Project Grant DCM67C1

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded an $800,000 cooperative agreement to Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt VON 1858 E.V. (ZGF) under the Central Africa Regional Program (CFDA 15.651) to increase operational efficiency at Lomami National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Under the award, ZGF will work to extend wildlife management into buffer zones through establishing community reserves and...

The National Park Service, under its Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931), awarded a $204,212.55 cooperative agreement to the National Council For Preservation Education Inc. from July 2021 through December 2025. The awardee will carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on Department of the Interior lands through its National Council For Preservation Education division. This...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $217,707.51 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) to the Sequoia Parks Conservancy. The agreement, effective September 1, 2024 through December 31, 2028, supports projects that further the NPS mission in natural and cultural resource conservation, protection, and environmental sustainability within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Key activities include fostering research interest,...

The National Council for Preservation Education will receive $129,458.10 through December 2025 under a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office. The funding is provided through the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities federal grant program, which supports natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service, and education projects on Department of Interior lands. Under this award, the National...

This $353,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 15.628) will fund the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) to coordinate conservation efforts across state, regional, territorial, and provincial fish and wildlife agencies in the United States and Canada. The primary objectives are to: 1) Provide professional staffing and coordination for the AFWA-FWS Landscape Conservation Joint Task Force; 2) Support...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service Southeast Region supports a multi-year initiative to build the impact of Blue Ridge Parkway's external communication strategies. Under the $163,866.67 award, the prime awardee, Conservation Legacy, will collaborate with a conservation organization to conduct targeted recruitment and hire multiple 32-week interns to produce high-quality multimedia content reflecting timely park issues and projects, aligned...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a 5-year, $500,000 Cooperative Agreement titled "Building Conservation Coalitions and Supporting Protected Areas (BCCSPA)" under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program. This award provides technical support to parliamentarians in select countries to help them actively develop conservation caucuses and expand policymaker networks. The goal is to build capacity and facilitate...

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...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $3,355,000 Cooperative Agreement under the CFDA 15.954 Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program to the Center for Plant Conservation, Inc. (CPC), a non-profit organization. The agreement supports CPC's efforts to further the mission of the NPS in natural and cultural resource conservation, protection, and environmental sustainability. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Collecting plant materials...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region awarded a $145,090.72 cooperative agreement to American Conservation Experience under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). The award will support a Conservation Vegetation Monitoring Intern from January 8, 2021 through January 7, 2026. This program seeks to utilize qualified non-profit youth and veteran serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource...