Project Grant F16AP00549

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $799,366 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The grant supports the removal of invasive Barred Owls to prevent the extinction of the threatened Northern Spotted Owl in the Mendocino National Forest. Specifically, the project will conduct Barred Owl removals over a two-year period and monitor the recovery of Northern Spotted Owl...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $299,985 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) program to the University of Wisconsin System for a 3-year study on managing the invasive Barred Owl to protect threatened native species such as the Northern and California Spotted Owls. The study will involve the continued lethal removal of Barred Owls in California to prevent the extinction of the native Spotted Owl...

This federal Formula Grant award of $489,892.00, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611), will fund the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to conduct analysis of existing data and research to improve knowledge about sooty grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus) population trends throughout western Oregon. The primary goals of this 2-year project are to: 1) continue...

The National Park Service awarded $179,770 under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System program (CFDA 15.945) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 13, 2022. The award will support resurveying 78 sites in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park to determine impacts of the KNP Complex Fire on California spotted owl occupancy. The University will deploy acoustic recording units at locations surveyed in 2021 to scan for California spotted owls and...

This federal Formula Grant award of $551,956 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act program is intended to support two key objectives: Evaluate the relationship between habitat conditions and black-tailed deer demographic rates (survival and reproduction) in the western Cascades region of Oregon. This research aims to provide wildlife managers at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) with critical data...

This federal Formula Grant award of $441,041 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety (CFDA 15.611) program will support the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) in conducting a multi-faceted research and monitoring project focused on the fisher (Pekania pennanti) population in southern Oregon. Key elements of the project include: Continuing non-invasive genetic sampling and...

This federal Formula Grant award of $391,097.00, made by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611), supports an in-depth monitoring effort by the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to understand how wildlife respond to large and severe wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. The project aims to examine the impacts of fire intensity, pre-fire landscape management, and microsite...

The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received a $6,142,016 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will support DNR's efforts to acquire 926 acres of high-functioning habitat for the federally threatened Northern spotted owl and Oregon spotted frog, as well as five additional federal at-risk species, as part of a larger 2,476-acre...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $559,033 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The grant's objective is to evaluate the presence, distribution, habitat use, and reproductive success of Oregon Conservation Strategy and protected species, including several bird and bat species. The grant has two overarching objectives: 1) Investigating how...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, provides $619,388 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to support the development of a draft amendment to the Humboldt Redwood Company (HRC) Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). The key objectives of this grant are to: (1) complete a strategic planning process to determine the scope and framework...