NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Conservation Partners

Project Title: Integrating Science and Habitat Delivery Capacity to Strategically Advance Grassland Bird Conservation Across the Great Plains (MT, CO)

Organization:

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

Project ID:

0201.15.049599

Award Amount:

$200000.00

Location:

Scientific efforts will occur in the Hi-Line area of Montana (Valley Co.) where Sprague’s Pipit and Baird’s Sparrow are most abundant. The biologist/range ecologist will focus on Fergus, Petroleum and Garfield counties in central Montana where there are gaps in habitat delivery capacity.