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.
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 | 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 |
