Project Grant R97AP90001

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program. The funding will support efforts to develop an implementation plan that integrates current regulatory requirements and engages key stakeholders to create riparian habitat above and below the Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico. This will allow threatened and endangered avian species like the Southwestern...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $278,369 Project Grant to the Sky Island Alliance, a non-profit conservation organization, under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA 15.635) program. The grant funds a 2-year project focused on grassland bird conservation efforts in Sonora, Mexico. Specific activities include assessing and restoring springs and wetlands, conducting wildlife surveys, removing invasive species, developing conservation...

This Project Grant award of $579,897 was made by the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) program. The grant will be used by the Eco-Logic Development Fund to implement a 4-pillar solution to strengthen conservation area management, train local youth and adults to document migratory bird presence, protect forest habitats through climate change mitigation, and educate children and youth on the...

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters awarded a $674,360 Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) project grant to Fundacion De Conservacion Jocotoco, a non-profit organization in Ecuador. The two-year project aims to reduce habitat loss and information gaps on 114,000 acres, forming ecological corridors in northern Ecuador. Key activities include patrolling the Jocotoco Narupa Reserve to mitigate threats, monitoring migratory bird...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program provides $1,128,200.00 to expand the Motus wildlife tracking network and study the migratory patterns and habitat use of four species of greatest conservation need in the Pacific and Intermountain Western U.S. regions. Specifically, the grant will fund the installation of 30 new Motus stations and the retrofitting of 50 existing stations to detect transmitters and track the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program awarded a $800,161 Project Grant to Fundacion Para La Conservacion De LOS Andes Tropicales Cat, a non-profit organization, to support conservation efforts in the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador. The primary objectives of this 2-year grant are to: (1) acquire 91 hectares of priority habitat to establish connectivity with a globally important wetland, (2) monitor migratory bird use of overwintering habitat, (3)...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the CFDA 15.247 Wildlife Resource Management program provides $109,464.49 to New Mexico State University to conduct research on the effects of energy development and forest management on birds of greatest conservation need in southwestern New Mexico. The key research activities include: 1) investigating territory occupancy and nest survival of arid land birds, especially Bendire's...

This federal Project Grant award of $10,311,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) will support the acquisition and permanent protection of 291 acres of essential habitat in San Diego County, California. The grant will be matched by $5,155,500 in non-federal funds. The State of California Department of Fish & Wildlife, through its Wildlife Conservation Board, will own and manage the acquired...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 15.015) program, will fund research to study the movements and habitat use of LeConte's and Bendire's thrashers in Arizona. The $250,000 award, spanning September 2024 to September 2027, aims to address information needs identified in the draft Desert Thrasher Conservation Strategy, which recognizes solar development as a moderate to high threat to...