The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced $900,000 in grants under the Wolf Livestock Demonstration Project Grant Program. Grants will be distributed to the states of Arizona, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
In the southwest Arizona was awarded $40,000 and New Mexico was awarded $20,000 to be used toward depredation compensation as part of the Mexican wolf recovery effort. Additionally, Arizona was awarded $80,000 and New Mexico $50,000 to fund depredation prevention efforts.
Proposals were evaluated considering the extent of depredation of livestock by wolves, program evaluation and record keeping, and commitment to reporting and coordination. Proposals were also evaluated based on the level of non-lethal, proactive techniques to reduce wolf-livestock interactions and the outreach and coordination levels. Funds will be expended equally between proactive and compensatory activities.
The Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number is 15.666. Information collection associated with this program is in accordance with OMB information collection number: 1018-0154.
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