Peregrine Fund Inc

PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

CALIFORNIA CONDOR PROPAGATION & REINTRODUCTION PROGRAM

CALIFORNIA CONDOR PROGRAM

MOD 4 TO COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT F10AP00412

RECOVERING THE NORTHERN APLOMADO FALCON

CALIFORNIA CONDOR REINTRODUCTION PROGRAM

APLOMADO FALCONS RECOVERY

NORTHERN APLOMADO FALCON RECOVERY

CCS, BLM AZ CALIFORNIA CONDOR REINTRODUCTION FIELD MONITORING

THE PEREGRINE FUND (TPF) HAS PARTNERED WITH U.S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) SOUTHEAST REGION, USFWS CARIBBEAN ECOLOGICAL SERVICES FIELD OFFICE AND PUERTO RICAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES (DNER) TO RECOVER THE ENDEMIC AND ENDANGERED PUERTO RICAN SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (ACCIPITER STRIATUS VENATOR - WETMORE 1914) IN THE COMMON WEALTH FORESTS OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA. IN SEPTEMBER 2017 HURRICANE MARIA, A CATEGORY 5 STORM, DEVASTATED THE FORESTS AND REDUCED THE HAWK POPULATION TO AROUND 20 INDIVIDUALS, AS DETERMINED FROM SURVEYS CONDUCTED DURING THE EARLY 2018 BREEDING SEASON. THE GOALS ARE TO RECOVER THE POPULATION TO PRE-HURRICANE MARIA STATUS OF AROUND 75 HAWKS BY INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH: (1) CAPTIVE PROPAGATION METHODS, AND (2) MANAGING NESTING ATTEMPTS FOR CONTROL OF THE NEST FLY (PHILORNIS SP.) INFESTATIONS. OBJECTIVE 1 INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY BY PULLING COMPLETE CLUTCHES DURING EARLY INCUBATION (THIS MAKES PAIRS RE-NEST, DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF NESTING ATTEMPTS) FROM FIRST NESTING ATTEMPTS, AND THEN ARTIFICIALLY INCUBATING, HATCHING, RAISING AND RELEASING THE YOUNG BACK TO THE WILD BY HACKING. HACKING, A METHOD DEVELOPED BY THE PEREGRINE FUND TO RELEASE YOUNG FROM A BOX WHERE THEY NATURALLY DEVELOP THEIR FLYING AND HUNTING SKILLS UNTIL DISPERSAL, ENSURES THAT YOUNG SURVIVE TO DISPERSAL AGE AND INDEPENDENCE. OBJECTIVE 2 INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY OF FIRST AND SECOND NESTING ATTEMPTS THAT WERE NOT USED FOR CAPTIVE PROPAGATION BY INCREASING NESTLING SURVIVAL TO FLEDGING AGE. THESE OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE TPF ADDRESS SEVERAL OF THE USFWS PRIORITY RECOVERY CRITERIA FOR RECOVERY TO THIS THREATENED HAWK IN PUERTO RICO

STEM WEBCAMS AS TOOLS FOR LEARNING AND EDUCATION

FY19 RECOVERY CHALLENGE

THE CALIFORNIA CONDOR RECOVERY PROGRAM IS WORKING TO ESTABLISH A SELF-SUSTAINING POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA CONDORS (GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS) ACROSS THEIR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA-UTAH RANGES THROUGH A MULTI-ORGANIZATION, MULTI-STATE EFFORT ENCOURAGING THE VOLUNTARY ADOPTION OF NON-LEAD AMMUNITION OPTIONS TO PREVENT LEAD TOXICOSIS IN BIRDS, KNOWN AS THE NORTH AMERICAN NON-LEAD PARTNERSHIP (NANP). CAUSED BY THE CONSUMPTION OF CARRION TAINTED WITH LEAD AMMUNITION, LEAD TOXICOSIS IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED CALIFORNIA CONDOR, RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN HALF OF ALL KNOWN CONDOR MORTALITY (USFWS 2024). DESPITE REGULATORY PROHIBITIONS ON LEAD FOR TAKING OF WILDLIFE IN CALIFORNIA AND INCENTIVE-BASED NON-LEAD PROGRAMS IN ARIZONA AND UTAH, CONDORS CONTINUE DYING FROM LEAD TOXICOSIS THROUGHOUT THE RANGE, AND INCREASED AND CONSISTENT EDUCATION EFFORTS ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THIS ONGOING MORTALITY. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE THREAT OF LEAD EXPOSURE THROUGH VOLUNTARY NON-LEAD AMMUNITION OUTREACH CONDUCTED BY SPECIALISTS IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND UTAH.

