Wildlife Resource Management
CFDA 15.247 · Federal Grants & Funding
Total Funding
$131.0M
Awards
249
Recipients
98
States
19
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026
Yearly Funding Trend
| Fiscal Year | Obligations | Awards | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $109.5M | 180 | |
| 2025 | $19.8M | 53 | -82.0% |
| 2026 | $1.8M | 16 | -91.1% |
Award Type Mix
| Type | Obligations | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | 0 | |
| $0 | 0 |
Top 50 Awards under CFDA 15.247
Largest individual obligations for Wildlife Resource Management.
| Award | Recipient | Awarding Agency | Place | FY | Obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASST_NON_L17AC00384_014 HQ NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE ASSOCATION CONSERVATION PROJECTS | NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION District of Columbia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2024 | $8,742,000 |
ASST_NON_L20AC00405_014 THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED TO 1) PROTECT IMPORTANT ROOSTS AND HABITAT FEATURES FOR BLM SENSITIVE SPECIES, 2) RESTORE AND ENHANCE ESSENTIAL BAT HABITAT ON THE LANDSCAPE, AND 3)PROVI… | BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. Texas | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2024 | $7,024,755 |
ASST_NON_L22AC00209_014 NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION (NFWF) RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE RENEWAL OF NFWF AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT S (BLM) LONGSTANDING CONSER… | NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION District of Columbia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | DC-98 | 2025 | $6,234,000 |
ASST_NON_L23AC00175_014 THIS PROPOSAL, SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT IN SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO, ACCELERATES THE COMPLETION OF SAGEBRUSH STEPPE RESTORATION PROJECTS IN THE TWIN FALLS DISTRICT BLM FOR SAGE… | PHEASANTS FOREVER, INC. Minnesota | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-01 | 2024 | $5,929,183 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00627_014 THIS AWARD PROVIDES IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, AND STRATEGY INTEGRATION CAPACITY TO IMPROVE CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND HABITAT QUALITY BY CONSERVING WATER AT NATURAL WATER SOURCES TH… | THE NATURE CONSERVANCY Virginia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-90 | 2024 | $5,075,488 |
ASST_NON_L22AC00501_014 THIS PROJECT WILL BE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND DELIVERY OF CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE WETLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT AND RECREATION GOALS ESTABLISHED FOR BLANCA. BLANC… | DUCKS UNLIMITED INC North Dakota | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | CO-03 | 2024 | $3,248,328 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00612_014 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: L24AS00140FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS TEXT: 1. IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH R… | BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. Texas | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2024 | $3,000,000 |
ASST_NON_L22AC00276_014 THE PROPOSED WORK WILL ADDRESS THE SAGEBRUSH STEPPE IN OREGON, COVERING 18 MILLION ACRES IN SOUTHEASTERN OREGON. THE SAGEBRUSH ECOSYSTEM IS CONSIDERED HIGHLY IMPERILED AND PROVIDE… | OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Oregon | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | OR-04 | 2024 | $2,854,300 |
ASST_NON_L20AC00394_014 HQ BIG GAME MIGRATION PRIORITY CORRIDOR HABITAT RESTORATION | NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION District of Columbia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2025 | $2,800,000 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00285_014 THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANAS UM OCONNOR CENTER FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST OCRMW PROPOSES A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT I.E., CESU WITH THE BLM TO DEVELOP ECOLOGICAL MONITORING DATASETS R… | UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA Montana | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-01 | 2024 | $2,700,755 |
ASST_NON_L23AC00594_014 THE FINANCIAL AWARD WILL BE USED TO EMPLOY AND MANAGE A TEAM OF BHA FIELD STAFF WHO WILL BE FOCUSEDSOLELY ON THE INVENTORY, MODIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF FENCES ON BLM LANDS IN AREA… | BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS Montana | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-00 | 2024 | $2,528,718 |
