The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to Outdoor Outreach, a San Diego-based non-profit organization. The award will fund approximately 200 outdoor recreational and educational programs for over 1,000 youth aged 9-24 from low-income and underserved communities in the San Diego area during the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The programs will take place in local wildlife...
The Zoological Society of San Diego, doing business as San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, was awarded a $116,757.49 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). The funding will support the organization's "Wildlife Rangers" program, which provides interactive classroom programming and immersive field trips to connect 5th grade students from Title I schools in southern San Diego County to local marsh...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to Outdoor Outreach, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). Over the 1-year impact period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, Outdoor Outreach will provide 200 recreational learning programs for 1,200 urban youth in local wildlife refuges and adjacent areas. These programs, which include activities like...
The Zoological Society of San Diego, doing business as San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, received a $116,801.35 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements (CFDA 15.654) program. This funding supports the organization's "Wildlife Rangers" program, which provides interactive classroom programming and immersive field trips for fifth-grade students from Title I schools in southern San Diego County. The program...
This $10,311,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program will fund the acquisition and permanent protection of 291 acres of critical habitat in San Diego County, California. The grant recipient, the State of California Department of Fish & Wildlife (doing business as the Wildlife Conservation Board), will use the funds to acquire three priority parcels (White-Atterbury, Elfin...
The $17.6 million project grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program will fund the permanent protection and management of 2,346 acres of land providing habitat for threatened and endangered species in San Diego County, California. The State of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, doing business as the Wildlife Conservation Board, will use the funding in conjunction with...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $6,250,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA #15.615) to the State of California Department of Fish & Wildlife (Wildlife Conservation Board) on November 1, 2023. The purpose of the grant is to acquire and permanently protect 1,291 acres of essential habitat for 24 species, including 2 federally listed animal species, 3 federally listed plant species, and 19 unlisted species. This will complement...
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a $116,111 Project Grant to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664). The grant will support the Torrey Pines Restoration and Resilience project from June 30, 2021 through December 31, 2025. Under the award, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance will work to advance forest resource management and conservation efforts through activities such as...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $157,837.24 Cooperative Agreement to the Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation, Inc. under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245). The grant funds plant conservation, research, and restoration projects in San Diego and Imperial Counties, California over a 5-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. Key activities include surveying and conserving sensitive plant species, conducting field research on...
The Zoological Society of San Diego, doing business as the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, will rear Laguna Mountains skipper butterflies for reintroduction under a $120,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance will breed and raise Laguna Mountains...