STUDY OF GOLDEN EAGLES DEMOGRAPHY IN THE NORTHERN DIABLO RANGE, CALIFORNIA.

THIS PROJECT FALLS UNDER SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE AND HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT TO CONSERVE THE HARPY EAGLE AS A PRIORITY SPECIES AND ASSOCIATED DIVERSITY IN THE DARIEN ECOSYSTEM THE LARGEST FOREST TRACT IN CENTRAL AMERICA BUILDING UPON OUR PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WERE SUPPORTED BY USFWS IN 2017 2021, IN 2022 2024 OUR PROJECT WILL AIM TO 1 STRENGTHEN CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN FOUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES SUPPORTED BY FWS IN 2017 2021 AND 2 ENGAGE FOUR NEW INDIGENOUS EMBERA COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING ALTERNATIVE FARMING AND GRAZING SYSTEMS IN TWO PROTECTED AREAS IN AND AROUND DARIEN NATIONAL PARK, REPUBLIC OF PANAMA THE PROJECT AIMS TO CONSERVE DARIEN S LOWLAND MOIST TROPICAL FOREST AND UNIQUE CHOCO BIODIVERSITY BY DESIGNING A REPLICABLE GRASS ROOT MODEL IN EIGHT POOR AND RURAL COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS AND REDUCE IMPACTS OF DEFORESTATION, UNCONTROLLED CATTLE RANCHING, AGRICULTURAL ENCROACHMENT, AND BUSH MEAT AND TIMBER EXTRACTION THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES WILL BE TO 1 INCREASE THE LEVEL OF ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PROMOTE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION THROUGH AWARENESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION USING THE HARPY EAGLE AS A FLAGSHIP AND UMBRELLA SPECIES 2 REDUCE AGRICULTURAL ENCROACHMENT AND UNCONTROLLED CATTLE RANCHING THROUGH A REPLICABLE MODEL OF REFOREST RESTORATION BY PLANTING 40 HA OF SHADE GROWN COFFEE AND NATIVE TREES 3 DEVELOP LOCAL CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY BASED CONSERVATION ACTION AMONG LOCAL INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES BY TRAINING LOCAL PEOPLE IN AGROFORESTRY, FOREST RESTORATION, FOREST PATROLLING AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS 4 CREATE FOUR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS CBOS AND DEVELOP LOCAL CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY BASED CONSERVATION ACTION AMONG LOCAL INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES 5 DEVELOP LAND USE MANAGEMENT PLANS IN FOUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WITH THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF PANAMA MIAMBIENTE 6 EXPAND THE STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION OF YOUTH FROM FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN THE FOREST RESTORATION INITIATIVE, AND 7 CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP FOR THE CONSERVATION OF DARIEN

