Project Grant R08AP30015

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region awarded a $125,000 Cooperative Agreement to Eureka County, Nevada under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230) from September 11, 2022 through September 10, 2027. Under this award, Eureka County will coordinate and perform noxious and invasive weed control on BLM-administered lands in Nevada, including inventory and mapping of weed species, treatment of identified weeds subject to time and funding...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management awarded a $295,397.14 Cooperative Agreement to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on October 1, 2023 under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230). This grant will fund a 5-year project to remove invasive primrose plants and restore the Laguna Creek area in California. The project aims to prevent, detect, control and monitor invasive plant populations on public lands to support the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $315,072 Project Grant under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW). This grant supports NDOW's operations since 2013 to increase boater awareness and prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species, primarily quagga mussels, at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The grant funds the staffing of four year-round watercraft inspection and decontamination...

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District will implement hazardous fuels reduction, defensible space creation, ecological improvements, and habitat restoration on 100 to 200 acres of land along the Mount Rose Corridor in Nevada. Funded activities under the $801,838 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management include removing dead brush and timber, thinning live brush and timber, eliminating ladder fuels, and restoring aspen stands. Additional work...

The Nevada Department of Wildlife was awarded a $120,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The grant funding will be used to implement key objectives of the Nevada Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Management Plan, including maintaining a statewide AIS coordinator, addressing a newly discovered infestation of Australian red claw crayfish, and purchasing equipment for ongoing AIS research. Specifically,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) provides $112,500.00 to the Sierra Soil & Water Conservation District (SSWCD) to conduct invasive weed control efforts in New Mexico. The objective is to coordinate with multiple jurisdictions and stakeholders to aerially treat 2,773 acres of creosote-infested rangeland on the W Spear Bar Ranch in Engle, New Mexico using the herbicide Spike 20P. SSWCD...

The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will reduce hazardous fuels on 210-620 acres and plan additional hazardous fuels removal on non-federal lands in Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada to mitigate wildfire risk and improve forest health through a $1.8 million cooperative agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. Funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act program, which supports community-based conservation partnerships, the district will...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $456,244 Cooperative Agreement to the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) under the FWS Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The objective is to recreate a 100-meter desert spring refugium for the federally endangered Pahrump poolfish at the Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada. This project aims to establish an additional population of the Pahrump poolfish to increase the species' redundancy and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) to the Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The grant, with a performance period from March 2024 to January 2029, will fund the establishment of the Las Vegas Urban Forest Center to plan, manage, and protect urban trees, forests, and green spaces...

The Department of Agriculture Nevada received a $130,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680). The grant funding will support the Invasive Plant Cost Share Program over a 5-year period from July 2023 to June 2028. This program aims to protect and manage non-federal forest and tree resources from damaging invasive plants in Nevada. Key activities under the grant include developing...