ASST_NON_L21AC10487_014 THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING CURRENT INFORMATION ON WILDLIFE AND SPECIAL STATUS RESOURCES ACROSS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS. THE INFORMATION WILL BE VALUAB… | NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE Nevada | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | NV-02 | 2025 | $2,479,181 |
ASST_NON_L20AC00169_014 THE STATE OF WYOMING IS CHARGED WITH MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING WYOMING?S INCREDIBLE WILDLIFE
RESOURCES. THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERPINNING OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ENHANCE WILDLIFE AND ITS… | GAME & FISH COMMISSION WYOMING Wyoming | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | WY-00 | 2024 | $2,413,517 |
ASST_NON_L16AC00431_014 HQ THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY FUND | NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION District of Columbia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2024 | $2,276,827 |
ASST_NON_L23AC00141_014 THIS PROJECT ACCELERATES THE COMPLETION OF SAGEBRUSH STEPPE RESTORATION PROJECTS IN THE IDAHO FALLS DISTRICT BLM FOR SAGE GROUSE HABITAT BENEFITS. THESE COMPONENTS INCLUDE REDUCIN… | PHEASANTS FOREVER, INC. Minnesota | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-01 | 2024 | $2,179,862 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00460_014 THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA?S (UM) O?CONNOR CENTER FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST (OCRMW) PROJECT DEVELOPS ECOLOGICAL MONITORING DATASETS RELATED TO TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE HABITAT, ENHAN… | UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA Montana | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-90 | 2024 | $2,015,756 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00613_014 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: L24AS00140FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS: THE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION (NFWF) IS REQUESTING FUNDING TO SUPPORT GRASSLAND RESTORATION AND CONNEC… | NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION District of Columbia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2024 | $2,000,000 |
ASST_NON_L19AC00226_014 ES YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES ON PUBLIC LANDS- JUPITER INLET LIGHT STATION ONA YOUTH PROJECTS | NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION District of Columbia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | DC-98 | 2024 | $1,994,264 |
ASST_NON_L19AC00095_014 IN SOME AREAS OF THE GREAT BASIN OVER ONE-HALF OF BIG SAGEBRUSH HABITATS HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DISTURBED, FRAGMENTED, ALTERED, OR REMOVED BY WILDFIRE, LAND USE, PROLONGED DROUGHT, AN… | INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY Oregon | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2024 | $1,918,875 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00508_014 THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE IMPLEMENTATION ON AND MONITORING SUPPORT TO THE DILLON FIELD OFFICE (DFO) AND TO ACCELERATE THESE ACTIONS ACROSS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS W… | THE NATURE CONSERVANCY Virginia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-01 | 2024 | $1,752,710 |
ASST_NON_L20AC00320_014 THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO: 1) DOCUMENT THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT CATTLE GRAZING REGIMES ON SAGE-GROUSE DEMOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIORAL TRAITS INCLUDING: NESTING PROPENSITY,… | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO Idaho | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-90 | 2024 | $1,699,855 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00533_014 GBI TERRESTRIAL AIM DATA COLLECTION FOR CA STATE-WIDE | THE GREAT BASIN INSTITUTE Nevada | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | NV-02 | 2024 | $1,672,346 |
ASST_NON_L19AC00029_014 HQ WET MEADOWS RESTORATION IN SAGEBRUSH AND GRASSLAND WILDLIFE HABITAT | NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION District of Columbia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2024 | $1,657,159 |
ASST_NON_L19AC00324_014 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) MANAGES 8.3 MILLION SURFACE ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE STATES OF MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA, PROVIDING WILDLIFE HABITAT, RECREATIONAL… | UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA Montana | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2024 | $1,643,036 |
