The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding more than $66.7 million in grants to 16 states and Guam to support land acquisition and conservation planning projects on over 13,500 acres of habitat for 162 listed and at-risk species through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CESCF).
Additional grants will be updated and provided online.
Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Land Acquisition Grants awarded for fiscal year 2022 totaling $38,363,182.
| Region | State(s) | Project Title | Award Amount |
|---|
| 1 | Washington | Plum Creek Timber Central Cascades HCP: White Salmon Watershed- Phase 1 | $4,541,832 |
| 2 | Arizona | Pima County Multiple Species Conservation Plan: Tucson-Avra Valley Connectivity Project | $365,974 |
| 8 | California | Santa Clara Valley HCP/ Natural Community Conservation Plan (NCCP) | $6,000,000 |
| 8 | California | East Contra Costa County HCP/NCCP | $4,080,000 |
| 8 | California | Carlsbad Habitat Management Plan Northwest San Diego County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Program | $1,827,800 |
| 8 | California | Chula Vista Multiple Species Conservation Program Subarea Plan: Phase 1 | $13,000,000 |
| 8 | California | Western Riverside County Multiple Species HCP | $4,391,156 |
| 8 | California | Seascape Uplands HCP: Larkin Valley Salamander Conservation Project | $3,700,000 |
| 8 | California | Coachella Valley Multiple Species HCP/NCCP | $456,420 |
Recovery Land Acquisition Grants awarded for fiscal year 2022 totaling $19,250,066.72| Region | State(s) | Project Title | Award Amount |
|---|
| 1 | Washington | Chester Butte | $600,000.00 |
| 2 | Texas | Recovery Land Acquisition for Golden Cheeked Warbler and Tobusch Fishhook Cactus in Bandera County | $1,814,400.10 |
| 3 | Ohio/ Michigan | Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake & Prairie Fringed Orchid Habitat Protection and Management | $2,316,369.62 |
| 4 | Alabama | Alabama Red Hills- Flat Creek: Phase V | $2,567,060.00 |
| 4 | Florida | Creets Landing Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander: East Bay River Preserve | $1,263,400.00 |
| 4 | Georgia | Amicalola Tract Recovery Land Acquisition | $2,000,000.00 |
| 4 | North Carolina | Protection of Aquatic and Riparian Habitat in the Little Tennessee River | $491,000.00 |
| 6 | Kansas | Recovery Land Acquisition for Wetland Habitat Conservation in Kansas and Nebraska in Support of Whooping Crane and Eastern Black Rail Recovery Goals | $3,994,790.00 |
| 6 | Nebraska | Recovery Land Acquisition for Wetland Habitat Conservation in Kansas and Nebraska in Support of Whooping Crane and Eastern Black Rail Recovery Goals | $591,850.00 |
| 6 | California | Purisima Hills Conservation Easement Project | $3,611,197.00 |
Conservation Planning Assistance Grants awarded for fiscal year 2022 totaling $9,122,396.| Region | State/Territory | Project Title | Award Amount |
|---|
| 1 | Guam | Guam Habitat Conservation Plan | $871,016 |
| 1 | Hawaii | Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative Habitat Conservation Plan | $414,595 |
| 1 | Oregon | Oregon Private Forest Accord Aquatic Species Habitat Conservation Plan | $769,627 |
| 1 | Oregon | Western Oregon State Forests Habitat Conservation Plan | $750,000 |
| 1 | Washington | Bush Prairie Habitat Conservation Plan | $281,250 |
| 2 | Texas | Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan Renewal | $1,000,000 |
| 2 | Texas | Bell County & Coryell County Regional Habitat Conservation Plan | $1,000,000 |
| 3 | Minnesota | Scoping a Habitat Conservation Plan/ Safe Harbor Agreement for Minnesota DNR Activities | $582,222 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | Nationwide Conservation Agreement for Listed and At-Risk Bumble Bees and Pollinators on Energy and Transportation Lands | $778,228 |
| 6 | Kansas | Kansas Aquatic Safe Harbor Agreement and Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances Amendment | $312,030 |
| 8 | California | Santa Catalina Island Fox Habitat Conservation Plan | $186,428 |
| 8 | California | Santa Clara Valley Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan Amendment | $800,000 |
| 8 | California | East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan Amendment | $402,000 |
| 8 | California | Sweetwater Authority Natural Community Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan | $275,000 |
| 8 | California | Livermore Habitat Conservation Plan | $700,000 |
