservation Society in developing the capacity of a newly-formed community association in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve to sustainably manage a forestry concession. Specifically, the grantee will design and implement a community-based biological monitoring program to evaluate...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.655) provides $100,000 in funding to the High Desert Partnership, a non-profit organization in Hines, Oregon. The funding will support the organization's efforts to facilitate collaboration between the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, private landowners, conservation partners, and other stakeholders to implement the Refuge's...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $2,290,683 Cooperative Agreement on January 4, 2025 under the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) for a project in Nouabale Ndoki National Park and the Sangha Tri-National World Heritage Site in the Republic of the Congo. The project aims to enhance wildlife conservation through capacity development, community engagement, and evidence-based strategies to maintain wildlife corridors and...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $300,537.92 Project Grant to the Little Traverse Conservancy Inc., a non-profit organization based in Michigan. The grant, funded through the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608), will support the development of an ecological conditions assessment program to inform conservation management activities on over 30,000 acres of land owned and managed by the Little Traverse Conservancy and Southwest...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish & Wildlife Service awarded a $878,353 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) project grant to Pronatura Noreste AC, a non-profit organization in Mexico. This two-year grant from July 2024 to June 2026 will support comprehensive efforts to increase the resilience and reduce the vulnerability of the Janos GPCA grasslands in Mexico. Key activities include: Protecting 17,526 acres of priority grassland properties through legal...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635) provides $804,746 to support Birdlife International's conservation efforts in the Ecuadorian Choco-Andes region. The key products and services to be delivered through this 2-year grant include: Protecting at least 15,000 hectares of priority habitat for migratory and threatened endemic birds by establishing new private or sub-national protected areas....

This $496,130 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program (CFDA 15.658) will support the acquisition and permanent protection of 1,112 acres of tropical rainforest habitat within the Cerro San Gil Watershed Protection Reserve in Guatemala. American Bird Conservancy will work with local partner Fundacion Para El Ecodesarollo Y La Conservacion (Fundaeco) to add the acquired land to the...