Project Grant L12AP20001

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded Klamath Bird Observatory, a non-profit organization, a $199,782.11 Cooperative Agreement under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) program on April 1, 2024. The objective of this 2-year project is to study the effects of invasive blackberry density on riparian bird abundance, territory density, nest success, nestling growth rates, and local insect abundance. The findings will help determine if removal...

This $900,114 National Science Foundation project grant supports the Biodiversity Forecasting Initiative (BIOFI) led by the University of Arizona from September 2022 through August 2025. The goal of BIOFI is to advance scientists' ability to forecast biodiversity and ecosystem functioning globally under changing environmental conditions. Key products and services include developing an open-source curriculum in biodiversity data science to train the next generation of scientists. The project also...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $580,000 Cooperative Agreement to Sky Island Alliance, a non-profit conservation organization, to support the conservation and restoration of riparian areas and springs in the desert Southwest of the United States. The 5-year project (8/23/2024 - 8/22/2029) has four primary goals: 1) Assess up to 15 priority riparian areas and springs per year using established protocols, 2) Plan up to 5 springs and riparian area rescue projects per year based on the...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $198,880.46 Cooperative Agreement to the Great Basin Bird Observatory, a non-profit organization, under the Department of the Interior's Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247). The funding supports the integration of wildlife occurrence data, specifically land bird data, into BLM's Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) program across 125-150 sites in the Great Basin region. Key objectives include: Collecting land bird occurrence...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), provides $400,000 in funding to the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. The funding will support expanding the organization's Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) program to conduct additional bird surveys on BLM lands in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The expanded monitoring will provide robust...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program, aims to integrate rapid biodiversity assessment technologies at the landscape and island level to forecast changes in insect and spider populations in the Hawaiian Islands. The $975,393 award, effective from Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2027, will fund a collaborative research effort to couple high-throughput arthropod biodiversity sequencing with remote sensing imagery....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $487,639 to the University of California, Berkeley to conduct long-term monitoring and research on plant community dynamics in the Colorado alpine biome. The project aims to assemble a unique long-term dataset on population and community changes in response to rapid environmental changes, such as climate change, to advance ecological theory and forecasting. Key activities...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology provides $300,000 to Rutgers, The State University from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding supports the Biodiversity Forecasting Initiative (BIOFI) under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). BIOFI aims to advance the ability to forecast biodiversity and biosphere functioning globally through integrating various biodiversity data sources. The initiative enhances...

This $144,768 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides funding to the Institute for Bird Populations to conduct avian research and monitoring in the Richfield Field Office of Utah. The purpose is to document the presence and seasonal trends of pinyon jay and other pinyon-juniper-sagebrush ecosystem bird species across areas that have undergone pinyon-juniper removal...

This $1,064,623.50 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) will fund Bat Conservation International, Inc. (BCI) to implement science-driven habitat restoration actions and ongoing wildlife monitoring to benefit bat and other wildlife populations. Over the 5-year agreement, BCI will work closely with BLM staff to identify and select high-priority habitat restoration projects on public lands, focusing on water...