Conservation Foundation

FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM

DERELICT FISHING GEAR REMOVAL IN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON

FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM

FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM

ENHANCING SPECIES AND HABITAT CONSERVATION THROUGH THE NORTHERN LATITUDES PARTNERSHIPS

FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM

DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATION LEADERS THROUGH THE NCF ENVIROTHON AND NEXT GENERATION LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (NGLI).

FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM

FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM

INDIGENOUS SENTINELS NETWORK: IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE STEWARDSHIP OF TRADITIONAL FOODS AND CRITICAL HABITAT IN ALASKA

YOUTH LEADERSHIP FOR A DISASTER-READY MERBOK REGION

THE ARCTIC YOUTH AMBASSADORS PROGRAM ELEVATES YOUTH VOICES IN INTERNATIONAL ARENAS, EMPOWERS FUTURE ARCTIC LEADERS, AND BUILDS GREATER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT LIFE IN THE ARCTIC. BY ADDING THEIR VOICES TO A GLOBAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO SUSTAIN OUR COMMUNITIES, CULTURES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, THEY LEAD SOLUTIONS FOR OUR HOMES IN THE CHANGING ARCTIC. THE PROGRAM BRINGS DIVERSE YOUTH FROM ACROSS ALASKA TO SERVE AS AMBASSADORS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AND BUILD AWARENESS OF ARCTIC ISSUES AT CONVENINGS AROUND THE WORLD. THEY ARE INVOLVED IN MEETINGS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD, SHARING THEIR PERSPECTIVES AS YOUTH FROM ALASKA. SINCE THE SERVICE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN 2015, THEY HAVE PIONEERED YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARCTIC BY STARTING THEIR OWN PROJECTS, SUCH AS PASSING RESOLUTIONS IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATING DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT ISSUES IMPACTING THEIR COMMUNITIES. THEIR STORIES HAVE BEEN SHARED IN PANELS, INTERVIEWS, BLOGS, AND MORE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS 5-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS TO SUPPORT CONTINUED COLLABORATION AND LEVERAGING OF RESOURCES AMONG THE CORE PARTNERS OF THE ARCTIC YOUTH AMBASSADORS PROGRAM-- THE SERVICE, ACF, AND WWF-- TO IMPLEMENT THE 2022-2027 ARCTIC YOUTH AMBASSADORS STRATEGIC PLAN AND SUPPORT THE MEMBERS AND PROGRAM OF THE COHORTS, WITH THE ALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION (ACF) AS THE LEAD COORDINATING PARTNER.

FLORIDA GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM FLORIDANUS) PROPAGATION AT WHITE OAK CONSERVATION IN YULEE, FL, FOR REINTRODUCTION AND SUPPLEMENTATION OF WILD POPULATIONS.

IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN RURAL AND URBAN ALASKA THROUGH COLD CLIMATE AGRICULTURE

FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION:THIS ACTION PROVIDES FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $527,631 TO SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION'S PROJECT TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF MACROALGAE AND NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION AS POTENTIAL CAUSES OF SEAGRASS DECLINE TO INFORM A SEAGRASS RESTORATION STRATEGY FOR THE CALOOSAHATCHEE. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PURCHASE OF NEW WATER QUALITY TESTING EQUIPMENT, DEVELOP A QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL DOCUMENT FOR FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS TO USE TIDES AND CURRENT PREDICTIONS FROM NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, BATHYMETRY, AERIAL SEAGRASS COVER POLYGONS, AND EXISTING WATER QUALITY DATA TO GENERATE SAMPLING POINTS. ANTICIPATED DELIVERABLES INCLUDE ENHANCING EXISTING SEAGRASS MONITORING NETWORKS AND INVESTIGATE THE TYPES OF MACROALGAE IN AREAS OF DECLINE AND CONTROL AREAS PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATION EVALUATE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF SEAGRASS DECLINE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SEAGRASS RESTORATION STRATEGY. ALSO, GIVING PRESENTATIONS TO CHARLOTTE HARBOR AQUATIC PRESERVE AND CHARLOTTE HARBOR NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM (CHNEP) TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC). TABULAR DATA WILL BE SHARED WITH CHNEP WATER ATLAS AND OTHER SITES. THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE MAPPING OF NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS DURING WET AND DRY SEASONS AND AFTER RAIN EVENTS FOR SHARING WITH GENERAL AUDIENCES. IDENTIFICATION OF HOTSPOTS THAT CAN BE USED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD OR CANAL SPECIFIC REDUCTION STRATEGIES. DIRECT BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATE OF FLORIDA CITIZENS.ACTIVITIES:.SUBRECIPIENT:THE CENTER FOR STABLE ISOTOPES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO WILL PERFORM STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS USING A SUBAWARD.OUTCOMES:.

DESCRIPTION:BROWNFIELDS ARE REAL PROPERTY, THE EXPANSION, DEVELOPMENT OR REUSE OF WHICH MAY BE COMPLICATED BY THE PRESENCE OR POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, POLLUTANT, OR CONTAMINANT. THIS AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR MONMOUTH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION TO CONDUCT ELIGIBLE ASSESSMENT-RELATED ACTIVITIES AS AUTHORIZED BY CERLCA 104(K)(2) IN RED BANK, NEW JERSEY.ACTIVITIES:SPECIFICALLY, THIS AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE RECIPIENT TO INVENTORY, CHARACTERIZE, ASSESS, AND CONDUCT CLEANUP PLANNING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE RECIPIENT WILL COMPETITIVELY PROCURE (AS NEEDED) AND DIRECT A QUALIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONAL TO CONDUCT ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ACTIVITIES. ALSO, THE RECIPIENT WILL REPORT ON INTERIM PROGRESS AND FINAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING RELEVANT PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY PROFILE FORM USING EPA'S ASSESSMENT, CLEANUP AND REDEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE SYSTEM (ACRES). SUBRECIPIENT:NO SUBAWARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.OUTCOMES:FURTHER, THE RECIPIENT ANTICIPATES CONDUCTING 10 PHASE I AND PHASE II ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS, HOLDING ~12 COMMUNITY MEETINGS, DEVELOPING 10 SITE-SPECIFIC CLEANUP PLANS/ANALYSIS OF BROWNFIELD CLEANUP ALTERNATIVES, DEVELOPING PLANNING DOCUMENTS TO INITIATE BROWNFIELDS REVITALIZATION, AND SUBMITTING 16 QUARTERLY REPORTS. WORK CONDUCTED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND STAKEHOLDERS IN AND NEAR RED BANK, NEW JERSEY. NO SUBAWARDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.

CHICAGO WILDERNESS PROJECT COALITION

KIRTLANDS WARBLER RESEARCH & TRAINING PROJECT

THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING TO SUPPORT FY20 SOUTH FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC INITIATIVES PROGRAM FOR SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION FOCUSING ON ESTABLISHING A HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM OBSERVING NETWORK FOR THE CALOOSHATCHEE ESTUARY HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (HABS) ARE NOT CURRENTLY BEING MONITORED IN THE ESTUARY DESPITE THE FREQUENT OCCURRENCE OF BLOOMS IN THE PAST DECADE.

WITH THOUSANDS OF DEDICATED STAFF FROM WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS TO LAND MANAGERS WORKING YEAR ROUND, FEDERAL AND STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES CONDUCT MORE ON THE GROUND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND HABITAT MANAGEMENT WORK THAN ANY OTHER GROUP. THROUGH PURCHASES OF HUNTING LICENSES AND EXCISED TAXED PRODUCTS SUCH AS FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, BOWS AND ARROWS, ALONG WITH DONATIONS TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, AMERICAS MILLIONS OF HUNTERS AND TARGET SHOOTERS CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN 2.6 BILLION DOLLARS TO FUND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EACH YEAR, MAKING THEM PRIMARY FUNDERS OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. EVEN THOUGH AGENCY STAFF DO MUCH OF THE WORK, AND HUNTERS AND TARGET SHOOTERS PAY A LARGE PORTION OF THE BILL, MOST AMERICANS ARE UNAWARE OF HOW WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IS MANAGED AND FUNDED IN AMERICA. AGENCIES, INDUSTRY, HUNTERS AND TARGET SHOOTERS NEED, AND DESERVE, MORE CREDIT FOR ALL THEY ARE DOING FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. SEVERAL TERRIFIC ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS, MAKING IT LAST, HUG A HUNTER, PLUS ONE AND HUNT FOR GOOD HAVE BEEN TESTED AND DEVELOPED TO HELP PROMOTE RECRUITMENT AND INFORM OTHERS HOW CONSERVATION IS FUNDED, HOWEVER, THEY HAVE YET TO GARNER THE NATIONAL ATTENTION THEY DESERVE. A PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS IS FUNDING. UNLIKE THE FISHING AND BOATING INDUSTRY THAT HAS DEDICATED MORE THAN 10 MILLION DOLLARS OF EXCISE TAXES EACH YEAR FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, MANAGED BY A SINGLE ORGANIZATION, THE HUNTING AND TARGET SHOOTING INDUSTRY DOES NOT HAVE ANY SUCH FUNDING. IN AN EFFORT TO CIRCUMVENT THE HIGH COSTS INVOLVED TO REACH LARGE PARTS OF THE GENERAL POPULATION, THIS GRANT PROPOSES TO USE PROVEN MESSAGES, SUCH AS THOSE DEVELOPED FROM THE AFOREMENTIONED CAMPAIGNS, COUPLED WITH THE GRANT TEAMS EXPERTISE, TO CREATE TV AND RADIO ADS THAT WILL BE PROMOTED THROUGH FREE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS (PSA), TO REACH THE GENERAL POPULATION IN MASSE. PSAS CREATED FOR THIS GRANT WILL BE PROMOTED TO A STATION DISTRIBUTION LIST THAT INCLUDES 1,640 LOCAL TV AND LOCAL CABLE, 139 NETWORK AND NATIONAL CABLE AND 9,471 RADIO STATIONS. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GRANT TEAM COMPRISED OF KEY STAFF FROM THE LARGEST SOCIAL ISSUES COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE PLOW SHARE GROUP, WHICH DELIVERED 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS IN DONATED, FREE, PSA MEDIA IN TV, RADIO AND OUT OF HOME ADS ON BEHALF OF THEIR CLIENTS IN 2022 ALONE. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL UTILIZE THE TALENTED TEAM FROM SHINE UNITED TO CREATE THE TV AND RADIO PSA ADS. SHINE UNITED IS A LEADING AD AGENCY FOR THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY. AMONG THEIR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS THAT THEY ARE THE AD AGENCY THAT CREATES THE VIDEOS FOR THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) CAMPAIGN, PARTNER WITH A PAYER. PROMOTING NATURE AND CONSERVATION IS NOT NEW TO PSAS. IN FACT, THE USFWS UTILIZED TV AND RADIO PSAS A DECADE AGO FOR A CAMPAIGN CALLED GET SOME NATURE INTO YOUR KIDS TO PROMOTE VISITING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES, AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY USES PSAS TO PROMOTE A CAMPAIGN ENTITLED SPEAK UP FOR NATURE. TO BETTER PROMOTE OUR MESSAGE ON HOW CONSERVATION IS FUNDED, THIS PROJECT WILL UTILIZE A 135,000 DOLLAR BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR TV AND RADIO PSA MEDIA PROGRAM COSTS TO REACH AN ESTIMATED 215,000,000 AND 309,000,000 TV AND RADIO IMPRESSIONS WHICH REPRESENTS AN ESTIMATED CLIENT RETURN OF 5,700,000 TO 8,000,000 DOLLARS.

ULTRA-EX: SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM CHANGE VULNERABILITY AND THE FUTURE OF A TROPICAL CITY

KIRTLANDS WARBLER CONSERVATION PROJECT

PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT FOR TROPICAL FOREST WARMING EXPERIMENTS

STRENGTHENING CONSERVATION AND TOURISM IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

STRENGTHENING RESEARCH, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION & CONSERVATION EDUCATION IN CA AND THE DR

FOREST INVENTORY & ANALYSIS FOREST SERVICE EXPERIMENTAL FOREST & RANGERS (FIA-EFR) CARIBBEAN PLOT INTENSIFICATION

DERELICT CRAB POT REMOVAL AND OUTREACH IN WASHINGTON'S SALISH SEA

NNA TRACK 2: DEVELOPING COORDINATED MONITORING NETWORKS ACROSS ALASKA AND NORTHWEST CANADA TO EVALUATE AND ADDRESS RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS

CULTURAL SUPPORT FOR LEGAL HUNTING AND RECREATIONAL SPORT SHOOTING IN AMERICA IS DECLINING AT A RAPID PACE. SINCE 1995, RESPONSIVE MANAGEMENT HAS TRACKED PUBLIC OPINION ON HUNTING AND SPORT SHOOTING THROUGH PERIODIC NATIONAL TREND SURVEYS. THE LATEST TREND SURVEY, AMERICANS ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEGAL, REGULATED FISHING, SPORT SHOOTING, HUNTING AND TRAPPING 2023, MARKS THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT DECADES THERE HAS BEEN A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN AMERICANS APPROVAL OF BOTH ACTIVITIES. RESULTS SHOW HUNTING LOSING SUPPORT OF 9.9 MILLION ADULT AMERICANS, AGED 18 AND OVER, AND RECREATIONAL SPORT SHOOTING LOSING SUPPORT OF 8.4 MILLION ADULT AMERICANS IN JUST THE PAST TWO YEARS. THESE NATIONAL RESULTS ARE NOT AN ANOMALY, AS RECENT STATE LEVEL SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY RESPONSIVE MANAGEMENT IN ARIZONA, MAINE, AND WASHINGTON REFLECT THE SAME TREND OF DECLINING OVERALL SUPPORT. THIS TREND IS PARTICULARLY WORRISOME GIVEN THAT HUNTING AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING REMAIN UNIQUELY VULNERABLE TO ATTACKS FROM OPPONENTS AND SUBJECT TO NEW RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES. THE R3 (RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, REACTIVATION) COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT HUNTING AND SPORT SHOOTING REMAIN ACCEPTABLE IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC: A RECENT SURVEY OF STAKEHOLDERS OF THE COUNCIL TO ADVANCE HUNTING AND THE SHOOTING SPORTS FOUND THAT MAINTAINING, AND INCREASING, CULTURAL ACCEPTANCE OF HUNTING IS THE R3 COMMUNITY HIGHEST PRIORITY. THE LATEST NATIONAL AND STATE-LEVEL TREND DATA MAKE CLEAR THAT CULTURAL SUPPORT FOR HUNTING AND SPORT SHOOTING IS WANING WHAT IS NOT CLEAR AT THIS POINT ARE THE REASONS WHY. THIS PROJECT INVOLVES NEW RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY THE WHY AND UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFIC REASONS DRIVING THE DECLINES IN SUPPORT FOR HUNTING AND SPORT SHOOTING. FOLLOWING THE RESEARCH, THE GRANT TEAM WILL TAKE ACTION AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE R3 COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY, TO EXPLORE APPLICATION OF THE RESEARCH FINDINGS TO EXISTING CAMPAIGNS AND PROGRAMS. OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION AND RESPONSIVE MANAGEMENT WILL DISSEMINATE THE INSIGHTS FROM THE RESEARCH THROUGH WEBINARS THAT FOCUS ON HOW CURRENT MESSAGING CAMPAIGNS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS CAN BE STRENGTHENED TO ADDRESS AND, AS NECESSARY, COMBAT HARMFUL MISPERCEPTIONS AFFECTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUNTING AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING.

DERELICT FISHING GEAR REMOVAL AND PREVENTION IN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON

WITH ADULT ONSET R3 (RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, REACTIVATION) PROGRAMS PROVIDING GREATER SHORT TERM RETURNS TO STATES, WMI AND CHASE CHASE, 2022, THESE PROGRAMS ARE OF INCREASING INTEREST. HOWEVER, PARTICIPATION AS AN ADULT MAY BE DEPENDENT TO AN UNKNOWN DEGREE ON FIRST BEING EXPOSED TO FISHING IN ONES YOUNGER YEARS. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE REPORTS THAT TWO THIRDS OF YOUNG ANGLERS WERE 11 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER WHEN THEY FIRST FISHED, SUGGESTING THAT EXPOSURE TO FISHING PRIOR TO HIGH SCHOOL COULD ENHANCE RECRUITMENT AT LATER AGES. CONSIDERING THE SIGNIFICANT FUNDS BEING INVESTED BY STATE AGENCIES AND INDUSTRY IN ADULT AND HIGH SCHOOL ANGLING PROGRAMS, AND THE NEED TO MAXIMIZE EFFECTIVENESS OF R3 PROGRAMS ACROSS THE BOARD, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN YOUTH ARE MOST OPEN TO FISHING PROGRAMS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPOSING PEOPLE TO FISHING IN THEIR YOUNGER YEARS IS NEEDED. THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE AMERICAN SPORTFISHING ASSOCIATION (ASA) AND OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION (OSCF) THIS PROJECT WILL USE SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS TO EXAMINE LONGTIME ANGLERS, ADULTS WHO RECENTLY STARTED FISHING, AND PAST PARTICIPANTS IN YOUTH FISHING PROGRAMS, TO UNDERSTAND IF AND HOW EARLY EXPOSURE TO YOUTH FISHING PROGRAMS FACTORS INTO EVENTUAL ADULT PARTICIPATION AND LICENSE BUYING. THE RESULTS WILL HELP GUIDE THE DESIGN AND FOCUS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE YOUTH FISHING PROGRAMS, AND HOW TO STRUCTURE THESE PROGRAMS TO MAXIMIZE BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM RETURNS ON STATE INVESTMENTS. THIS PROJECT RESPONDS TO STRATEGIC PRIORITY 5B R3 ENGAGING PARTICIPANTS IN THAT THE FINDINGS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL SHOW THE IMPACT YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAMS HAVE ON FUTURE PARTICIPATION.

PREVIOUS RESEARCH FROM NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION (NSSF), TARGET SHOOTING INTERESTS AND PREFERENCES AMONG MULTI-CULTURAL COMMUNITIES 2015, SHOWED THAT WOMEN, HISPANICS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND ASIAN AMERICANS HAVE HIGH RATES OF INTEREST IN GETTING STARTED TARGET SHOOTING. IN FACT, HISPANICS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS HAD HIGHER LEVELS OF INTEREST, 26 AND 27 PERCENT RESPECTIVELY THAN ASIANS, 15 PERCENT, AND CAUCASIANS, 13 PERCENT, WHILE WOMEN HAD THE SAME INTEREST LEVELS AS MEN. STATE AGENCIES AND THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS INTO DIVERSIFYING TARGET SHOOTING SINCE 2015, HOWEVER, MULTIPLE SOURCES SHOW SHOOTING SPORTS PARTICIPATION REMAINS OVERWHELMINGLY MALE AND CAUCASIAN. CONSIDERING A MAJORITY OF THE U.S. POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE NON CAUCASIAN BY MID CENTURY, THIS SHOWS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR TARGET SHOOTING AND ITS ASSOCIATED CONSERVATION REVENUES. THE 2015 NSSF EFFORT, WORKED ON BY CURRENT GRANT TEAM MEMBERS JIM CURCURUTO AND ROB SOUTHWICK, TOUCHED ON THE CONCERNS AND BARRIERS PREVENTING MANY OF THESE UNDER REPRESENTED AUDIENCES FROM PARTICIPATING. SINCE THEN, PUBLIC DEMAND AND PARTICIPATION PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED CONSIDERABLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE 2020. ALSO, THE PREVIOUS EFFORT PROVIDED LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, SERVICES, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND COMMUNICATION TACTICS NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY RECRUIT AND SERVE THESE AUDIENCES. UNTIL THESE SHORTFALLS ARE ADDRESSED, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAMS FOR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WILL UNDERPERFORM. IT IS PAST TIME FOR NEW AND UPDATED INSIGHTS TO BE GAINED THAT WILL HELP INDUSTRY AND AGENCIES BETTER CONNECT WITH THIS IMPORTANT SEGMENT.THIS PROJECT WILL COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OF THE MAJOR AUDIENCES DESCRIBED ABOVE TO QUANTIFY:THEIR INTEREST IN TARGET SHOOTING.THE TYPES OF SHOOTING ACTIVITIES OF MOST INTEREST.THE TYPES OF RANGES WHERE THEY WOULD BE MOST COMFORTABLE.THE TYPES OF WELCOME, SERVICES, AND AMENITIES THAT WOULD INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THEM VISITING.HOW TO BEST REACH THEM WITH INFORMATION ON WHERE TO SHOOT, REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER INFORMATION THEY ARE CURRENTLY LACKING BUT NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DECISION TO VISIT A RANGE.IDENTICAL INFORMATION WILL BE PRODUCED REGARDING WHITE MALES FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES. THE RESULTS WILL BE SHARED WITH STATE AGENCIES, THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY, OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RANGES, AND ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON BEHALF OF TARGET SHOOTING TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE MORE WELCOMING AND ACCOMMODATING TOWARDS SEGMENTS OF THE US POPULATION THAT CURRENTLY HESITATE FROM PARTICIPATING IN TARGET SHOOTING.

THE KIRTLAND?S WARBLER RESEARCH & TRAINING PROJECT

FORESTRY WORKFORCE PROMOTION AND TRAINING PROGRAM IN NORTH CAROLINA

LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PLAN

SURF SCOTER RESTORATION PROJECT

ALASKA FOOD FOREST TRAINING PROGRAMS AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGES FOR URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENTS

STRENGTHENING CONSERVATION AND TOURISM IN CENTRAL AMERICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE CARIBBEAN

TO IMPROVE THE HABITAT QUALITY OF WETLAND HABITATS WITHIN THE BOB WIGLEY PRESERVE ON SANIBEL ISLAND

AWARD PURPOSE A KEY OBJECTIVE FOR THIS GRANT PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT AGENCIES, INDUSTRY, AND THE R3 COMMUNITY S BUSINESS AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS WITH QUALITY, RELIABLE AND TIMELY RESEARCH INSIGHTS. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE NEW DATA ON THREE ESSENTIAL R3 TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN MEASURED IN SEPARATE STUDIES PREVIOUSLY. THE VALUE OF THIS PROJECT IS IN COMBINING THESE TOPICS INTO A SINGLE STUDY THAT WILL RESULT IN ACTIONABLE, CURRENT DATA ON ALL THREE TOPICS. NOT ONLY WILL THIS APPROACH ALLOW FOR SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS IN THE DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND REPORTING, BUT IT WILL ALSO ENSURE MORE TIMELY DISSEMINATION OF THE FINDINGS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS TO THE R3 COMMUNITY AND HUNTING AND SPORT SHOOTING INDUSTRY. THE OVERARCHING PROJECT PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE R3 SPECIALISTS AND HUNTING AND SPORT SHOOTING PROGRAM MANAGERS WITH THE DATA THEY NEED TO EFFECTIVELY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A NEW DATA COLLECTION EFFORT THAT EMPLOYS A HIGHLY RIGOROUS AND DEPENDABLE SURVEY METHODOLOGY APPROACH TO GUARANTEE ACCURATE, RELIABLE RESULTS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED REGARDING THE SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT, THE PURPOSE IS THREEFOLD 1) ASSESS TRENDS IN AMERICANS ATTITUDES TOWARD HUNTING, FISHING, SPORT SHOOTING, AND TRAPPING 2) IDENTIFY WAYS TO ENCOURAGE MORE SHOOTING PARTICIPATION AMONG THOSE IN FIREARM HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY SHOOTING AND 3) ASSESS HUNTERS MOTIVATIONS FOR HUNTING AND THEIR USE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF FIREARMS FOR HUNTING, AS WELL AS HOW MOTIVATIONS AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF FIREARMS CORRELATE WITH CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES THIS PROJECT WILL UPDATE AND EXPAND THREE MAJOR STUDIES THAT PROVIDE CRITICAL DATA TO AGENCIES, INDUSTRY, AND THE R3 COMMUNITY. CRUCIALLY, THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL ENSURE SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS BY CONDUCTING THE THREE STUDIES SIMULTANEOUSLY RATHER THAN AS THREE SEPARATE PROJECTS.FIRST, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL UPDATE THE LONGEST RUNNING AND MOST UTILIZED TREND STUDY REGARDING AMERICANS ATTITUDES TOWARD HUNTING, FISHING, SPORT SHOOTING, AND TRAPPING. BEGINNING IN 1995, RESPONSIVE MANAGEMENT HAS SURVEYED AMERICANS TO DETERMINE THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD THESE ACTIVITIES AND THEIR OPINIONS ON RELATED TOPICS.SECOND, THE TEAM WILL EXPAND RESEARCH FOCUSED ON REACTIVATION TO ASSIST WITH IDENTIFYING THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO ENCOURAGE SHOOTING PARTICIPATION AMONG MILLIONS OF INACTIVE FIREARM OWNERS, DIVERSE AND UNDERSERVED MARKETS, AND THOSE IN FIREARM HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY SHOOTING. THIRD, THE TEAM WILL OBTAIN NEW DATA REGARDING HUNTERS PARTICIPATION AND MOTIVATIONS, AS WELL AS THEIR USE OF VARIOUS FIREARM TYPES FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF HUNTING.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES R3 PROGRAM AND OUTDOOR INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS (INCLUDING BUSINESSES, AGENCIES, AND NGOS) WHO MUST CONTINUE TO TRACK AND UNDERSTAND AMERICANS CURRENT ATTITUDES AND THE NEEDS OF CORE R3 GROUPS.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES THE BULK OF THE PROJECT COST (83 ) IS FOR CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT FOR SURVEY DESIGN, FIELDING OF NATIONAL SURVEY, ANALYZING DATA AND DEVELOPING REPORTS.

