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 Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation (doing business as Monterey Bay Aquarium) received a $136,132 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to support southern sea otter rehabilitation and recovery efforts in California. The award was made under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program (CFDA 15.683), which provides financial assistance for response, recovery, rescue, treatment, and release of certain marine...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $152,071 Project Grant to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation doing business as Monterey Bay Aquarium under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program (CFDA 15.683). The grant will fund efforts by the Monterey Bay Aquarium from February 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 to expand the southern sea otter population through surrogacy. The Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program provides financial...
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...
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...
The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) was awarded a $138,596 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant was awarded under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program (CFDA 15.683) to enhance TMMC's capacity for southern sea otter response and rehabilitation from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program provides financial assistance to eligible entities for response,...
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 $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...
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...
The Alaska Sealife Center received a $126,917 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to conduct live stranding response and monitoring of northern sea otters and walruses in Alaska from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The funding supports the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program, which provides financial assistance for response, recovery, rescue, treatment, and release of certain marine mammal species, as...