Project Grant SCT13R2

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will receive $423,519.55 under a Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4. The funding supports the State Wildlife Grants program, which aims to design and implement strategic, proactive conservation programs to benefit state fish and wildlife. Specifically, the Department will use the award to promote waterbird conservation in South Carolina from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Key...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $562,015.98 Formula Grant under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program to the Natural Resources South Carolina Department. The purpose of this grant is to promote the conservation of waterbirds in South Carolina by protecting nesting and foraging areas, monitoring productivity and population status, and providing guidance to land managers and the public. Key activities include: Posting nesting closures and...

The Natural Resources South Carolina Department received a $420,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 on January 1, 2022 to design management techniques to expand the black rail population along the Atlantic Coast through December 31, 2025. Funded under the State Wildlife Grants competitive program, the project aims to help the state wildlife agency strategically implement conservation programs for this sensitive species. Project...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.655), awarded a $117,796 Cooperative Agreement to Clemson University to conduct research on the endangered Black-capped Petrel (BCPE). The project aims to improve understanding of the BCPE's marine habitat use and movement patterns by deploying solar-powered satellite tags to track the birds at sea. This research will support the designation of critical habitat...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), through its Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation program (CFDA 15.655), awarded a $113,820 Cooperative Agreement to Clemson University. The award will fund a study to improve understanding of the habitat use, movement patterns, and migration paths of the endangered Black-capped Petrel (BCPE) seabird. The project aims to address knowledge gaps about the species' at-sea habitat usage and linkages between nesting locations in the Dominican...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $121,500 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program (CFDA 15.657) to the Natural Resources South Carolina Department. The project aims to apply new genetic tools and reanalyze existing datasets to identify optimal foraging habitat characteristics for the federally listed red knot shorebird along the South Carolina coast. The project team will work with stakeholders to develop a...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Birdlife International a $866,100 project grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (CFDA #15.635) program. The grant will fund a 2-year project to improve habitat quality and connectivity for migratory and resident grassland birds in southern South America, with a focus on Argentina. Key project activities include habitat restoration, bird population monitoring, environmental education, and development of...

This $9,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) program will permanently protect 2,849 acres of habitat for the benefit of migratory birds and other wildlife in South Carolina. The award was made to the non-profit organization Open Space Institute Land Trust, Inc. based on their proposal dated July 7, 2023. The grant funding will be used to acquire land through fee title...

The Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $157,499.00 Formula Grant to the Natural Resources South Carolina Department under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program. The grant will fund a 3-year project to improve understanding of the status of small mammal species in South Carolina, particularly in the Appalachian oak forest habitat. The project will utilize the Adapted-Hunt Drift Fence (AHDRIFT) technique to survey for and detect up to 6 small mammal...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $151,655.72 to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources to monitor the status of the threatened Eastern Black Rail in coastal South Carolina and promote targeted habitat management to benefit the species. The grant will fund complete call and response surveys on SCDNR properties where prior Black Rail detections have occurred,...