Office of the Secretary
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Contact: Contact: |
For Immediate Release:
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Nicholas Throckmorton, 202-208-5634
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Secretary Norton Announces $61 Million in Grants
to States to Support Wildlife and Habitats
Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced today
that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will award $61.2 million in wildlife
grants to state and territorial wildlife agencies.
“The grant program demonstrates our commitment
to conservation partnerships with state wildlife agencies,” said Interior
Secretary Gale Norton. “This program exemplifies our cooperative conservation
approach by helping states to tailor their conservation efforts in a manner
that best fits local conditions.”
To be eligible
for State Wildlife Grant funds, each state must complete a Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation
Plan or Strategy by
“Because
so many issues related to wildlife conservation are not contained by borders,
states and the Service must work together to coordinate efforts to conserve
endangered and threatened species, manage migrating birds and ensure that
the foundations for wildlife management are good science and habitat,” said
Service Director Steve Williams. “These
grants continue to allow us to build a future for conservation together.”
Some examples of ongoing State Wildlife Grant projects include the following:
The Georgia Wildlife Resources
Division is developing techniques to manage swallow-tailed kites in the
Bat Protection in
The Pennsylvania Game Commission
is using federal money to protect more than 30,000 bats of six species at two
mines in
Preble's Meadow
Jumping Mouse Surveys in
The Colorado Division of Wildlife
will determine the presence of the federally listed Preble's meadow jumping
mouse at previously unsurveyed locations, including those along the eastern
portion of its range. If these mice are discovered in new areas, the vegetation
in those areas will be compared with that in areas where it is previously known
to exist. The benefit of the work will
be improved understanding of the species range and more accurate mapping of its
populations.
Flow Modeling of
Southeastern Oklahoma Rivers
The Oklahoma Department of
Conservation will use the results of an instream flow study in the state’s
Ecologically Sustainable Water Management process for southeastern
Expansion of
Chiricahua Leopard Frog Populations in
The New Mexico Department of Game
and Fish is translocating and establishing federally listed Chiricahua leopard
frog populations in all available and suitable habitats on a cooperating large
ranch. The successful establishment of
frog populations in all available habitats in this area will help expand the
current range and numbers of Chiricahua leopard frogs, provide insight into the
factors involved in successful translocation and potentially provide a source
population for translocation to other suitable habitats within
A complete list of grants by state
follows. For additional information, please visit the Service’s web site at
<http://www.fws.gov>.
State
Wildlife Grants Apportionment |
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FY
2004 |
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Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 15.634 |
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State |
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Amount |
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950,854 |
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3,060,095 |
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153,004 |
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1,449,489 |
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714,925 |
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|
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3,060,095 |
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|
|
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1,270,452 |
|
|
|
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612,020 |
|
|
|
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612,020 |
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|
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306,009 |
|
|
|
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2,592,298 |
|
|
|
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1,515,288 |
|
|
|
|
153,004 |
|
|
|
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612,020 |
|
|
|
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721,085 |
|
|
|
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2,084,443 |
|
|
|
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1,076,313 |
|
|
|
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769,994 |
|
|
|
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905,720 |
|
|
|
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821,523 |
|
|
|
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928,044 |
|
|
|
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612,020 |
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|
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800,932 |
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932,424 |
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1,754,509 |
|
|
|
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1,228,258 |
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|
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703,052 |
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|
|
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1,226,536 |
|
|
|
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1,078,493 |
|
|
|
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153,004 |
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738,529 |
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|
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993,612 |
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|
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612,020 |
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1,215,376 |
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|
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1,040,333 |
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|
|
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2,945,190 |
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|
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1,455,766 |
|
|
|
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612,020 |
|
|
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1,839,503 |
|
|
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930,946 |
|
|
|
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1,102,960 |
|
|
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1,993,755 |
|
|
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306,009 |
|
|
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612,020 |
|
|
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757,142 |
|
|
|
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612,020 |
|
|
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1,060,816 |
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3,060,095 |
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859,703 |
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612,020 |
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153,004 |
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1,243,105 |
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1,257,489 |
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612,020 |
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1,106,520 |
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612,020 |
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61,201,916 |
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