Project Grant NR186424XXXXG020

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $234,110.53 to the National Audubon Society, Inc. to assess avian responses to forest management across the Upper Mississippi River System. The project aims to quantify the relationships between forest structure characteristics and bird species composition and abundance before and after habitat restoration and enhancement activities. Key activities include...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures program (CFDA 15.637) provides $166,620 to develop and implement improved methods for monitoring the use of restored and enhanced wetlands by birds, frogs, and people. The key activities include: Piloting the Wetland Restoration Monitoring Protocol (WRMP) to better detect spring migrating waterfowl and rare marsh breeding species at 50 point count...

This $188,679 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey will support research and monitoring activities through July 2025 to quantify ecosystem responses to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir operations in central Iowa under the Cooperative Research Units program (CFDA 15.812). Iowa State University will continue and expand existing waterbird and vegetation monitoring at Red Rock Reservoir in Marion County. This work will evaluate the environmental flow management operation of...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $1.86 million cooperative agreement to Pheasants Forever, Inc. under the Conservation Reserve Program to support private landowners in Missouri in applying voluntary conservation practices from September 2021 through September 2024. The funding will support landowners in reducing soil erosion, improving soil health, water quality and quantity, wildlife habitat, and grazing conditions through conservation practices....

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 $299,928.90 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) aims to better understand how changes to the landscape over the past 24 years, including historic and current wetland restoration efforts, have influenced secretive marsh bird populations across the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The project will collect new data on current secretive marsh bird...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $693,900 Project Grant to Pronatura Noroeste, a non-profit organization and foundation, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635). The 2-year project leverages local partnerships to track migratory bird movements at different geographic scales. Key activities include: Strengthening capacities and expanding the Motus wildlife tracking network to better understand the...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $265,461 and provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures program (CFDA 15.637), supports a project to facilitate the activities of the Midwest Marsh Bird Working Group. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Hiring a Marsh Bird Conservation Manager to coordinate the working group and accelerate marsh bird conservation efforts in the Midwest...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation program (CFDA 15.655) will fund research by SUL Ross State University to assess the suitability of livestock tanks and ephemeral ponds as habitat for migratory and wintering grassland birds in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. The $176,785 award will support the use of automated recording units, point counts, and GPS tracking of...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.654 - National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements) provides $120,000 to the Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance to conserve and restore the watershed at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge. Key project activities include: restoring wetlands and streambanks, controlling erosion and rehabilitating roadways, revegetating riparian areas, and restoring floodplains to create new wildlife...