Project Grant F15AP00292

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $297,505 Project Grant under the Latin America Regional Program (CFDA 15.640) to the Mexican non-profit organization Bioconciencia A.C. The grant will fund a 2-year project (12/1/2024 - 11/30/2026) to expand the Jaguares de la Selva Maya program's efforts to mitigate human-jaguar conflicts in the Southern Maya Forest region of Mexico and Guatemala. Key activities include: (1) training 3 field schools to educate livestock...

Organizacion Vida Silvestre, A.C. was awarded a $925,835 Project Grant through June 13, 2025 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant supports the "Reduction of Threats of Priority ANM, Altiplano Potosino, Fase III" project under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program. Through this funding, Organizacion Vida Silvestre, A.C. will deliver critical on-the-ground conservation activities in Mexico's Altiplano Potosino...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $418,860 Project Grant to Mar Y Sierra Salvaje, A.C. to support the HYDROLOGICAL REHABILITATION OF THE HUIZACHE-CAIMANERO LAGOON from May 11, 2022 to May 11, 2024. Under this award, Mar Y Sierra Salvaje, A.C. will deliver wetlands conservation services to rehabilitate the hydrology of the Huizache-Caimanero Lagoon in Mexico. The grant is funded through the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund, which...

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 $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America Regional Program (CFDA 15.640) supports conservation initiatives in the Merendon Mountain range between Honduras and Guatemala. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) Strengthen local water communities through legal support, 2) Continue monitoring biodiversity, key species, and illegal activities in protected areas, and 3) Support local stakeholders in watershed...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $132,710 Project Grant to Bioconciencia A.C. from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024 under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684). The grant will support continued efforts to document winter bat ecology in Mexico and assess potential entry and spread of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) fungus. Key activities include winter colony counts and searches for new bat hibernacula, with...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $103,320 cooperative agreement to Fondo Mexicano Para La Conservacion De La Naturaleza, A.C. under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) federal grant program. The award will support initiatives in the sustainable management of natural resources in Mexico from January 8, 2021 through June 30, 2022. As part of the International Forestry Programs, which aims to improve forest policies, practices, and protections internationally,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters supports a conservation effort in the Somuncura Plateau in Patagonia, Argentina. The $277,560 grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, aims to increase habitat for endangered species, reduce human-wildlife conflict, and promote ecotourism as a sustainable activity. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) managing water sources to protect them from trampling,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded Tierra Y Montes, a U.S. local government Soil and Water Conservation District, a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631). The 5-year award, effective October 2, 2023, will support habitat restoration and enhancement projects on private lands in San Miguel and Mora Counties, New Mexico. Key objectives include improving wildlife habitat quality, reducing erosion and...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded $352,236 under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) to Fundacion Para El Estudio De Especies Invasivas for a Cooperative Agreement running from July 1, 2021 to August 14, 2022. The award aims to develop a biological control program against the Harrisia cactus mealybug, an invasive pest affecting 13 native cactus species in Puerto Rico, including three endemic and two endangered species. Key...