PAST RESEARCH FROM THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES (USFWS) NATIONAL SURVEY OF FISHING, HUNTING, AND WILDLIFE-ASSOCIATED RECREATION (FUNDED BY FEDERAL GRANT F20AP00134), THE RECREATIONAL BOATING AND FISHING FOUNDATIONS SPECIAL REPORT ON FISHING, (FUNDED BY FEDERAL GRANT F23AC00806), AND OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONS HONING YOUTH FISHING PROGRAMS TO CREATE AVID ANGLERS (FUNDED BY FEDERAL GRANT F24AP00304), HAVE HELPED FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES, AS WELL AS THE FISHING AND BOATING INDUSTRY BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE PARTICIPANTS AND IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS PERTAINING TO ANGLING AND BOATING OPPORTUNITIES RESULTING IN ADVANCED RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND REACTIVATION (R3) EFFORTS OF ANGLERS AND BOATERS. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BUILD UPON DECADES OF RESEARCH AND PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS THAT NOT ONLY ALIGN WITH PAST GRANT RESEARCH, BUT WILL HELP BENEFICIARIES BETTER UNDERSTAND BARRIERS TO ENTRY, CURRENT PARTICIPATION, DEMOGRAPHICS, PERCEPTIONS, ECONOMICS, AND OPPORTUNITIES PERTAINING TO FOUR UNDERSTUDIED, BUT VITAL, FISHING SEGMENTS: CHARTER BOAT FISHING BOTH FRESH AND SALTWATER CHARTERS INCLUDING IN-SHORE AND OFF-SHORE SALTWATER CHARTERS, SURF FISHING, ICE FISHING, AND FLYFISHING. DETAILED INSIGHTS GAINED FROM THIS PROJECT WILL HELP IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANGLERS, BOATERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING ANGLING AND BOATING OPPORTUNITIES HELPING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF FISHING. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED INCLUDE ALL ASPECTS OF CREATING AND ADMINISTERING FOUR SEPARATE RESEARCH PROJECTS USING ONLINE METHODOLOGY RESULTING IN FOUR SEPARATE IN-DEPTH REPORTS, AND SHARING FULL REPORTS, INCLUDING KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WITH STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES AS THE MAIN INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, AS WELL AS WITH FISHING AND BOATING INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS. PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE UTILIZING SURVEY RESULTS TO DEVELOP BASELINE DATA AND QUANTIFY CURRENT PARTICIPATION RATES IN EACH OF THE FOUR FISHING CATEGORIES, AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING NEW INSIGHTS INTO EACH FISHING SEGMENT THAT WILL ASSIST BENEFICIARIES. EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL NEW INSIGHTS FOR EACH SPECIFIC FISHING SEGMENT INCLUDE FREQUENCY OF PARTICIPATION, COSTS INCURRED, GROUP SIZE WHEN PARTICIPATING, LOCATION SUCH AS IN-STATE VS. OUT OF STATE, DISTANCE TRAVELLED, AVERAGE TIME SPENT FISHING PER TRIP, WHERE PARTICIPANTS GAIN INFORMATION, WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT THE ACTIVITY, PERCEPTIONS OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES, SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO GROW PARTICIPATION, APPROVAL RATING ON CURRENT LICENSE COSTS, TACKLE USED, RETAILERS FREQUENTED, TOP BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION, POTENTIAL MESSAGING THAT COULD BE USED FOR TARGETED OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS, APPROVAL RATING OF CURRENT ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING TARGETED FISH POPULATIONS, FULL DEMOGRAPHICS OF CURRENT PARTICIPANTS. REPORT DATA WILL BE USED TO RECOMMEND MESSAGES TO HELP IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANGLERS, BOATERS AND THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE ONE, OR MORE, OF THESE ACTIVITIES A TRY WHICH WILL HELP RECRUITMENT EFFORTS LEADING TO INCREASED PARTICIPATION. DELIVERABLES INCLUDE FOUR SEPARATE RESEARCH REPORTS RESULTING IN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THESE FOUR IMPORTANT FISHING SEGMENTS. THE GRANT TEAM WILL SHARE RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAKEHOLDERS FOR ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN INCLUDING POTENTIAL ACTIONS TO LOWER BARRIERS TO ENTRY AND INCREASE OVERALL PARTICIPATION. EACH OF THE FOUR STUDIES WILL RESULT IN A SEPARATE REPORT THAT WILL PROVIDE NEW, AND IN-DEPTH, INSIGHTS INTO EACH FISHING CATEGORY. THE GRANT TEAM HAS A COMBINED 55 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CONDUCTING RESEARCH, INCLUDING SEVERAL PROJECTS FROM SIMILAR FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANTS FOR FISHING AND THE OUTDOOR SPACE. THE GRANT TEAMS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE, ALONG WITH COMBINING FOUR STUDIES INTO ONE PROPOSAL, ALLOWS FOR EXTENSIVE COST SAVINGS WHILE PROVIDING HIGHLY VALUABLE DATA.

DERELICT CRAB POT REMOVAL AND PREVENTION IN SKAGIT COUNTY, WA

AWARD PURPOSE THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BRING AWARENESS TO DIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES IN HUNTING AND TARGET SHOOTING. PARTICIPATION BY MINORITIES IN HUNTING AND TARGET SHOOTING IS DISPROPORTIONATELY LOW COMPARED TO THE PERCENTAGE OF MINORITIES THAT MAKE UP THE US POPULATION. SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE WITH INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS AND PROGRAMS BUT, UNTIL THIS POINT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO COMBINE INDUSTRY AND AGENCY RESOURCES AND SHOWCASE DIVERSITY IN THE OUTDOORS BY RECRUITING FROM WITHIN. THIS GRANT WILL WORK WITH NONTYPICAL OUTDOORSMAN TELEVISION SHOW, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ONLY OUTDOOR TELEVISION SHOWS HOSTED AND PRODUCED BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN. THE GRANT TEAM WILL WORK WITH STATE AGENCIES AND THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY TO RECRUIT PARTICIPANTS TO FEATURE ON SIX DIFFERENT EPISODES (30 45 MINUTES EACH) OF THE TV SHOW. WE WILL LOOK TO RECRUIT STAFF NEW TO HUNTING AND OR TARGET SHOOTING THAT COME FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. THE SHOWS WILL AIR ON PLACES SUCH AS THE PURSUIT CHANNEL AND YOUTUBE. THE FULL SHOWS, ALONG WITH SHORTENED VIDEO CLIPS (2 3 MINUTES EACH), WILL BE PROVIDED TO AGENCY AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS FOR EXPANDED PROMOTION.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS FAR REACHING PROJECT WILL START IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF FUNDING AND WILL BE FAST MOVING AS THERE HAS BEEN HIGH INTEREST BY SOME PARTNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY. WE WILL FOCUS ON INVITING GUESTS FROM A MIX OF AGENCIES AND INDUSTRY THAT ARE BOTH NEW TO HUNTING SHOOTING AND COME FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. INVITATIONS WILL GO OUT THROUGH PLACES LIKE THE AFWA DIRECTORS WIRE AND AT IN PERSON AT CONFERENCES SUCH AS SHOT SHOW (JANUARY 2023) AND WMI NORTH AMERICAN (MARCH 2023).THE GRANT TEAM HAS EXTENSIVE CONTACTS AT AGENCIES AND INDUSTRY AND WILL UTILIZE THEM TO RECRUIT PARTICIPANTS. TELEVISION EPISODES CREATED FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE PROMOTED IN PLACES SUCH AS THE PURSUIT CHANNEL AND YOUTUBE. ADDITIONALLY, NONTYPICAL OUTDOORSMAN TV AND OSCF WILL SHARE FULL LENGTH EPISODES AS WELL AS SHORTENED VIDEO CLIPS TO PARTICIPATING AGENCY AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS SO THAT THEY MAY PROMOTE THEIR EFFORTS TO THEIR CUSTOMER FILES TO EXPAND THE REACH. CLIPS WILL ALSO BE PROMOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. OUTREACH WILL ALSO INCLUDE WRITTEN ARTICLES AND LIVE PRESENTATIONS AT AGENCY AND INDUSTRY CONFERENCES SUCH AS AFWA AND REGIONAL AFWA CONFERENCES, WMI NORTH AMERICAN, ATA, SHOT SHOW, IHEA USA AND ACI CONFERENCES.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES THE PRIMARY RESULT OF THIS GRANT PROJECT WILL BE SIX FULL LENGTH (30 45 MINUTE) EPISODES OF NONTYPICAL OUTDOORSMAN TV SHOW. AN ADDITIONAL PRODUCT WILL BE SIX SHORTENED CLIPS (2 3 MINUTES) THAT HIGHLIGHT EACH SHOW. THE FULL SHOWS AND CLIPS WILL BE SHARED WITH AGENCY AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS FOR USE AS THEY SEE FIT. THE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF THIS GRANT IS THE ABILITY TO SHOWCASE AGENCIES AND INDUSTRY WORKING TOGETHER AND TAKE THE LEAD ON DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES PRODUCTION OF SIX FULL LENGTH (30 45 MINUTE) EPISODES OF NONTYPICAL OUTDOORSMAN TV SHOW.

URBAN LONG-TERM RESEARCH AREA - SAN JUAN PROJECT

STATE AGENCIES NEED VOLUNTEERS AND MENTORS TO SUCCESSFULLY FIELD MANY FISHING RELATED EDUCATION R3 (RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND REACTIVATION) AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS. WITH INCREASING OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO VOLUNTEER RECRUITING AND RETAINING VOLUNTEERS HAS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT THREATENING STATES ABILITY TO STAFF PROGRAMS SUCH AS FISHING DERBIES AND MANY OTHER HANDS ON R3 PROGRAMS. TO HELP OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM STATES NEED INSIGHTS AND TESTED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FINDING RECRUITING AND RETAINING NEW VOLUNTEERS. TO HELP FULFILL THIS NEED THE OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATION (OSCF) WILL WORK WITH STATES TO CONNECT WITH CURRENT AND POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS TO LEARN HOW TO ENGAGE AND RETAIN MORE SUPPORT FOR STATES FISHING R3 AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WITH THE OSCF S EXPERIENCE WITH SUCH EFFORTS AND CONSIDERING OUR FOCUS ON PROMOTING STEWARDSHIP AND INCREASING PARTICIPATION WE ARE IDEALLY SUITED TO CONDUCT THIS PROJECT. THE MIDWESTERN ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES (MAFWA) IS A PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT AND WILL ADVISE ON CONTENT STATES NEEDS AND LIMITATIONS PLUS DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS. WORKING WITH ONE PILOT STATE PER ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (AFWA) REGION WE WILL FIRST CONDUCT FOCUS GROUPS WITH CURRENT AND FORMER FISHERIES VOLUNTEERS TO GATHER INSIGHTS INTO THE VARIOUS MOTIVATIONS AND INTERESTS THAT DROVE THEM TO VOLUNTEER PLUS THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND SOURCES THAT INTRODUCED THEM TO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITH STATE AGENCIES. WE WILL THEN SURVEY CURRENT AND FORMER VOLUNTEERS IN EACH STATE TO QUANTIFY THE TOP MOTIVATIONS AND INTERESTS FOR VOLUNTEERING. WE WILL ALSO SURVEY THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO IDENTIFY THOSE WITH ABOVE AVERAGE INTEREST IN VOLUNTEERING FOR STATE FISHING R3 AND EDUCATION EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY THEIR MOTIVATIONS AND INTERESTS PLUS THE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND SOURCES THAT WILL BEST REACH THEM. THE RESULTS WILL GROUP OR SEGMENT VOLUNTEERS INTO PERSONAS BASED ON SHARED MOTIVATIONS AND IDEAL RECRUITING MESSAGES AND TACTICS. THE RESULTS WILL THEN BE TESTED VIA A PILOT CAMPAIGN IN TWO STATES TO IDENTIFY BEST APPROACHES FOR RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS. RESULTS AND THE TESTED RECOMMENDATIONS WILL THEN BE SHARED WITH ALL STATES FOR ADOPTION VIA A DETAILED REPORT COMPLETE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTED RECRUITING MESSAGING PLUS SHARED VIA THE FULL RANGE OF R3 COMMITTEES MEETINGS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION (NGO) COMMUNICATIONS. ALL 50 STATES R3 PROGRAMS ARE THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES WITH INCREASED VOLUNTEERS BEING THE PRIMARY PURPOSE AND INCREASED ANGLING PARTICIPATION THE GOAL. THE MAFWA R3 COMMITTEE IS A PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT. THIS PROJECT MIRRORS A SIMILAR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL HUNTER EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (IHEA) FOR HUNTING AND TARGET SHOOTING. THE BUDGET REFLECTS THE COST SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH CONDUCTING BOTH EFFORTS SIMULTANEOUSLY. NO OTHER EFFORTS FOCUSED ON INCREASING STATES ABILITIES TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WITHOUT SUCH STATE FISHING R3 PROGRAMS DEPENDENT ON VOLUNTEERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRESSED.

AWARD PURPOSE THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO FORM A TEAM OF APPROXIMATELY 24 MARKETING COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO STATE AND FEDERAL WILDLIFE AGENCIES, NGOS CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, RETAILERS, MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS AND MANUFACTURERS. THE R3 MARKETING COMMUNICATION TASK FORCE (RMCTF) WILL USE EXISTING RESEARCH INSIGHTS TO DEVELOP AND COMMUNICATE MESSAGES ON TOPICS RELATED TO CONSERVATION FUNDING, RECRUITMENT AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION. THE R3 MARKETING COMMUNICATION TASK FORCE (RMCTF) WILL USE EXISTING RESEARCH INSIGHTS TO DEVELOP AND COMMUNICATE MESSAGES ON TOPICS SUCH AS HOW CONSERVATION IS FUNDED. HOW TO RECRUIT THE NEXT GENERATION OF HUNTERS AND TARGET SHOOTERS. ACCESS IN AMERICA, 950 MILLION ACRES AND COUNTING. WHERE TO GO TARGET SHOOTING. HOW AND WHY WILDLIFE IS THRIVING. THE BENEFITS OF HUNTING. HOW TO GET STARTED HUNTING OR TARGET SHOOTING.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED OBJECTIVE 1 RECRUIT 24 TASK FORCE TEAM MEMBERS. POTENTIAL MEMBERS MUST COMMIT TO COMMUNICATING MESSAGES CREATED BY THE TASK FORCE. OBJECTIVE 2 DEVELOP AND COMMUNICATE A MINIMUM OF 12 MESSAGES. MEMBERS OF THE R3 MARKETING COMMUNICATION TASK FORCE (RMCTF) WILL VIRTUALLY MEET AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL TOPICS TO CONSIDER FOR PROMOTION. ONCE TOPICS ARE SELECTED, THE RMCTF WILL DEVELOP PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS SUCH AS CO BRANDED PRESS RELEASES OR INFOGRAPHICS. THE DEVELOPED MATERIALS WILL BE SENT OUT BY RMCTF MEMBERS THOUGH THEIR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS SUCH AS EMAIL NEWSLETTERS, WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES A PRIMARY RESULT OF THIS GRANT PROJECT WILL BE A FINAL REPORT OUTLINING THE PROCESS USED TO CREATE THE TASK FORCE. A LIST OF TASK FORCE MEMBERS WILL BE INCLUDED ALONG WITH THEIR THOUGHTS ON PARTICIPATING IN THE GROUP. ALL MATERIALS DEVELOPED BY THE GROUP WILL BE LISTED IN THE REPORT AND ALSO MADE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY FOR FUTURE USE BY INTERESTED PARTIES. RESULTS FROM MESSAGES SENT, INCLUDING METRICS ON REACH WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED. THE REPORT WILL BE POSTED ON THE LEAD APPLICANTS WEBSITE AS WELL AS IN THE CAHSS CLEARINGHOUSE. PRESENTATIONS AT INDUSTRY AND AGENCY CONFERENCES WILL BE MADE DISCUSSING THE SUCCESSES AND PITFALLS OF THE PROJECT. THE EXTENDED LIFE OF MATERIALS AND MESSAGES CREATED BY THE R3 MARKETING COMMUNICATION TASK FORCE IS EXPECTED TO BE UP TO FIVE YEAR WELL BEYOND THE TERM OF THIS GRANT CYCLE. AN ADDED BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT IS RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY. AS WITH ANY GROUP, LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE FORMED FOR CONTINUED COLLABORATION.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE COLLECTIVE REACH OF THE TASK FORCE WILL BE MILLIONS OF CONSUMERS SO MESSAGES SENT BY TASK FORCE MEMBERS WILL HAVE A FAR REACHING EFFECT.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES APPROXIMATELY 55 OF THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS ALLOCATED TO CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT FOR AN ADVERTISING CREATIVE AGENCY TO SUPPORT CREATION AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROMOTION OF TASK FORCE CREATED MATERIALS AND MESSAGES.

DEVELOPMENT OF A CWPP FOR CHICAGO WILDERNESS REGION

AWARD PURPOSE THE NORTH AMERICAN MODEL OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AND ENSURES THE RIGHT OF LEGAL ACCESS TO HUNTING AND FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY CITIZEN. IN TURN, THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO HUNT AND FISH PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE NA MODEL. PURCHASES OF HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES COUPLED WITH PURCHASES OF EXCISE TAXED PRODUCTS PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 3 BILLION TO SUPPORT THIS MODEL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT MOST AMERICANS ARE UNAWARE OF THE TENANTS OF THE NA MODEL AND DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW OUR NATURAL RESOURCES ARE MANAGED, CONSERVED OR FUNDED.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED OBJECTIVE THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON STRATEGIC PRIORITY (4B) TRUST FUND STEWARDSHIP, EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF THE NA MODEL. AS SUCH, A PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE A MINIMUM OF 25 MESSAGES THAT SIMPLIFY AND EXPLAIN THE SEVEN TENANTS OF THE NA MODEL, AS WELL AS, HOW OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND MANAGED, CONSERVED AND FUNDED.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES IMPACT RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 60 MILLION AMERICANS THAT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN HUNTING, FISHING AND OR TARGET SHOOTING. COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING VIDEOS AND GRAPHICS, DEVELOPED FOR CONNECTING WITH CONSERVATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO INDUSTRY AND AGENCY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THEIR MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS. GRANT PARTNERS WILL SHARE AND PROMOTED MESSAGES AND WE WILL WORK WITH MEDIA GROUPS SUCH AS PROFESSIONAL OUTDOOR MEDIA ASSOC., ASSOCIATION FOR CONSERVATION INFORMATION AND OUTDOOR SPORTSMENS GROUP TO DISTRIBUTE THE MESSAGES TO A FAR REACHING AUDIENCE.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES THE ANTICIPATED LIFE OF DELIVERABLES FROM THIS PROJECT EXCEEDS TEN YEARS. COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPED FROM THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING GRAPHICS AND VIDEOS, WILL HAVE A TIMELESS MESSAGE THAT IS EVERGREEN AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRY, AGENCY AND CONSUMERS TO USE, SHARE AND PROMOTE THE SUCCESSES OF THE NA MODEL AND CONSERVATION FUNDING FOR MANY YEARS.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES THE BULK OF THIS PROJECTS COST ( 75 ) IS FOR CONTRACTUAL CREATIVE ADVERTISING SUPPORT. THE GRANT TEAM WILL CONTRACT AN AD AGENCY TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNICATION MATERIALS. TO MAKE THIS PROJECT EXTREMELY COST EFFECTIVE, WE WILL UTILIZE INDUSTRY AND AGENCY PARTNERS EXISTING RESOURCES SUCH AS NEWSLETTERS, WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS TO PROMOTE CREATED CONTENT TO MORE THAN FIVE MILLION NEW AND ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS.

RECOVERING TIGERS AT THE CONFLUENCE OF WESTERN AND EASTERN GHATS IN SOUTHERN INDIA

NATIVE AMERICAN PARTICIPATION RESEARCH AND OUTREACH

THIS PROPOSAL ADDS FY24 FUNDS TO SUPPORT YEAR 3 OF THE WORK WE HAD UNDER THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT GRANT NUMBER F20AC10873 ENHANCING SPECIES AND HABITAT CONSERVATION THROUGH NORTHERN LATITUDES PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT 9 HAZWOPER TRAINING FOR RURAL ALASKAN SPILL RESPONSE PARTNERSTHIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES1 PROVIDE INITIAL 40 HOUR HAZWOPER TRAINING TO FIVE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ALASKA LOCATED ON OR NEAR DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR LANDS2 DEVELOP OUTREACH MATERIALS AND NETWORKS TO ADVERTISE THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS TRAINING OPPORTUNITY THROUGH PRESENTATIONS TRIBAL COMMUNICATIONS AND EXISTING SPILL RESPONSE AND TRIBAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

AWARD PURPOSE EVEN THOUGH NATIVE AMERICANS WERE AMERICAS ORIGINAL FISHERMEN AND CONSERVATIONISTS, WE DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEIR CURRENT PARTICIPATION RATES IN FISHING OR THEIR CULTURAL TRENDS PERTAINING TO FISHING. THERE ARE NEARLY 600 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES WITH APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILLION MEMBERS LIVING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TODAY. THIS GRANT PROJECT IS NEEDED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND NATIVE AMERICANS CURRENT BARRIERS TO ENTRY, ACCESS TO LANDS AND WATERS (BOTH ON AND OFF RESERVATION PROPERTIES), AS WELL AS WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON CURRENT LAWS, REGULATIONS, LICENSING AND WHAT THEIR PERCEPTIONS ARE OF INDUSTRY AND STATE AND FEDERAL WILDLIFE AGENCIES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED A STRONG NEED EXISTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND NATIVE AMERICANS CURRENT PARTICIPATION AND FUTURE INTEREST IN FISHING. THIS PROJECT ALIGNS NICELY WITH THE STRATEGIC PRIORITY OF R3 AND ENGAGING NEW AUDIENCES. PROJECT TASKS INCLUDE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT, ANALYSIS, REPORTING AND COMMUNICATING PRESENTING RESULTS.EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES WE WILL DEVELOP AND PROMOTE A FINAL REPORT THAT WILL COVER THE RESULTS FROM BOTH THE FISHING AND THE HUNTING PROJECTS (F22AP00611) MAKING IT EASIER FOR INDUSTRY AND AGENCY STAFF TO GET A COMPLETE PICTURE OF NATIVE AMERICANS OUTDOOR PARTICIPATION. WE EXPECT THE USEFUL SHELF LIFE OF THE INSIGHTS FROM THIS STUDY TO BE FIVE YEARS.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES 600 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES WITH APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILLION MEMBERS LIVING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TODAY.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES APPROXIMATELY 56 OF THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS ALLOCATED TO DYNATA CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT FOR SURVEY DEPLOYMENT, PROMOTION AND SAMPLE COSTS TO OBTAIN AS MANY RESPONSES AS POSSIBLE.

FUNDING TO STRUCTURALLY REPAIR AND RENOVATE DZONG CHODE SHEDUP CHOEPEL LING GOMPA IN MUSTANG

SOUTH BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK

ACQUISITION OF THOMPSON/WRIGHT PROPERTY IN THE ATLANTIC COAST-PINE BARRENS

DERELICT FISHING NET REMOVAL IN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON MARINE WATERS

COORDINATION OF THE 15TH CARIBBEAN FORESTER'S MEETING

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBAN PROJECTS

MANY ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY FROM STATE WILDLIFE AGENCIES AND CONSERVATION GROUPS TO MANUFACTURERS MEDIA AND SPORTSMENS CLUBS HAVE INVESTED SUBSTANTIAL TIME MONEY AND EFFORT INTO RECRUITING NEW RETAINING CURRENT AND REACTIVATING LAPSED HUNTERS OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS. THIS PRACTICE HAS BEEN NAMED R3, WHICH STANDS FOR RECRUIT, RETAIN REACTIVATE. R3 HAS A GOAL OF INCREASING PARTICIPATING IN HUNTING AND IT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A KEY INITIATIVE AMONG THE AFOREMENTIONED GROUPS. WHILE THE GOAL OF INCREASING OVERALL PARTICIPATION IS COMMON AMONG THESE GROUPS NO RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE AMONG AMERICAS 15 MILLION ACTIVE HUNTERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE LEVEL AND INTEREST IN THIS IMPORTANT INITIATIVE. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT HUNTERS ARE FOR OR AGAINST HAVING MORE PARTICIPANTS NOR DO WE KNOW HOW TO BEST COMMUNICATE WITH CURRENT PARTICIPANTS NO MATTER THEIR OPINION ON THE TOPIC. TO CONFIRM IF THERE WAS A NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC THE PROJECT TEAM CONDUCTED AN AWARENESS POLL EXPLORATORY SURVEY IN MAY 2024 AND RECEIVED 240 COMPLETED RESPONSES FROM AMERICANS THAT HAVE HUNTED WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS. AMONG THE RESULTS FROM THIS EXPLORATORY SURVEY WERE THAT ONLY 29 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS CURRENT HUNTERS HAD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT R3 RECRUIT RETAIN AND REACTIVATE IS AND 10 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS WERE OPPOSED TO ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSING ON RECRUITING MORE HUNTERS. FULL RESULTS FROM THE AWARENESS POLL ARE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE PROPOSAL APPLICATION. THE AWARENESS POLL RESULTS PROVED TO THE PROJECT TEAM THAT FURTHER IN DEPTH RESEARCH IS NEEDED ON THIS TOPIC. THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO IDENTIFY FOR THE FIRST TIME ITEMS SUCH AS WHAT CURRENT HUNTERS KNOW ABOUT R3 WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE ON INCREASING HUNTING PARTICIPATION AND WHAT ARE THE BEST COMMUNICATION TACTICS TO IMPLEMENT NO MATTER THEIR OPINION ON INCREASING HUNTER NUMBERS. THE PROJECT TEAM HAS MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TOPIC AND HAS WELL ROUNDED REPRESENTATION FROM STATE AGENCIES, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) AND INDUSTRY.

RECREATIONAL TARGET SHOOTING IS A FUN AND SAFE ACTIVITY ENJOYED BY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS EACH YEAR. IT IS ALSO AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FUNDING SOURCE FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. RECENT RESEARCH ON RECREATIONAL TARGET SHOOTING PARTICIPATION SHOWS SOME GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS. OUTDOOR STEWARDS OF CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONS WELCOME NEW SHOOTERS RESEARCH, FUNDED BY MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT F24AP00304, SHOWS THAT 70 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN GIVING RECREATIONAL TARGET SHOOTING A TRY FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS FOR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATIONS 2025 RESEARCH ENTITLED FIREARM OWNERSHIP AND SPORT SHOOTING PARTICIPATION REVEALS AN ALARMING FACT THAT OVERALL PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIONAL TARGET SHOOTING HAS DECLINED 17 PERCENT FROM 63.5 MILLION PARTICIPANTS IN 2022 TO 52.7 MILLION PARTICIPANTS IN 2024, WHICH IS BAD NEWS FOR CURRENT PARTICIPATION AND FUTURE EXCISE TAX COLLECTIONS. EXCISE TAXES COLLECTED ON FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION AVERAGE APPROXIMATELY ONE BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. RESEARCH FROM SOUTHWICK ASSOCIATES SHOWS THAT 74 PERCENT OF EXCISE TAXES ON FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION COMES FROM NONHUNTING PURPOSES SUCH AS RECREATIONAL TARGET SHOOTING. THAT MEANS NEARLY 740 MILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL EXCISE TAXES COULD DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY IF TARGET SHOOTING PARTICIPATION CONTINUES TO DECLINE. WITH THE FUTURE OF PARTICIPATION AND EXCISE TAX COLLECTIONS ON THE LINE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR WILDLIFE AGENCIES AND THE FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION INDUSTRY TO KNOW WHY TARGET SHOOTING PARTICIPATION DECLINED AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE OVERALL PARTICIPATION MOVING FORWARD. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF RECENTLY LAPSED TARGET SHOOTERS TO IDENTIFY THE PRIMARY REASON PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIONAL TARGET SHOOTING HAS DECLINED. EXPECTED RESULTS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED CLEAR PICTURE AS TO WHY PARTICIPATION HAS DECLINED AND THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS TO TAKE THAT WILL HELP INCREASE FUTURE PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIONAL TARGET SHOOTING. DELIVERABLES INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE FINAL REPORT AND WEBINAR OUTLINING KEY INSIGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS PROJECT WILL BENEFIT WILDLIFE AGENCIES AND THE FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION INDUSTRY. THE GRANT TEAM HAS A COMBINED 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CONDUCTING RESEARCH INCLUDING SEVERAL PROJECTS FROM SIMILAR FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANTS FOR HUNTING TARGET SHOOTING AND THE OUTDOOR SPACE. OUR EXPERIENCE ALONG WITH A STREAMLINED APPROACH ALLOWS FOR EXTENSIVE COST SAVINGS WHILE PROVIDING HIGHLY VALUABLE DATA.

