Project Grant F20AP12012

This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters, under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance (CFDA 15.683) program, provides $199,890 to Wildlife Research International, Inc. (dba Wildlife Research) from June 30, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The project will address Prescott Program Category B priorities for northern sea otters in Alaska and Washington by implementing and coordinating oiled sea otter contingency planning, training, and...

This $130,725 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service will fund the replacement of a vessel used by the University of California, Davis for sea otter oil spill response preparedness, stranding response, and research activities in California from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The existing 17.7-foot rigid hulled inflatable boat purchased in 1998 by the Oiled Wildlife Care Network has safety issues that cannot be reliably repaired due to its age. The...

This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 15.683) supports the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to provide the following key services: Live sea otter stranding response and triage, including specialized expertise in sea otter handling, oil spill response, and disentanglement efforts. Thorough workups of fresh dead sea otters to assess condition and ship...

The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 15.683) to The Marine Mammal Center, a non-profit organization and veterinary hospital in Sausalito, California. The grant funding will be used to sustain, enhance, and expand the Center's work supporting the recovery and growth of the endangered southern sea otter population along the California coast. Key objectives include...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $208,426 Project Grant under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program (CFDA 15.683) to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation to provide essential response, rehabilitation, and conservation services for the southern sea otter population in California. Key objectives include: Coordinating with stranding network partners to handle approximately 150 sea otter stranding reports annually. Collecting and reporting data on approximately 50 deceased...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium (Aquarium) was awarded a $397,569 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The project aims to revise the recovery plan and implementation strategy for the southern sea otter, a species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The Aquarium, a leading authority on southern sea otter research and rehabilitation, will work with FWS to complete a draft...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received a three-year, $161,500 project grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will support Sea Otter Savvy (SOS) to mitigate human disturbances to threatened southern sea otters in California through community outreach and engagement efforts. SOS will use innovative awareness campaigns targeting residents and visitors in sea otter...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides $286,592 to Oregon State University to support activities under the Marine Mammal Data Program. The funding will facilitate response to, treatment of, and data collection from living and dead stranded marine mammals found along the Oregon coast through November 2023. Specifically, the university will continue investigations of dead animals including diagnostics and tissue...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815) will fund Alaska Forum Inc. to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Alaska in careers addressing emergency and disaster response capacity. The project will implement a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program to educate volunteers on disaster preparedness and basic response skills, and will also...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) provides $200,000 in funding to the University of Florida to develop online, on-demand training resources for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (National Marine Mammal and Disentanglement Network). The goal of this work is to address the need for compassion resiliency and self-care when responding to marine mammal strandings,...