RECOVERY OF THE PUERTO RICAN SHARP-SHINNED HAWK - PHASE 3

F19AC00090

OCELOT AND APLOMADO FALCON HABITAT CONSERVATION IN SOUTH TEXAS, A HOSTILIC APPROACH

THE NORTHERN APLOMADO FALCON FALCO FEMORALIS SEPTENTRIONALIS HEREAFTER N. APLOMADO FALCON IS THE ONLY ENDANGERED FALCON ON THE U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. THE REINTRODUCED POPULATION IN SOUTH TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED AS KEY IN THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES USFWS RECOVERY PLAN. KEDDYHECTOR 1990. THE PEREGRINE FUND TPF ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING GRASSLAND HABITAT AND APPLYING PRAIRIE RESTORATION EFFORTS WHERE EXISTING APLOMADO FALCON TERRITORIES ARE AT RISK FROM BRUSH ENCROACHMENT AND THE EXPANSION OF INVASIVE SPECIES INTO THOSE HABITATS. WE HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED AREAS WHERE PRAIRIE RESTORATION COULD CREATE IMPROVE GRASSLAND HABITAT FOR ADDITIONAL FALCON PAIRS AND BENEFIT A HOST OF OTHER GRASSLAND BIRDS AS WELL. TPF HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH USFWS AND PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE FWS REFUGES OF LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE LANWR LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE LRGVNWR AND ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ANWR. SINCE 2012 MANY THOUSANDS OF ACRES HAVE BEEN MANAGED FOR PRAIRIE USING PRESCRIBED FIRE AND BOTH MECHANICAL CHEMICAL TREATMENTS. WE HAVE OBSERVED ENCOURAGING RESULTS. AT ONE LANWR SITE WHERE WE FELT WE HAD LOST A FALCON TERRITORY TO BRUSH ENCROACHMENT AND AN INCREASING GREAT HORNED OWL GHO POPULATION THE PRAIRIE RESTORATION ACCOMPLISHED BY LANWR AT THAT SITE IMPROVED THAT HABITAT AND THE FALCONS QUICKLY REOCCUPIED THE SITE AND HAVE NESTED SUCCESSFULLY THERE EVER SINCE. AT ANOTHER LANWR APLOMADO NEST SITE A PAIR WAS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR DIFFICULTIES AND ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THE PAIR LOST THEIR YOUNG TO GHOS FOLLOWING THE ENCROACHMENT OF BRUSH DEEPER INTO THE PRAIRIE ECOSYSTEM PUTTING THEM IN MUCH CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE NESTING FALCONS. AGAIN HABITAT MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATED WITHIN THAT TERRITORY ALLOWED THE FALCONS THE ABILITY TO RETURN AND SUCCESSFULLY NEST DURING MOST YEARS AFTER TREATMENT THIS YEAR PRODUCING AND FLEDGING THREE YOUNG. THE GHO REPRESENTS THE FALCONS NUMBER ONE PREDATOR. THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF THIS IMPORTANT RESTORATION EFFORT AIDING THE ENDANGERED APLOMADO FALCON. WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THESE EFFORTS IMPROVING AND EXPANDING IMPORTANT GRASSLANDS WITHIN SOUTH TEXAS FOR THE FALCON AND MANY SPECIES OF GRASSLAND BIRDS.

20181AG905 RE-ESTABLISHING WILD NORTHERN APLOMADO FALCON

APLOMADO FALCON HABITAT MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH TEXAS

NORTHERN APLOMADO FALCON RECOVERY

WILDLIFE WITHOUT BORDERS LAC CENTRAL AMERICA 2017

THE CHOCO-DARIEN REGION OF PANAMA IS ONE OF THE RICHEST LOWLAND FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN THE AMERICAS AND SUPPORTS THE LARGEST KNOWN POPULATION OF HARPY EAGLES IN CENTRAL AMERICA. SLASH AND BURN AGRICULTURE, UNCONTROLLED CATTLE RANCHING, LAND TRAFFICKING, POACHING AND TIMBER TRAFFICKING THREATEN THE FOREST AND UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY. THIS PROJECT WILL STRENGTHEN INCENTIVES FOR CONSERVATION BY ENGAGING FOUR INDIGENOUS EMBERA-WOUNAAN COMMUNITIES IN ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS IN AND ADJACENT TO DARIEN NATIONAL PARK. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) CONDUCTING A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO BUILD A CONSERVATION CONSTITUENCY IN THE REGION; (2) REFORESTATION WITH NATIVE TREES, INCLUDING COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE TREES AND SHADE-GROWN COFFEE, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO POACHING AND DEFORESTATION; (3) STRENGTHENING OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE CAPACITY TO MANAGE INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS; (4) TRAINING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AGROFORESTRY, WILDLIFE MONITORING, AND FOREST PATROLLING; (5) DEVELOPING LAND USE CO-MANAGEMENT PLANS IN TWO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT INCLUDE NO-TAKE ZONES AROUND HARPY EAGLE NESTING SITES AND SECURING THEIR RATIFICATION FROM THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT; AND (6) BUILDING A COALITION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO SCALE UP CONSERVATION EFFORTS ACROSS THE DARIEN REGION.

