Project Grant F12AP01235

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 awarded Bird Conservancy of the Rockies $150,000 under the Adaptive Science federal grant program (CFDA 15.670) to continue advancing the Central Grassland Roadmap Initiative from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. As the catalyzing organization for the Initiative, which now involves over 600 participants from 200 organizations, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies will host a dedicated Grassland Director position. The Director...

This $185,346 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program will evaluate the effectiveness of climate-adaptive forest management strategies in sustaining habitat for priority bird species and maximizing carbon storage in Northeastern forests. The key activities include: Field-based assessments of forest-dependent bird responses to climate-adaptive silviculture practices on lands managed...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Midwest Region awarded Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory a $375,000 cooperative agreement from September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026 under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) federal grant program. The cooperative agreement will support Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, doing business as Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, to conduct bird monitoring in the Northern Great...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $145,400 to Colorado State University (CSU) to conduct research and monitoring activities related to riparian ecosystem restoration in the western United States. The key objectives include: Participating in the science team and working groups for Minute 323 of the U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty, which involves delivering water for active restoration of riparian sites in...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Midwest Region awarded a $165,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) federal grant program to Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (doing business as Bird Conservancy of the Rockies) for the period of September 15, 2022 through September 14, 2027. The award will support long-term monitoring of landbird communities at Northern Great Plains Inventory and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $465,061.16 Cooperative Agreement to the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, doing business as Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, on September 8, 2025. The award, funded through the Soil and Water Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.902), is intended to leverage resources to accelerate the delivery of private lands conservation in Eastern Montana. The Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, a non-profit...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $285,000 and issued by the National Park Service under the CFDA 15.954 Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program, funds the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative to assess, synthesize, and forecast stream gage discharge data relevant to national parks in the western United States. The project objectives include: 1) conducting analysis and synthesis of historic discharge data on free-flowing stream gages relevant to National Park...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $397,671.10 Cooperative Agreement under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (NCASC) program to the University of Colorado for a project titled "Developing a Decision Support Tool for Prairie Dog and Cattle Coexistence under a Warming Climate". The project aims to update an existing predictive model and decision support tool to forecast the dynamics of prairie dog boom-bust cycles, expand the geographical scope to...

This $160,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) supports long-term monitoring of landbird populations across 13 national park units in the Northern Great Plains region. The awardee, the non-profit Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, will implement a standardized regional bird monitoring program using the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) sampling...

The Nature Conservancy (TNC), in collaboration with the Yavapai Apache Nation, received a $128,546 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557). The funding will support efforts to refine and improve an existing hydrologic modeling tool for water management in the Upper and Middle Verde River Basins in Yavapai County, Arizona. Working with watershed stakeholders, TNC and the Yavapai Apache Nation will develop and...