The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) a $809,756.95 Project Grant under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). The purpose of this grant is to protect, restore, and enhance critical wetland habitats on public lands in the Arkansas Mississippi Alluvial Valley. The key objectives are to: 1) Protect and enhance bottomland hardwood forests to reduce stressed/dead timber, promote red oak regeneration, and increase...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), provides $750,000 to Wildlife Mississippi to restore and enhance approximately 1,713 acres of bottomland hardwood habitat in the Lower Mississippi Valley. The funded activities include invasive plant control, reforestation, and timber stand improvements on the Maimaison, O'Keefe, Shipland, and Phil Bryant Wildlife Management Areas. These...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), will fund the Mississippi Forestry Commission to deliver a range of forest management services on National Wildlife Refuges within the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Mississippi. The $475,000 award, spanning from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027, will support habitat restoration, wildlife habitat improvement, and...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), awarded a $390,000 Cooperative Agreement to Wildlife Mississippi on June 1, 2024. This project directly supports the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) legislation by restoring natural hydrology across the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which spans the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. The key products or services to be delivered through this 3-year...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The goal of this 3-year grant, with a start date of January 1, 2024 and a completion date of September 1, 2026, is to enhance the health and resiliency of bottomland forest habitats while improving important wildlife habitats along the Louisiana coast. The proposed project will accomplish this...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing a $944,148 Cooperative Agreement award under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to the National Audubon Society, Inc. to restore and maintain healthy floodplain forest ecosystems and wildlife habitat along the Upper Mississippi River in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. The primary objectives are to develop management prescriptions for 1,000 acres of floodplain forest and restore and enhance 200 acres annually. The...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $2,235,000 Formula Grant to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The grant funding will support TWRA's acquisition of 1 tract totaling 170.01 acres to be added to Tennessee's Wildlife Management Areas and Wildlife Refuge System. This grant award aligns with the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act's objectives to...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $265,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (CFDA 15.631) program to the Tennessee Wildlife Federation Incorporated, a non-profit organization, for the Readyville Dam Removal Project. This project aims to conserve, restore, and enhance fish and wildlife habitats in Tennessee through wetland restoration, invasive species removal, native plant revegetation, and stream restoration. The award period runs from July 1,...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $266,800 Formula Grant to the Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611). The grant funding will be used to diversify forest stand structure and food resources through silvicultural treatments to improve ruffed grouse populations, a species of greatest conservation need in Tennessee. The project aims to address terrestrial habitat...
This $278,876 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will protect 100 acres of migratory bird habitat and enhance 475 acres of waterfowl breeding, brood-rearing, and migration habitat in Wisconsin. Key activities include: Protecting 20 new acres at Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge and 80 acres at Van Loon Wildlife Area Enhancing 475 acres of wetlands and floodplain forest at Trempealeau National Wildlife...