More than $2.8 Million awarded for projects in the Pacific Region
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced nearly $19 million in competitive funding for 37 States and Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands fish and wildlife agencies under the Bush Administrations innovative Landowner Incentive Program (LIP). The program supports cooperative efforts with private landowners interested in conserving natural habitat for species at risk, including federally listed endangered or threatened species and proposed or candidate species.
Grants received in Idaho, Oregon and Washington total more than $2.8 million, which will provide private landowners with technical support and assistance to develop and implement habitat projects for the benefit of at-risk species. In Idaho, three projects were awarded: Upper Henry's Fork, Bear River Basin and Palouse Prairie. Oregon will concentrate the awarded funds on projects in the East Cascades and Willamette Valley, focusing on ponderosa pine, oak woodland and savanna, riparian riparian
Definition of riparian habitat or riparian areas.
Learn more about riparian , wetland and freshwater aquatic habitats. Washington's awarded projects include the enhancement of wetlands, riparian and riverine habitats and shrub steppe habitat surrounding pygmy rabbit reintroduction sites.
mso-line-height-alt: "Conservation, especially conservation of imperiled species, must be a partnership between the American people and their government," said Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. "By providing these grants, we empower citizens to restore habitat on their land and take other steps to protect and recover endangered, threatened and at-risk species."
mso-line-height-alt: LIP, funded through competitive grants with money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, establishes or supplements existing landowner incentive programs that provide technical or financial assistance to private landowners. All grants need to be matched by at least 25 percent from a non-Federal source.
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mso-line-height-alt: Landowners interested in participating in LIP should contact their State fish and wildlife agency. For more information about the grant programs, please visit http://federalaid.fws.gov/lip/lip.html. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance reference number is 15.633.
Summary of Projects Awarded in the Pacific Region
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will receive nearly $946,000 and match more than $472,000 to provide private landowners with technical support to develop habitat projects on private land and benefit at-risk species in the Upper Henrys Fork, Bear River Basin and Palouse Prairie by removing fish barriers and controlling invasive plants on private lands.
mso-line-height-alt: The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will receive nearly $946,000 and match $315,254 to focus on projects in the East Cascades and Willamette Valley in ponderosa pine, oak woodland savanna, riparian, wetland and freshwater aquatic habitats.
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mso-line-height-alt: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will receive nearly $946,000 and match more than $404,000 to focus its LIP projects on shrub steppe habitat surrounding pygmy rabbit reintroduction sites, wetlands, riparian and riverine habitats, as well as a variety of small projects, to benefit at-risk species. Proposed projects on private land include installing artificial burrows for pygmy rabbits, removing the invasive non-native rodent nutria in wetlands and replacing undersized culverts in streams.
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mso-line-height-alt: A list of projects awarded nationwide can be found at www.fws.gov.
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