Project Grant F23AP00478
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $11,897,500 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR). The grant will fund the acquisition of approximately 4,719 acres of land containing critical habitat for the Red Hills salamander in Monroe County, Alabama. This land purchase, when combined with adjacent state-owned lands, will result in over 22,500...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $136,050 Formula Grant under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education program (CFDA 15.611) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR). The grant will fund the fee simple title acquisition of 77 acres of land in Monroe County, Alabama. This additional acreage will be incorporated into the existing Red Hills Wildlife Management Area, managed by ADCNR, to provide increased public...
- This federal Formula Grant award, identified as F25AF00384, was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The $126,000.00 grant will fund the fee simple title acquisition of 40 acres in Monroe County, Alabama. This additional acreage will be managed by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) as an addition to the existing Red Hills Wildlife...
- The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $115,666 Cooperative Agreement to Tangled Bank Conservation, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660). Through this 3-year award from June 2023 to June 2026, Tangled Bank Conservation will sequence existing tissues and gather additional tissues to assess the threat of hybridization and quantify population sizes across the range of the Alabama...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $129,799 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on February 1, 2025. The objective of the project is to acquire and permanently protect 50 acres of critical pine flatwoods savanna and associated ephemeral wetlands in Florida to support the long-term viability of several threatened and endangered species, including the frosted...
- This $174,433.16 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) aims to advance the recovery of the frosted flatwoods salamander, a species faced with significant conservation challenges. The key activities of this 3-year project include expanding headstarting and habitat restoration efforts to bolster the Fort Stewart salamander metapopulation, conducting comprehensive surveys...
- This $26,000,000 Project Grant awarded on December 9, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734) will support the Alabama Forestry Commission's efforts to identify, protect, and preserve environmentally important forest areas at risk of conversion to non-forest uses. Key activities to be funded include conservation easements, fee simple land purchases, sustainable forest management practices, wildfire...
- This $1,200,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) will fund longleaf pine restoration and habitat enhancement projects on state, private, and tribal lands across the Southeast United States. The prime awardee, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), will work with sub-grantees including the American Bird Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, The Longleaf Alliance, and the Land Trust For Louisiana to...
- The Geological Survey of Alabama will receive $172,847 under a Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4. The grant funding supports work under the Candidate Species Conservation program to inventory and assess springs in the Cahaba River watershed of Alabama. Specifically, the Geological Survey of Alabama will map spring locations, overlay them against geology and physiography maps, and attempt to identify potential sources of point source...
- This $139,365.24 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.615 - Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund) will support the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) in gathering scientific data on threatened, endangered, and at-risk plant species within the state of Alabama. The key goals and deliverables for this 10/1/2024 - 9/30/2025 grant period include improving habitat, conducting genetic analyses, and...
THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE FOREVER WILD LAND TRUST ARE PROPOSING A PLAN TO ACQUIRE, FROM A WILLING SELLER, KEY PARCELS OF LAND CONTAINING RED HILLS SALAMANDER (RHS) HABITAT, IN AN EFFORT TO PERMANENTLY PROTECT AND RESTORE SOME OF THE BEST HABITAT FOR AND POPULATIONS OF THE RHS ACROSS ITS RANGE, OVER THE LONG TERM STABILIZING AND EVENTUALLY IMPROVING THE STATUS OF THE SPECIES. THIS FEE SIMPLE LAND PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY 1,728 ACRES IN MONROE COUNTY, COMBINED WITH OTHER ADJACENT STATE OWNED LANDS ACQUIRED OR ACTIVELY BEING PURCHASED THROUGH HABITAT CONSERVATION PROGRAM AND RECOVERY LAND ACQUISITION FUNDS, WILL RESULT IN OVER 13,800 CONTIGUOUS ACRES OF PERMANENTLY PROTECTED HABITAT SUITABLE FOR THE RHS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 7/16/25 | ||
| Not listed | ($10k) | 7/9/25 | ||
| Not listed | $2.6m | 3/16/23 |