THE NORTHERN APLOMADO FALCON (FALCO FEMORALIS SEPTENTRIONALIS) (HEREAFTER N. APLOMADOFALCON) IS THE ONLY ENDANGERED FALCON ON THE U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST. THE REINTRODUCEDPOPULATION IN SOUTH TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED AS KEY IN THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES (USFWS)RECOVERY PLAN. (KEDDY-HECTOR 1990). DESPITE LONG-TERM EFFORTS TO RESTORE HABITAT (BUREAU OFLAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) LAS CRUCES RESTORED MORE THAN 12,000 ACRES OF GRASSLAND) AND TOPROVIDE PREDATOR-PROOF NESTING STRUCTURES (THE PEREGRINE FUND (TPF) SINCE 2010), N. APLOMADOFALCONS IN SOUTH TEXAS REMAIN AT DANGEROUSLY LOW NUMBERS. BASED ON DECADES OF WORK, WEHYPOTHESIZED THAT HABITAT CHANGE INCLUDING ENCROACHMENT OF MESQUITE (PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA) ANDOTHER WOODY VEGETATION ARE BRINGING GREAT HORNED OWL (BUBO VIRGINIANUS) AND BARN OWL (TYTOALBA) DISTRIBUTIONS CLOSER TO NESTING N. APLOMADO FALCONS. OWL RANGE EXPANSION MAY BERESULTING IN INCREASED PREDATION AND DISTURBANCE OF N. APLOMADO NESTLINGS AND NEWLY FLEDGEDINDIVIDUALS, HINDERING RECRUITMENT AND THUS, POPULATION RECOVERY. THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THISPROJECT ARE FIRST, TO ENHANCE THE RECOVERY OF THE REINTRODUCED POPULATION OF N. APLOMADO FALCONIN SOUTH TEXAS BY INCREASING THE POPULATIONS RESILIENCY, REDUNDANCY, AND REPRESENTATION. WE AIMTO ACHIEVE THIS BY SPATIALLY PRIORITIZING LAND PARCELS THAT WILL INFORM VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ANDACQUISITION ACTIONS IN THE FUTURE. SPATIAL DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS WILL DETERMINE N. APLOMADO NESTSTHAT NEED PRIORITY PROTECTION AND NESTS THAT REQUIRE PRIORITY MANAGEMENT TO MINIMIZE RISK FROMPREDATORY OWLS, WHILE IMPROVING RECRUITMENT AND CONNECTIVITY FOR N. APLOMADO FALCONS. OURSECOND GOAL IS TO USE SPATIAL PRIORITIZATION TO DETERMINE AREAS THAT ARE SAFE AND CONNECTED ANDSHOULD BE USED FOR RELEASES OF CAPTIVE-BRED N. APLOMADO FALCONS TO ENHANCE POPULATIONRESILIENCY AND REDUNDANCY. TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS WE WILL: (1) DEVELOP FINE-SCALE VEGETATIONMAPS OF WOODY ENCROACHMENT USING SATELLITE IMAGERY COUPLED WITH LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING(LIDAR) DATA, (2) USE RECENT OWL SURVEYS TO DEVELOP RISK SURFACES THAT MAP DISTRIBUTIONS OF GREATHORNED AND BARN OWLS, (3) DETERMINE SPATIAL ATTRIBUTES OF N. APLOMADO NESTS THAT HAVE BEEN THEMOST PRODUCTIVE AND CONTRIBUTED THE MOST RECRUITS IN OVER A DECADE OF MONITORING, (4) VALIDATEMECHANISMS FOR LOW PRODUCTIVITY AND RECRUITMENT OF N. APLOMADO NESTS BY ASSESSING THEIRRELATIONSHIP WITH SPATIAL RISK SURFACES FROM OWLS, (5) DEVELOP MAPS OUTLINING PRIORITY PARCELS FORVEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION (6) RE-START CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAM, AND (7) RELEASECAPTIVE-BRED JUVENILES AT SAFE AND CONNECTED AREAS IDENTIFIED FROM SPATIAL PRIORITIZATION WORK. INFUTURE YEARS WE WILL (8) MONITOR THEIR SURVIVAL AND RECRUITMENT TO ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS. DURINGTHIS PROJECT, WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH OUR PARTNERS, PRODUCE DELIVERABLES IN THE FORM OFPRIORITIZATION MAPS, REPORTS, PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS, AND DATA FOR STAKEHOLDERS THAT WILLIMPROVE THE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR THE N. APLOMADO FALCON.

