Project Grant R18AP00058

This $141,504 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the construction of over 13 miles of fencing to exclude cattle from Parks Creek and Hole in the Ground Creek in Anderson, CA. This will protect and enhance 3.76 miles of in-stream and 23 acres of riparian wetland habitat, benefiting the federally listed Southern Oregon Northern California Coast Evolutionarily...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $166,000 to support post-fire restoration efforts on private lands in high priority areas. The project aims to treat invasive annual grasses and restore upland plant species to improve ecosystem resiliency and reduce wildfire threats, thereby enhancing public safety and community sustainability. The...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded $175,000 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631) to Boies Ranch Inc. to implement grazing management practices that will enhance habitat for wildlife on the ranch's property in Elko County, Nevada from August 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027. Specifically, the Cooperative Agreement will support installing exclusionary fencing and developing off-site water sources across two...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $295,168 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to Oregon State University (OSU) on January 20, 2025. The agreement supports a 4-year field study to examine how restored mesic (wet) habitats impact sage-grouse space use and brood survival in southeast Oregon. The project aims to implement a rigorous Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) study design to measure...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $105,446 Cooperative Agreement to the Tri County Cwma, a local government council in La Grande, Oregon. The funding will be used to support the Baker Sagegrouse Local Implementation Team's (Baker LIT) strategic efforts to increase the quality and quantity of sagebrush habitat and reverse sage-grouse population declines in Baker County, Oregon. Key activities include...

This $100,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631), will fund replacement exclusion fencing to protect approximately 1.6 total stream miles of Fivemile Creek and associated spring habitats in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Klamath Watershed Partnership, doing business as Klamath Watershed, will install fencing to reduce or eliminate cattle access to riparian...

The Oregon Desert Land Trust and partners received a $417,250 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 through July 15, 2027. The funding is provided under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation federal grant program (CFDA 15.657) to assess, protect, and restore streams, springs, and wet meadows in Oregon's Trout Creek and Pueblo Mountains. Key activities over the five-year period include continuing to assess and prioritize wet...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $627,110 Cooperative Agreement under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program (CFDA 15.228) to Oregon State University (OSU). The five-year project aims to restore sagebrush rangelands dominated by invasive annual grasses and develop science-based tools for BLM to better manage fine fuels on public lands. The key project objectives include: 1) establishing sampling protocols to generate...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife received a $127,699 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 on January 1, 2022 through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will fund the development of an updated prioritization tool for land acquisition, habitat restoration, and translocation efforts to recover the endangered Riparian Brush Rabbit based on rigorous statistical analysis of the...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) provides $100,000 to Audubon Canyon Ranch, Inc. to restore fish and wildlife habitat in Tomales Bay, Marin County, California. The key products and services to be delivered through this award include: Development of a conceptual design plan to increase the connectivity of Marks Marsh to Tomales Bay, restoring 10 acres of tidal marsh habitat. Invasive plant...