Prescott Grant Program Award Summary for Fiscal Year 2025
For fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) awarded 11 competitive Prescott Grants totaling more than $1.2 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 2025.
Organization | Project Title | Stranding Region | Amount Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland State University | Dead Sea Otter Response on the Long Beach Peninsula, Washington and in northern Oregon by the Northern Oregon/Southern Washington Marine Mammal Stranding Network | Pacific Northwest | $27,409.02 |
| Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife | Sea Otter Stranding Response in Washington | Pacific Northwest | $149,927.46 |
| Clearwater Marine Aquarium | Building the Capacity of Manatee Rescue Partnerships and Enhancing Pre- and Post-Monitoring to Enhance the Survival of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $77,726.52 |
| County of Volusia | Volusia County Marine Mammal Stranding Team Boat, Engine & Trailer Request | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $37,500.00 |
| Dolphin Research Center, Inc. | Manatee Rescue Boat for Dolphin Research Center Manatee Rescue Team | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $73,125.00 |
| East Coast Zoological Society of Florida, Inc. | Brevard Zoo Manatee Response and Rehabilitation Center | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $104,409.00 |
| Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Enhanced Manatee Stranding Support for the FWC Northwest Field Laboratory | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $150,000.00 |
| Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. | Replace Medical Floors for Three Manatee Critical Care Pools | Atlantic/Gulf/Caribbean | $150,000.00 |
| Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science | Supporting Northern Sea Otter and Walrus Live Stranding Response in Alaska | Alaska | $149,991.00 |
| The Marine Mammal Center | Increasing Capacity for Southern Sea Otter Response, Rehabilitation & Disease Investigation | California | $150,000.00 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Supporting the recovery of the southern sea otter population by providing stranding, rehabilitation, surrogacy, & release response | California | $149,912.00 |
