Prescott Grant Program Awards FY 2024

Prescott Grant Program Award Summary for Fiscal Year 2024

Sep 17, 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.

Prescott Grants awarded in fiscal year 2024 totaled about $2.175 million
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	Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue and Response Grant Program	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