NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Conservation Partners

Project Title: Sustaining and Expanding Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Across the Great Plains (CO, SD)

Organization:

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory dba Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

Project ID:

2004.25.085182

Award Amount:

$749121.06

Location:

The project takes place in three states across the Great Plains (CO and SD) where land is primarily privately owned. Land use is dominated by farming and ranching and cattle grazing is common. The average poverty rate in Colorado is near 20% and poverty rates exceed 50% on Indigenous Reservations.