THE PROJECT WILL REMOVE UP TO 1,200LF OF SHORE ARMOR AND PILINGS TO IMPROVE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES AND ALLOW FOR LANDWARD EXPANSION OF EELGRASS BEDS AND NEARSHORE HABITATS TO ADAPT TO SEA LEVEL RISE. WE WILL RESTORE OVER 9 ACRES OF BEACH AND BACKSHORE HABITAT INCLUDING UP TO 4 ACRES OF RIPARIAN HABITAT THROUGH INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL (SCOTS BROOM, ENGLISH IVY, JAPANESE KNOTWEED) AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE MARINE RIPARIAN ZONE. THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE SPAWNING HABITAT FOR SURF SMELT AND PACIFIC SAND LANCE, IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO CLAYTON BEACH, AND PROVIDE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL USES AND ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS.

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KEOUGH EFFIGY PRESERVE

THIS BEACH RESTORATION PROJECT LOCATED AT ADELMA BEACH WITHIN DISCOVERY BAY, JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL RESTORE FEEDER BLUFF AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND FUNCTIONS VIA THE REMOVAL OF 530 SF OF WOODEN BULKHEAD INCLUDING TWO CABINS SUPPORTED BY THE STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURES SPAN 115 LF OF SHORELINE AND SIT WATERWARD OF THE TOE OF THE BANK APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 FEET BELOW MHHW AND 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE BEACH GRADE. THE PROJECT WILL REMOVE NON-NATIVE AND INVASIVE VEGETATION AND RE-SLOPE WITH A NATIVE PLANT RIPARIAN COMMUNITY TO RESTORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES AND IMPROVE HABITAT CONNECTIVITY INCLUDING NUTRIENT EXCHANGE PROVIDED BY INSECT FALLOUT FROM NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS. THE PROJECT SEEKS TO ADDRESS PREY SPECIES AVAILABILITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY THROUGH RESTORATION OF COASTAL PROCESSES AND FORAGE FISH SPAWNING HABITATS. FAILING AND UNNECESSARY ARMOR IS BURYING SPAWNING HABITAT OF SURF SMELT AND SAND LANCE, TWO CRITICAL PREY SPECIES FOR BULL TROUT, SALMONIDS, AND MARINE BIRDS. REMOVAL OF THE BULKHEAD WILL ALSO SUPPORT NEARSHORE FISH USE INCLUDING ESA LISTED SUMMER CHUM AND COHO.

THE NORTHWEST STRAITS FOUNDATION, WSHINGTON STATE PARKS, AND THE SKAGIT AND WHATCOM COUNTY MARINE RESOURCES COMMITTEES (MRCS) ARE PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A FEASIBILITY STUDY, DESIGN, PERMITTING, AND INITIATE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR RESTORATION OF OVER 1,200 LINEAR FEET OF SHORELINE, 9 ACRES OF BACKSHORE, AND ADJACENT UPLAND HABITAT AT CLAYTON BEACH IN LARRABEE STATE PARK, SKAGIT COUNTY, WA. THE NEARSHORE HABITAT AND PROCESSES AT THE SITE ARE DEGRADED AND IMPEDED BY RIPRAP, PILINGS, AND DEBRIS - ALL REMNANTS OF THE INTERURBAN TROLLEY TRESTLE THAT RAN BETWEEN BELLINGHAM AND MOUNT VERNON FROM 1912 TO 1928. THE REMAINING STUBS PRESENT ALONG THE BEACH REPRESENT JUST SOME OF THE 5,000 PILINGS USED TO BUILD THE TRESTLE. THE ARMOR AT THIS SITE IS UNIQUELY SITUATED WITHIN THE MID-INTERTIDAL CREATING A PERCHED BEACH, IMPEDING SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ALONGSHORE, AND DIRECTLY BURYING INTERTIDAL HABITAT AND FORAGE FISH SPAWNING HABITAT. REMOVAL OF THE SHORE ARMOR WILL RESTORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NEARSHORE HABITATS AND THE BACKSHORE ALLOWING FOR GREATER EXCHANGE OF TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC NUTRIENTS, INSECTS AND ORGANIC MATTER. RESTORING THIS CONNECTION WILL PROVIDE A SOURCE OF INSECTS CRITICAL IN THE DIET OF JUVENILE SALMONIDS AND THE PREY OF MIGRATING BULL TROUT, AS WELL AS IMPROVED FORAGING HABITAT FOR MARINE AND SHORE BIRDS. THE SHORELINE WILL BECOME MORE COMPLEX AND ABLE TO RECRUIT AND STORE LARGE WOODY DEBRIS, AS THE ARMOR WILL NOT REFLECT THE WOOD OFF THE SHORE. REMOVAL AND RESTORATION WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR LANDWARD EXPANSION OF THE EELGRASS BED THAT IS LIMITED BY THE LOW ELEVATION OF THE ARMOR.

DISCOVERY BAY SHORELINE ARMOR REMOVAL ''NORTHWEST STRAITS FOUNDATION BELLINGHAM, WA''

RURAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE ON ALASKA FOOD AND MEDICINAL FORESTS

BUILDING K9 CAPACITY FOR MUSSEL DETECTION AND CONTAINMENT ACROSS JURISDICTIONS

THE EXPANSION OF INTELLIGENCE LED ELEPHANT MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION THROUGHOUT UGANDA

FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A COMMUNITY WOOD RECLAMATION SYSTEM

TO ENHANCE EXISING WATER QUALITY MONITORING EFFORTS W/IN REFUGE TO IMPROVE FUTURE FRESHWATER INFLOW

WEST BEACH CREEK FISH PASSAGE PROJECT

CANINE DETECTION TO STRENGTHEN AND REPLICATE ANTI-TRAFFICKING CAPACITY IN KEY COUNTRIES

ASSESSMENT OF LONG-TERM FOREST DYNAMICS IN THE CARIBBEAN: A PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

EDUCATE/PROTECT SNOWY PLOVER NESTS FROM DESTRUCTION BY BEACH TRAFFIC,ALSO RESEARCH/MONITOR NESTINIG

SIT, STAY, STOP INVASIVE SPECIES: PUTTING DOGS TO WORK FOR THE NORTHEAST TEXAS CONSERVATION DELIVERY NETWORK INVASIVE SPECIES DETECTION AND OUTREACH

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT OF EASTERN HOOLOCK GIBBON IN INDAWGYI LAKE WILDILFE SANCTUARY, BURMA

ENVIROTHON SUPPORT

THE POLNELL POINT RESTORATION PROJECT IS A PARTNERSHIP OF THE NORTHWEST STRAITS FOUNDATION AND THE US NAVY THE PROJECT AIMS TO RESTORE 1,400 LINEAR FEET OF SHORELINE AND FOUR ACRES OF NEARSHORE HABITAT ALONG THE TOMBOLO OF POLNELL POINT, WHIDBEY ISLAND THE PROJECT WILL ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF RESTORING NATURAL SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES AND IMPROVING NEARSHORE HABITATS FOR JUVENILE SALMONIDS AND FORAGE FISH SPAWNING THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF SHORE ARMOR AND DEBRIS, PLACEMENT OF BEACH NOURISHMENT MATERIALS, REMOVAL OF NON NATIVE FILL, AND RE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MARINE RIPARIAN ZONE

SIMILK BAY SHORELINE ARMOR REMOVAL

NW STRAITS SEAHORSE SIESTA BARGE AND BULKHEAD REMOVAL

ARRA 14 1610 R2EE BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD REFORESTATION OF CONVERTED AGRICULTURAL LAND IN TEXAS AND OKLA

COMMUNITY BASED CONSERVATION OF EASTERN HOOLOCK GIBBON AND ITS HABITAT IN KAREN STATE, BURMA

HOOLOCK GIBBON CONSERVATION STATUS REVIEW PHASE II BURMA

COMMUNITY BASED CONSERVATION OF EASTERN HOOLOCK GIBBON AND ITS HABITAT IN KAREN STATE, PHASE III - STRENGTHENING SUSTAINABILITIES

SHANNON POINT II

DEVELOPMENT OF A CWPP FOR CHICAGO WILDERNESS REGION

A SURVEY OF CHIMPANZEES IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

DERELICT FISHING GEAR PREVENTION AND OUTREACH IN PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON

ANALYSIS OF KIRTLAND'S WARBLER PROJECT DATA

BUILDING CAPACITY FOR CANINE ANTI-TRAFFICKING AND ANTI-POACHING IN AFRICA AND ASIA

DERELICT FISHING GEAR REMOVAL FROM PUGET SOUND

TO ADD FUNDS AND EXTEND THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.

