Prescott Grant Program Awards FY 2022

Prescott Grant Program Award Summary for Fiscal Year 2022

For fiscal year 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) awarded 15 competitive Prescott Grants totaling $1,137,494 to 13 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, list the applicant name, project title, and funding amount awarded for fiscal year 2022.

Prescott Grants awarded in fiscal year 2022 awarded for fiscal year 2022 totaling $1,137,494.

Organization

Proposal Title

Stranding Region

Amount Requested

Clearwater Marine Aquarium #1

Enhance Manatee Rescue, Stranding, and Post-release Monitoring Along the Atlantic Coast of Florida

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$89,373

Clearwater Marine Aquarium #2

Support For Manatee Response on Florida's Atlantic Coast

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$8,688

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission #1

Response Vehicle for FWC Southeast Field Laboratory

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$65,000

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission #2

Manatee Transport Truck for FWC East Central Field Laboratory

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$96,478

Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium

Stranding response for manatees in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$33,209

Red Caribena de Varamientos

Enhance veterinary care and rapid assessment of medical conditions of Antillean manatees in Puerto Rico

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$95,000

Bishop Museum of Science and Nature

Participation in Post-Release Monitoring of Manatees

Through Tracking, Veterinary Care and Nutrition

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$86,555

University of Florida

Enhancement of Diagnostic Support, Assistance and Management Capability of Ill, Injured, Starving and Out of Habitat Manatees in Florida

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$43,316

Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa

Expand ZooTampa’s West Indian Manatee Field Response Capability

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$88,667

Mote Marine Laboratory

Increasing secondary holding capacity for manatees in Florida

Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean

$96,600

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Supporting Southern Sea Otter Recovery Through Stranding Response

California

$95,595

The Marine Mammal Center

Increasing Capacity for Southern Sea Otter Response and Rehabilitation, and Diagnostics

California

$95,000

The Regents of the University of California (Davis)

Enhancing Readiness for Responding to Oiled and Stranded Southern Sea Otters

California

$85,072

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Sea otter stranding response in Washington State

Pacific Northwest

$58,952

Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science

Live Stranding Response and Monitoring of Northern Sea Otters and Walrus in Alaska

Alaska

$99,989

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