Project Grant R25AP00634

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters supports a conservation effort in the Somuncura Plateau in Patagonia, Argentina. The $277,560 grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, aims to increase habitat for endangered species, reduce human-wildlife conflict, and promote ecotourism as a sustainable activity. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) managing water sources to protect them from trampling,...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $494,047.54 Project Grant to Fundacion Erigaie through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation program (CFDA 19.025). The grant will support Fundacion Erigaie's work to develop a primary phase of preventive conservation focused on a detailed record and diagnosis of the Chiribiquete National Park in Colombia from September 2021 through August 2024. The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation aims to support...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $303,200 project grant to Cooperativa Agraria Norandino LTDA Coop Norandino (Norandino) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to improve economic opportunity for smallholder cacao producers in Peru. Norandino will work with cacao growers in Piura, Peru to strengthen productive organization and increase capacity to meet new international cacao export standards. The cooperative will implement innovative solutions to help farmers...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) awarded a $2 million cooperative agreement to the Pan American Development Foundation, Inc. under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Western Hemisphere (CFDA 19.518) to support the local integration of vulnerable Venezuelans in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago through protection, education, and livelihoods programming from September 2021 through September 2022. Through sub-awards, the funding will support...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $800,000 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's Sports and Recreation Department. The grant will fund the development and improvement of the Naranjito Primitivo Rolon Park in Naranjito, Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico National Parks Company will serve as the prime awardee and make a sub-award to the Naranjito municipality for...

This Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) provides $125,000 to the Asociacion De Consejos De Guias Espirituales Relebaal Saqe (ACGERS) to conserve endangered medicinal plant species, promote the value of traditional natural preventative medicine knowledge, and strengthen youth connections to community traditions in Guatemala. Funded under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), this two-year award advances the agency's strategic initiative to promote economic...

The Red Indigena de Turismo de Mexico (RITA) received a $125,000 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation to support community-led tourism and sustainable natural resource management in indigenous communities in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Chiapas region through April 2023. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), RITA will engage communities to create action plans, network, and provide seed funding for tourism enterprises to help adapt to the pandemic and improve...

The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $530,842.40 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning grant (CFDA 15.916) to the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, in partnership with the Town of Bernalillo. The funding will be used to develop the final 2.5 acres of the 15-acre Rotary Park in Bernalillo, NM. Planned improvements include constructing an asphalt walking path, a labyrinth-style walking trail, horseshoe pits,...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $1,875,500.00 was provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) to Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC, a for-profit limited liability company that manages the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The grant funding will be used to reconstruct 1,600 feet of existing paved Taxiway H that has reached the end of its useful life, as well as shift the existing paved...

The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to develop the Alejandro Ruiz Senior Center Outdoor Exercise and Walking Path Project in Carlsbad, NM. The grant will fund the construction of an asphalt walking path, exercise stations and equipment, minor grading and drainage,...