Prescott Grant Program Award Summary for Fiscal Year 2024
For fiscal year 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) awarded 20 competitive Prescott Grants totaling about $2.175 million to conservation organizations and state agencies. The Prescott Grant Program helps foster the Service's relationship with partners who are closest to the resources (e.g., state agencies, Tribes, local communities, aquaria, researchers, and authorized rescue and rehabilitation networks) by providing needed support for their response efforts.
The table below, organized by geographic region, lists the applicant name, project title, and funding amount awarded for fiscal year 2024.
Organization | Proposal Title | Stranding Region | Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife | Sea Otter Stranding Response in Washington | Pacific Northwest | $150,000.00 |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Enhanced Manatee Stranding Support for the FWS Southwest Field Laboratory | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $150,000.00 |
| Jacksonville Zoological Society, Inc. | Next-Level Rehabilitation: Elevating Manatee Care with Enhanced Resources | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $86,605.50 |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Inc. | Sampling Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Population Health and Habitat Distribution Along the North Atlantic Coast | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $98,129.88 |
| Red Caribena de Varamientos, Inc. | Enhance Rescue, Veterinary Care, and Rapid Assessment of Medical Conditions of Antillean Manatees in Puerto Rico | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $150,000.00 |
| Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium | Stranding Response for Manatees in the Northern Gulf of Mexico | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $49,755.00 |
| University of Florida | University of Florida Marine Animal Rescue: Public Outreach Initiatives, Sustainable Equipment Management Upgrades and Continued Maintenance for Manatee Response, Rescue and Carcass Retrieval | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $60,209.00 |
| South Carolina Department of Natural Resources | West Indian Manatee Florida Subspecies (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Management in South Carolina: Staff Training and Primary Responder Support | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $92,875.00 |
| East Coast Zoological Society of Florida, Inc. | Brevard Zoo Manatee Response and Rehabilitation Center | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $101,048.13 |
| Georgia Aquarium, Inc. | Improved Manatee Transport and Field Health Assessment Capacity Through Use of a Dedicated Vehicle | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $150,000.00 |
| Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, Inc. | Increased Capacity and Mentorship for Manatee Rehabilitation | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $150,000.00 |
| Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources | Equipping the Puerto Rico Marine Mammal Rescue Program to Enhance Manatee Stranding Response | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $86,500.00 |
| Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. | Continue Expansion of West Indian Manatee Stranding Response Capability at ZooTampa | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $146,470.95 |
| Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc. | Enhanced Field Response Through Increased Staffing and Transportation Support | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $51,307.00 |
| Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science | Live Stranding Response and Monitoring of Northern Sea Otters and Walrus in Alaska | Alaska | $149,908.00 |
| Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council | Building Capacity to Prevent and Respond to Unwanted Human-Polar Bear Interactions in the Chukchi Sea and Bering Strait Region | Alaska | $100,000.00 |
| North Slope Borough | Walrus and Polar Bear Disease and Mortality Assessment | Alaska | $75,885.00 |
| The Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Supporting Southern Sea Otter Recovery Through Stranding, Rehabilitation, Surrogacy, & Release Response | California | $149,732.00 |
| California Department of Fish and Wildlife | Archival Storage of Southern Sea Otter Samples | California | $27,000.00 |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Increasing Capacity for Southern Sea Otter Response, Rehabilitation & Disease Investigation | California | $150,000.00 |
| TOTAL | $2,175,425.56 |
