The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding more than $48.4 million in grants to 19 states and Guam to support land acquisition and conservation planning projects on over 23,000 acres of habitat for 80 listed and at-risk species through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CESCF).
Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) Land Acquisition Grants awarded for fiscal year 2024 totaling $26,464,070.| Region | State | Project Title | Award Amount |
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| 4 | Alabama | Alabama Red Hills- Scratch Ankle | $8,804,150 |
| 8 | California | Central/Coastal Orange County Natural Community Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan | $10,000,000 |
| 8 | California | City of Carlsbad Habitat Management Plan Northwest San Diego County Multiple Habitat Conservation Program/San Diego Gas & Electric Habitat Conservation Plan | $5,155,500 |
| 8 | California | Santa Clara Valley Habitat Conservation Plan/ Natural Communities Conservation Plan | $2,504,420 |
Recovery Land Acquisition Grants awarded for fiscal year 2024 totaling $14,942,469.| Region | State | Project Title | Award Amount |
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| 1 | Oregon | Protection of a Vital Wildlife Corridor to Benefit the Threatened Oregon Silverspot Butterfly | $422,500.00 |
| 2 | Texas | Conservation Easement to Protect Large-Fruited Sand-Verbena in Freestone County | $650,000.00 |
| 3 | Iowa | Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Habitat Protection in Winneshiek County | $635,400.00 |
| 3 | Missouri | Protecting and Restoring Moore Cave Entrance and its Surrounding Karst Recharge Area for Endangered Grotto Sculpin in a Focal Karst Landscape in Southeast Missouri | $584,000.00 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Land Acquisition at Tiffany Wildlife Area in Buffalo County | $970,140.00 |
| 4 | Arkansas | Land Acquisition for the Recovery of Yellowcheek Darter, Speckled Pocketbook, and Northern Long-Eared Bat | $2,169,800.00 |
| 4 | Florida | Conservation Easement on 50 Acres in Liberty County Florida to Benefit Imperiled Species | $97,349.00 |
| 4 | Georgia | Conservation Easement in Thomas County to Benefit the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker, Gopher Tortoise and Wood Stork Phase II | $1,597,890.00 |
| 4 | Georgia | Upatoi Ravines Recovery Land Acquisition | $947,387.25 |
| 4 | Tennessee | Acquisition of the 176-Acre Cedar Forest Tract for the Recovery of the Federally Endangered Leafy Prairie Clover and Indiana Bat in Lebanon | $1,000,000.00 |
| 5 | New Hampshire | Land Protection for the Karner Blue Butterfly in the Merrimack-Nashua River Systems Recovery Unit | $475,927.00 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Land Acquisition | $1,200,000.00 |
| 5 | Vermont | Indiana Bat Recovery Land Acquisition- Lemon Fair South | $177,375.00 |
| 6 | Nebraska | Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Recovery Land Acquisition Proposal in Central Lancaster County | $870,758.00 |
| 6 | Utah | Utah Prairie Dog West Desert Recovery Land Acquisition | $528,666.75 |
| 8 | California | San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat Recovery Land Acquisition | $1,068,375.00 |
| 8 | California | Protection of California Red-Legged Frog Habitat through Acquisition of Bear Creek Ranch Property in El Dorado County | $1,546,901.00 |
Conservation Planning Assistance Grants awarded for fiscal year 2024 totaling $6,974,117.| Region | State/ Territory | Project Title | Award Amount |
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| 1 | Guam | Guam Habitat Conservation Plan | $997,830 |
| 1 | Washington | Bush Prairie Habitat Conservation Plan Phase 4 | $465,000 |
| 1 | Washington | Yelm Prairie Habitat Conservation Plan Phase 2 | $711,250 |
| 4 | Florida | Duke Energy Bat Habitat Conservation Plan | $1,000,000 |
| 4 | Florida | South Florida Water Management District Conservation Plan | $1,000,000 |
| 4 | South Carolina | Bat Conservation Planning for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Properties | $425,000 |
| 5 | New Jersey | Developing a Bat Habitat Conservation Plan for Forest Lands in New Jersey | $1,000,000 |
| 8 | California | San Benito County Conservation Plan | $910,558 |
| 8 | California | Humboldt Redwood Company Habitat Conservation Plan Amendment | $464,479 |
