Project Grant F10AP00786

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)...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $802,620 project grant to Asociacion Mesa De Ongs Comanejadoras De Areas Protegidas De Honduras (MOCAPH), a non-profit organization in Honduras, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) program. The two-year grant aims to save the wintering habitat of the golden-cheeked warbler in critical areas of Honduras through habitat conservation, species monitoring, and environmental education activities....

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $674,360 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) project grant to Fundacion De Conservacion Jocotoco, a non-profit organization in Ecuador. The two-year project aims to reduce habitat loss and information gaps on 114,000 acres, forming ecological corridors in northern Ecuador. Key activities include patrolling the Jocotoco Narupa Reserve to mitigate threats, monitoring migratory bird...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $982,190 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) program to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. The funding will support research and capacity building at the Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area in Belize. The key deliverables include: Quantifying demographic parameters (e.g., survival) for priority migratory bird species along gradients of silvicultural intensity in the RBCMA, and...

The Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $679,190 project grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) program to Fundacion Para El Ecodesarollo Y La Conservacion (Fundaeco) for a 3-year project focused on migratory shorebird conservation in the Pacific coast of Guatemala. The grant will support Fundaeco's efforts to protect and restore bird habitat, conduct research and monitoring, and engage local communities in conservation activities. As a...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters aims to protect habitat for 88 neotropical migratory bird species, eight of which are classified as birds of conservation concern. Through the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635), the $207,117 award to Prescott College Inc. will identify, map, and ultimately protect critical habitat within two Ramsar sites located in Sonora, Mexico, totaling 36,366 hectares....

The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,350,485 Project Grant through the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (NMBCA) program to Fundación Para El Ecodesarollo Y La Conservación (Fundaeco) to support a 3-year project focused on "Improved Neotropical Migratory Bird Habitat Conservation through the Expansion of Fully Protected Zones and Connectivity Between Protected Areas in Caribbean Guatemala." The project aims to expand fully protected zones and...

This $140,250 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) supports Envirosurvey Inc., a Puerto Rico-based minority-owned non-profit organization, in implementing operational field strategies to promote habitat connectivity between remnant mature native forests and surrounding agricultural landscapes. The key objectives and activities include: 1) Identifying at least 5 coffee plantation properties...

This $710,788 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) will support the development and implementation of a conservation plan for the migratory route of the Golden-cheeked Warbler (GCWA) and other priority neotropical migratory bird species in the Sierra Plegada region of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental. The grantee, Habitats Resilientes, A.C., aims to: 1) establish standardized...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $678,797 Project Grant to Habitats Resilientes, A.C. under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation grant program (CFDA 15.635). The grant will support conservation activities for the Mountain Plover, a bird species experiencing significant population declines, at its wintering habitat sites in the Ascension region of Chihuahua, Mexico. Specifically, the grantee will (1) secure long-term protection of...