ASST_NON_L23AC00142_014 ID SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT IN SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO | PHEASANTS FOREVER, INC. Minnesota | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-02 | 2024 | $1,549,999 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00553_014 THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH LOCAL BLM OFFICES AND STAFF TO ASSESS AND DOCUMENT THETRAJECTORY OF RESTORATION PROJECTS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE PRIORITY WILDLIFE HABITAT.… | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO Idaho | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-02 | 2024 | $1,500,000 |
ASST_NON_L22AC00238_014 BAT SPECIES ARE CRITICAL TO NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS BUT ARE IN DECLINE IN THE UNITED STATES DUE TO THE THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, HABITAT LOSS AND DEGRADATION, AND MORTALITY FROM WHIT… | BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. Texas | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | TX-25 | 2024 | $1,483,289 |
ASST_NON_L21AC10020_014 ID SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO SHRUB RESTORATION FOR LANDSCAPE RESILIENCY PHASE II | PHEASANTS FOREVER, INC. Minnesota | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-02 | 2024 | $1,280,000 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00659_014 NORTHERN CA AIM MONITORING SUPPORT 2025-2029 | PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY Oregon | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | OR-01 | 2024 | $1,149,298 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00723_014 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: L24AS00140FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS: 1. IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH RESTOR… | BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC. Texas | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | — | 2024 | $1,093,024 |
ASST_NON_L20AC00507_014 RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IS DRAMATICALLY EXPANDING ACROSS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES. MUCH OF THIS EXPANSION IN THE WEST WILL INVOLVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIN… | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING Wyoming | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-02 | 2025 | $1,077,000 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00515_014 AWARD PURPOSE:PROVIDE SCIENCE-BASED MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF WILDLIFE HABITAT ON BLM LANDS IN CALIFORNIA USING AIM PROTOCOLS. FOCUS ON RIPARIAN AND WETLAND HABITATS, WITH POSSIB… | CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY California | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | CA-06 | 2024 | $986,251 |
ASST_NON_L23AC00586_014 WE PROPOSE ADDING CAPACITY TO FACILITATE CROSS-BOUNDARY COLLABORATIVE WORK TO IMPROVE GRASSLANDS, SAGEBRUSH STEPPE, BIG GAME CORRIDORS, AND PUBLIC ACCESS ACROSS MONTANA. PHEASANTS… | PHEASANTS FOREVER, INC. Minnesota | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-01 | 2025 | $932,351 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00598_014 AWARD PURPOSETHE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO ASSIST BLM AND PARTNERS IN THEIR GOAL TO RESTORE UP TO 50 MILES OF RIVERSCAPE. THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION WILL INCREASE CAPA… | NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION Virginia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-01 | 2024 | $872,888 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00634_014 EXPANDED GRAZING SUPPORT FOR MONTANA GRASSLAND PARTNERSHIP | RANCHERS STEWARDSHIP ALLIANCE, INC Montana | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-01 | 2024 | $848,341 |
ASST_NON_L20AC00540_014 THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) MANAGES NEARLY 10% OF OUR NATION S LAND ON BEHALF OF THE U.S. PUBLIC. TWO KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF BLM ARE TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE AND PROVIDE OPPO… | NATURESERVE Virginia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ARLINGTON, VA-08 | 2024 | $817,377 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00549_014 AWARD PURPOSE ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMEDTNCS MISSION IS TO CONSERVE THE LANDS AND WATERS ON WHICH ALL LIFE DEPENDS.THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO MAINTAIN AND RESTORE BIODIVERS… | THE NATURE CONSERVANCY Virginia | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-01 | 2024 | $806,749 |
ASST_NON_L22AC00502_014 THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A CONSERVATION PLAN TO IDENTIFY, DESIGN, PRIORITIZE, PERMIT, AND PRICE A SET OF CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES AND CONSTRUCTED WATER INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO… | DUCKS UNLIMITED INC North Dakota | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | CO-02 | 2024 | $792,500 |
ASST_NON_L20AC00062_014 THIS PROJECT WILL CONDUCT LEK COUNTS, CONTRACT AERIAL SURVEYS FOR NEW LEKS, AND CONDUCT TELEMETRY STUDIES IN UNDER-STUDIED PRIORITY AREAS FOR CONSERVATION (PACS).THE BLM APPROVED… | STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE Oregon | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | OR-05 | 2024 | $790,094 |
