Project Grant F20AP10181

The Pueblo of Santa Ana received a $192,812 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 under the Tribal Wildlife Grants program (CFDA 15.639). The grant will support the Pueblo in capturing and GPS collaring six mountain lions on its lands to monitor predation events and identify prey species killed. Mountain lion movements will also be tracked to identify wildlife corridors. This data will help the Pueblo identify individual lions negatively...

This $386,050 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.664 - Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance) to New Mexico State University (NMSU) supports a project to predict climate change-induced habitat shifts for big game species in New Mexico. The key objectives are to: Estimate resource selection and population density of elk, mule deer, oryx, and pronghorn in representative ecoregions of New Mexico by fitting animals with GPS collars and deploying...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 awarded a $12,459,708.75 Formula Grant to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The funding will support projects to conserve and enhance over 17,701 acres of important year-round habitat for Rocky Mountain elk, mule deer, pronghorn, black bear and wild turkey in northwestern New Mexico. Specifically, the grant will fund the...

The National Park Service awarded a $226,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA 15.939) to the Sangre De Cristo National Heritage Area in Colorado. The purpose of this award is to engage the public, partners, and communities in shared environmental stewardship through initiatives that promote preservation, conservation, education, and outdoor recreation related to the region's cultural, historical, and natural resources. The funding will support the implementation...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish a $2,200,000 Formula Grant under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The grant funds will be used to acquire land in northeastern New Mexico to connect wildlife habitats for Rocky Mountain elk, mule deer, and black bear. The land acquisition will also provide opportunities for wildlife-related and other outdoor...

The Department of Natural Resources Colorado, Executive Director's Office, a U.S. state government entity, has been awarded a $2,092,193 Federal Formula Grant by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6. This annual grant funds the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Hunter Education and Hunter Outreach Programs. The purpose of the Hunter Education Program is to conduct training programs to teach individuals to be safe, legal, and responsible hunters. The Hunter...

This $1,655,224 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program funds all annual Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) management work for other ungulate (hoofed mammals) populations in Colorado. The award period is from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. CPW, the state agency responsible for Colorado's natural resources and wildlife, will use the grant funds to support a range of...

This $1,929,918 Formula Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 on July 1, 2023 funds operations at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Native Fish Hatchery in the San Luis Valley. The hatchery rears a variety of native threatened, endangered, and at-risk aquatic species, including the boreal toad. The hatchery is a pioneer in researching and implementing specialized rearing and breeding techniques for these often little-understood aquatic...

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish received a $3,652,599.53 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety federal grant program (CFDA 15.611) to support big game surveys, inventories, and management activities from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act provides grants to state wildlife agencies to restore, conserve, manage, and...

This $637,478 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) funds Colorado Parks and Wildlife's research on Gunnison and Greater Sage-grouse. Key activities include spring lek counts, habitat usage studies, support for local working groups, and preparation of research findings for publication. This grant-funded work is crucial to the recovery of both sage-grouse species in...