CARIBBEAN FORESTER MEETING

COORDINATION AND PLANNING OF THE 15TH CARIBBEAN FORESTER'S MEETING

THIS PROJECT WILL BE A JOINT EFFORT OF THE SANIBEL CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION SCCF , U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE USFWS , AND THE CITY OF SANIBEL THE SANIBEL ISLAND RICE RAT ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS SANIBELI IS AN ENDEMIC SPECIES ON SANIBEL ISLAND, FL THIS SPECIES IS LISTED AS THREATENED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND A SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN WITH THE U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE THE PRIMARY HABITAT FOR THE SANIBEL ISLAND RICE RAT ARE OPEN CORD GRASS SPARTINA BAKERI MARSHES THESE HABITATS, WHICH ARE MOSTLY ON CONSERVATION LANDS, ARE MAINTAINED BY PRESCRIBED FIRE AND OR MECHANICAL CLEARING HOWEVER, DECADES OF HARDWOOD SUCCESSION AND INVASIVE PLANT INTRUSION HAS RESULTED IN A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF THEIR AVAILABLE HABITAT ALTHOUGH, EXOTIC VEGETATION IS UNDER CONTROL, INVASIVE NATIVE PLANTS SUCH AS BUTTONWOOD CONOCARPUS ERECTUS , SALTBUSH BACCHARIS HALIMIFOLIA , AND WAX MYRTLE MYRICA CERIFERA QUICKLY INFILTRATE THESE OPEN AREAS, DURING LAPSES IN BURNING, AND QUICKLY DOMINATE THE AREA BY RESTORING THESE WETLANDS BACK TO OPEN SPARTINA MARSHES, THE QUANTITY OF AVAILABLE HABITAT FOR THIS ENDEMIC SPECIES, AS WELL AS FOR WADING BIRDS, ANURANS, AND NUMEROUS EPHEMERAL SPECIES WILL BE INCREASED ALSO, THERE ARE KNOWN RICE RAT MICRO POPULATIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PROPOSED RESTORATION SITE BY RESTORING THIS SECTION, A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR WOULD BE CREATED TO ALLOW INTROGRESSION BETWEEN THOSE SITES RESTORATION WILL INCLUDE REMOVAL OF SHRUBBY HARDWOODS FROM MARSHES WITH HEAVY MACHINERY THE DEBRIS WILL BE TAKEN OFF SITE OR MULCHED DEPENDING UPON COST AFTER SHRUBBY HARDWOODS AND ANY EXOTICS ARE REMOVED, GRASSES SUCH AS CORD GRASS AND SAWGRASS PLUGS WILL BE REPLANTED RESTORATION PROGRESS AND RESULTS WILL BE MONITORED WITH PHOTO PLOTS

CORNET BAY

URBAN RESTORATION PRESCRIBED FIRE CREW

DERELICT FISHING NET REMOVAL IN PUGET SOUND

PROTECTING THE RECOVERY OF ELEPHANTS IN SOUTHERN MURCHISON FALLS CONSERVATION AREA, UGANDA

RESTORE NATIVE VEGATATION

RCPP 1834 NJCF-BLACK RIVER GREENWAY

FRIENDS OF PLANT CONSERVATION FY18

CONSERVATION EDUCATION MANUAL

FARM AND RANCH LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM

MAYLOR S POINT FEEDER BLUFF ARMOR REMOVAL

TO REHABILITAT 29 ACRES BY REMOVING EXOTIC VEGETATION, REPLANTING NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS.

FORESTED BLUFF ENHANCEMENT

CORNET BAY SHORELINE

CHINESE POND MUSSEL CONTROL

PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF COOPERATIVE STUDY UNITS TO FACILITATECOOPERATIVE RESEARCH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO INFORM SCIENCEBASED MANAGEMENT OFTHE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. THE STUDY UNITS FACILITATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND INTEGRATED INFORMATIONPRODUCTS ACROSS MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NPS AND THE ALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ACF WILL WORK TOGETHER ON PROJECTS THAT CONSERVE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL ENTITIES RURAL RESIDENTS STUDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WITH INTERESTS IN RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP. NPS ANTICIPATES A SERIES OF RELATED PROJECT TO COME ABOUT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS AIMED AT CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF INVASIVE PLANTS IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL PROJECT OUTLINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. OTHER EFFORTS INCLUDE BUILDING COMMUNITYLEAD RESOURCE MONITORING PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO NPS UNITS IN ALASKA AND SUPPORTING ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION WORK.. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

MEDOUIE CREEK SALT MARSH RESTORATION PROJECT

UNDERSTANDING URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IN SAN JUAN, PR

COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING FOR A SUSTAINABLE MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORY AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER ON SANIBEL ISLAND FLORIDA

CONDUCT ""RAIN GARDEN INITIATIVE"" ON PRIVATE LANDS

PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS PLANT CONSERVATION WORKSHOP

NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

COORDINATING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE 2010 CARIBBEAN URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY CONFERENCE

BLM HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS, INCLUDING MARICOPA COUNTY PARKS, THE TOWN OF WICKENBURG AND THE WICKENBURG CONSERVATION FOUNDATION (WCF) OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A TRAILHEAD AND HISTORIC TRAIL SYSTEM FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION NON-MOTORIZED AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. TO DATE EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN A TRAILHEAD AND STAGING AREA AFFECTIONATELY NAMED SOPHIE⿿S FLAT, AN APPROXIMATE 15 MILE TRAIL SYSTEM NAMED THE RED TOP TRAIL SYSTEM, AND THE ADDITION OF A TOWN OF WICKENBURG PLANNER, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND A TRAILS COMMISSION.

THIS GRANT SUPPORTS THE COSTS INCURRED TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO RESPOND TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19), WHICH MAY INCLUDE WORKPLACE SAFETY, MARKET PIVOTS, RETROFITTING FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, WORKER HOUSING, AND MEDICAL EXPENSES. IT PROVIDES NEEDED RELIEF TO THE FOOD PROCESSORS, DISTRIBUTORS, FARMERS MARKETS, AND PRODUCERS FOR THEIR COSTS INCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 27, 2020, THE DATE UPON WHICH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE (HHS) UNDER SECTION 319 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, AND DECEMBER 31, 2021. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FOOD PROCESSORS, DISTRIBUTORS, FARMERS MARKETS, AND PRODUCERS.

DAYTON BLUFFS - PHASE 2

ILLINOIS SCHOOLYARD HABITAT ACTION GRANT PROGRAM

SEABEACH AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS PUMILUS) RESTORATION ON OR NEAR ATLANTIC COAST NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

MY BASIN: KNOWING AND CELEBRATING THE RIO PIEDRAS

TO REPAIR THE ROCK RAMP ON DRAKE'S DAM ON BIG ROCK CREEK IN KENDALL COUNTY, IL

WINNEBAGO COUNTY WETLAND ENHANCEMENT

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER P24AS00178 2024 PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING PTT GRANTS ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING NCPTT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICES INNOVATION CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION COMMUNITY. THE 2024 PTT GRANTS ARE INTENDED TO CREATE BETTER TOOLS BETTER MATERIALS AND BETTER APPROACHES TO CONSERVING BUILDINGS LANDSCAPES AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. PITCH PINE IS A GLOBALLY RARE CONIFER ENDEMIC TO THE U.S. EAST COAST AND THE SUBJECT OF A PREVIOUS NPS PTT INVESTIGATION IN A CULTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT LANDSCAPE IN CONCORD MA FACING INEVITABLE INVASION BY SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE SPB AS ITS RANGE EXPANDS NORTHWARD DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. COASTAL AND ISLAND POPULATIONS HAVE FACED ALARMING SPB OUTBREAKS. ON NANTUCKET ISLAND AN SPB OUTBREAK 2023 CAUSED EXTENSIVE MORTALITY IN WEST GATE AT RAM PASTURE A PROPERTY OWNED BY NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION NCF. THERE AN NCF PINE CUTTING TO HALT SPB SPREAD WAS COMPLETED IN FALL 2023. THE CRUCIAL FOREST HEALTH QUESTION FACING MANY BATTLING SPB ASKS WHAT LONGTERM EFFORTS WILL BE MOUNTED TO REPLACE DEAD AND MANAGED TREES FOR RESTORATION. THERE IS CONSENSUS THAT REPLACEMENTS WITH THE SAME GENOTYPIC PROFILES ARE LIKELY TO FAIL. IN ORDER TO PRESERVE A GERMPLASM BASE WHILE ADDING ADAPTIVE QUALITIES. A NOVEL BREEDING PROGRAM WILL EXPLORE HYBRIDS BETWEEN PITCH AND OTHER PINE SPECIES AND TO CONDUCT A LONGTERM EVALUATION OF A NEW BREED OF PITCH PINE HYBRIDS FOR POSTBEETLE RESTORATION AT NANTUCKET OTHER ISLAND AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND THEN INLAND TREES IN NY CT MA NH AND ME.

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO NCF FOR THE ENVIROTHON PROGRAM FOR: DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM, NATIONALLY; ASSISTANCE TO THE STATE AND REGIONAL PROGRAMS IN GROWING OR STRENGTHENING THEIR STATE PROGRAM; SHARING SUCCESSES AMONG THE PROGRAMS; AND EXPANDING THE PROGRAMS’ OUTREACH TO A WIDER AUDIENCE OF CONSERVATION EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS, INCLUDING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

SOUTH BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK PHASE 2

SHANNON POINT

COWPENS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD RESTORATION