ASST_NON_L20AC00243_014 THIS AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BLM UTAH AND THE UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:DOCUMENT WILDLIFE MOVEMENT AND HABITAT US… | STATE OF UTAH, DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES Utah | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | UT-02 | 2024 | $758,247 |
ASST_NON_L20AC00107_014 NORTHEASTERN WYOMING IS AN IMPORTANT REGION FOR GREATER SAGE-GROUSE AND THE BIRDS IN THE REGION REPRESENT A CRITICAL POPULATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF POPULATION HEALTH IN MULTIP… | UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | WY-00 | 2024 | $747,641 |
ASST_NON_L22AC00453_014 THE MONTANA SAGE GROUSE HABITAT CONSERVATION PROGRAM (MSGHCP) OPERATES THROUGHOUT ALL DESIGNATEDSAGE GROUSE HABITATS INCLUDING BLM IDENTIFIED PRIORITY HABITAT (PHMA), AND SPECIAL… | NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION, MONTANA DEPT OF Montana | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-01 | 2024 | $729,000 |
ASST_NON_L22AC00210_014 THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE THE BLMS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ABILITIES FOR NATIVE HERPETOFAUNA. THE MULTIFACETED SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE EFFICIEN… | AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVANCY (ARC), INC. Kentucky | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | KY-03 | 2024 | $716,751 |
ASST_NON_L21AC10528_014 OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO PARTNER WITH THE BLM TO IMPLEMENT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS AND RESTORATION ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT NEVADA TO CONSERVE AND ENHANCE WILDLIFE AND… | NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE Nevada | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | NV-04 | 2024 | $700,000 |
ASST_NON_L22AC00154_014 THIS PROPOSAL IS TO PARTIALLY FUND THE TREATMENT PORTION OF A LONG-TERM STUDY ASSESSING THE BENEFITS OF LETHAL AND NON-LETHAL RAVEN MANAGEMENT ACTIONS TO BENEFIT SAGE-GROUSE NEAR… | OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Oregon | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | OR-04 | 2024 | $649,162 |
ASST_NON_L23AC00302_014 RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IS DRAMATICALLY EXPANDING ACROSS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS IN THE UNITEDSTATES. MUCH OF THIS EXPANSION IN THE WEST WILL INVOLVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND… | UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING Wyoming | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | WY-00 | 2024 | $644,848 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00641_014 RAPIDLY INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS AND A CHRONIC SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES TO MONITOR AND MITIGATE THEM REQUIRE NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BLM TO SET… | MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Montana | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | MT-01 | 2024 | $642,640 |
ASST_NON_L17AC00047_014 ID STATEWIDE INTEGRATED MONITORING IN BIRD CONSERVATION REGIONS | BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY Idaho | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-02 | 2024 | $633,200 |
ASST_NON_L24AC00582_014 OLD RICE 18 WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECT | DUCKS UNLIMITED INC California | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | CA-06 | 2024 | $630,372 |
ASST_NON_L16AC00407_014 ID SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT USE AND POPULATION RESPONSE TO OWYHEE UPLANDS VEGETATION TREATMENTS | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO Idaho | Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management | ID-01 | 2024 | $600,226 |
Top 50 awards shown, ranked by obligated amount. Dates reflect performance period; last-modified dates match USAspending.gov. Complete listings include all transaction history going back to FY2024.
Spending by State
| State | Funding | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | $26.6M | 34 |
| Montana | $15.7M | 30 |
| Oregon | $10.0M | 35 |
| District of Columbia | $8.2M | 2 |
| Nevada | $6.8M | 14 |
| Colorado | $6.6M | 11 |
| Wyoming | $6.3M | 21 |
| California | $4.8M | 23 |
| Utah | $2.9M | 18 |
| Alaska | $1.8M | 14 |
| Texas | $1.5M | 1 |
| Arizona | $1.5M | 9 |
| New Mexico | $1.1M | 7 |
| Virginia | $817K | 1 |
| Kentucky | $717K | 1 |
| Florida | $209K | 1 |
| South Dakota | $177K | 2 |
| Washington | $168K | 3 |
| Alabama | $39K | 1 |
Top Recipients
Agencies Administering This Program
Department of the Interior$131.0M
Source: USAspending.gov · All Programs