Project Grant F20AP12048

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. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $471,000 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666) to the State of Idaho. This two-part grant funding will provide $221,000 to compensate livestock producers for confirmed wolf predation losses, and $250,000 to support proactive, non-lethal prevention measures to reduce wolf-livestock conflicts. The compensation component will reimburse producers at fair market...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 provides $350,100 to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to manage wolf-livestock conflicts in Oregon. The funding supports the state's Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance County Block Grant Program (CFDA 15.666 - Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention), which...

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...

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. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611), awarded a $399,908 Formula Grant to the State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to improve working relations and strategies to address wolf conflict in eastern Oregon. The project aims to build relationships and trust between landowners, agencies, and stakeholders through a series of facilitated meetings and work groups to develop a plan to reduce conflicts between...

This $200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028) aims to improve the management of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild cervid populations in Wisconsin. The recipient, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), will use the funding to expand and enhance the state's Adopt-A-Dumpster (AAD) cost-share program for deer carcass waste disposal. This...

The University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, has been awarded a $100,542 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The funding will enable the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) to enhance its capacity for routine and National Animal Health Laboratory Network...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded $262,335.27 under the Cooperative Agreement to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture for animal health national surveillance and response activities from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The funding supports services delivered under APHIS' Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). Specifically, the award facilitates Wisconsin's initiatives for avian, cattle, equine,...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources received a $124,088 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Wildlife Services program. The award will support efforts to reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease transmission through facilitating proper carcass disposal in Wisconsin from September 30, 2021 to September 29, 2022. As part of the Wildlife Services program, which aims to reduce damage from wildlife through...