Project Grant F13AP00239

This $1,200,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) will fund longleaf pine restoration and habitat enhancement projects on state, private, and tribal lands across the Southeast United States. The prime awardee, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), will work with sub-grantees including the American Bird Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, The Longleaf Alliance, and the Land Trust For Louisiana to...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $159,114 to the University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research on September 19, 2025, with a performance period extending through September 18, 2026. This award funds monitoring support for wood stork reproduction in Lake Okeechobee and overlapping core foraging areas (CFAs) in Florida. The project directly supports the Conservation and Rehabilitation...

This $1,200,000 Project Grant was awarded on June 20, 2023 by the USDA Forest Service R8-Southern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). The grant supports the restoration and conservation of the longleaf pine ecosystem across public and private lands in West Georgia, East Alabama, South Georgia, and North Florida. Key activities include 20,000 acres of prescribed burning, 1,350 acres of longleaf pine...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded $114,285.71 through a Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to Florida Three Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc., effective May 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2029. The awardee will provide comprehensive restoration and ecosystem improvement services for longleaf pine habitat at Fort Jackson Military Reservation in...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Coastal program (CFDA 15.630) provides $100,000 in funding from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028. The purpose of the project is to establish a plan for conserving the federally and state threatened Eastern Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis) as coastal habitats change. Key activities include surveying for Eastern Black Rails in identified high marsh areas...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) federal grant program provides $100,000.00 in funding to the University of Florida to conduct research and monitoring activities focused on the Cape Sable seaside sparrow, an endangered species found in Everglades National Park. The key objectives of this 3-year project (03/31/2025 - 12/31/2027) are to: 1) identify capture strategies that will minimize impact on existing...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $234,110.53 to the National Audubon Society, Inc. to assess avian responses to forest management across the Upper Mississippi River System. The project aims to quantify the relationships between forest structure characteristics and bird species composition and abundance before and after habitat restoration and enhancement activities. Key activities include...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $171,533 cooperative agreement awarded September 19, 2025, by the Department of Defense's ENDIST Jacksonville facility under the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations program (CFDA 12.005). The award funds monitoring, assessing, and evaluating the survival of juvenile snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) across five Florida locations: Lakes...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $150,000 cooperative agreement awarded on August 29, 2025, by the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945). The award funds the development, implementation, and testing of population monitoring protocols for the endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, with work to be completed by December 31, 2027,...

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) received a $3 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) for the period of August 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The funding will support habitat restoration, invasive species control, and other conservation activities across five states through five sub-awards totaling $3 million. Specifically, sub-awards...