Project Grant F18AP00227

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $350,100 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666) to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The grant aims to reduce instances of wolf depredation on livestock, assist affected livestock producers, foster cooperative relationships with local communities, and support broader wolf...

This Project Grant award of $104,000.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666) supports the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in undertaking proactive, non-lethal activities to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to predation by wolves and to compensate livestock producers for livestock losses due to such predation. The funding will...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $116,914 Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention grant (CFDA 15.666) to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) for the period of October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025. This grant funding supports two main activities: 1) compensating livestock producers for verified losses due to wolf predation, and 2) implementing non-lethal measures to prevent wolf-livestock conflicts....

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service provides $150,000 in funding to the Colorado Department of Natural Resources to support the state's efforts in responding to the newly established wolf population and the wolf population that will be introduced under Proposition 114. The grant funds are intended to support two primary activities: 1) Compensation for confirmed livestock depredation by wolves, and 2) Provision of prevention...

This Project Grant award of $337,684 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666) provides funding to the Species Conservation Office Of, a U.S. local government entity in Boise, Idaho, to support two main initiatives: A compensation program that will reimburse livestock producers in Idaho for losses based on average market rates for animals killed by wolves, with...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666) provides $380,000 to New Mexico State University (NMSU) to increase collaboration, coordination, and outreach efforts related to the Mexican wolf reintroduction program. The grant funding will enable NMSU to assist livestock producers in undertaking proactive, non-lethal activities...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $240,000 Project Grant to the Arizona Game and Fish Department to support the state's participation in the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program and the Arizona Livestock Loss Board (ALLB). Of the total award, $114,000 (95%) in federal funds will be used to provide direct payments to ALLB-approved applicants for deploying conflict avoidance measures that reduce Mexican wolf depredations on livestock. An additional $6,000...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a Formula Grant of $371,406 to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) on July 1, 2024 under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The grant will fund a research project to describe differences in wolf diet between three recently established wolf packs in the Oregon Cascades. The project will collect wolf scat opportunistically and through...

The New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) was awarded a $613,364 Project Grant under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666). The funding supports NMDA's efforts to mitigate conflicts between Mexican wolf recovery and livestock operations in New Mexico. Key activities include: Providing timely compensation to livestock producers for confirmed wolf depredations of their livestock Collaborating...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin a $110,510 Tribal Wildlife Grant to revise the tribe's 2013 wolf (Maiingan) management plan. The new "Lac Courte Oreilles Maiingan Relationship Plan" will incorporate traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) as well as contemporary ecological, biological, and social science to guide wolf management within the tribe's ceded...