PANAMA FOREST RESTORATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING

PUERTO RICAN SHARP-SHINNED HAWK EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO 2017 HURRICANE MARIA-PHASE 2

PUERTO RICAN SHARP-SHINNED HAWK EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO 2017 HURRICANE MARIA

THE NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IS THE PRINCIPLE MEANS THROUGH WHICH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NPS EVALUATES AND IMPROVES THE HEALTH OF WATERSHEDS, LANDSCAPES, AND MARINE AND COASTAL RESOURCES, SUSTAINS BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES ON THE LANDS AND WATERS IN PARKS, AND ACTIVELY ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE THE RESILIENCY OF THESE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ADAPT THEM TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO CARRY OUT AND FURTHER THIS STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITY, NPS IMPLEMENTS PROGRAMS THAT ENCOMPASS A BROAD RANGE OF RESEARCH, OPERATIONAL, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES BY UTILIZING PARK PERSONNEL AND CONTRACTOR SUPPORT ORCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT, THE PEREGRINE FUND AND PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK WILL WORK TOWARD IMPROVING SPECIES SURVIVAL FOR CALIFORNIA CONDORS THROUGH HUMAN DIMENSIONS RESEARCH AND OUTREACH ABOUT LEAD POISONING THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE 1 STRENGTHEN OUTREACH MESSAGING USING HUMAN DIMENSIONS RESEARCH TO PRIORITIZE AREAS WHERE GREATEST OUTREACH EFFORT IS NEEDED, AND 2 FACILITATE HUNTER ACCESS TO NON LEAD AMMUNITION AND ENCOURAGE ITS USE BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC

SINCE 1993, THE PEREGRINE FUND (TPF) HAS PARTNERED WITH THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) IN A JOINT EFFORT WITH FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES, PRIVATE NGO PARTNERS, TRIBES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN A WEST-WIDE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO RECOVER THE ENDANGERED CALIFORNIA CONDOR (GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS). WHILE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM LONGSTANDING AND ONGOING TPF USFWS RECOVERY EFFORTS (CAPTIVE PROPAGATION, BOISE, ID, RELEASE AND FLOCK ESTABLISHMENT MANAGEMENT, VERMILION CLIFFS, MARBLE CANYON, AZ) ARE IMPRESSIVE, AND THE CONDOR HAS BEEN SAVED FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION TO A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 500 INDIVIDUALS RANGE WIDE, THERE REMAINS MORE TO DO IN ACHIEVING THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF A RECOVERED, HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE WILD POPULATION. THE PEREGRINE FUND WILL THEREFORE FOCUS ON TWO PRIMARY RECOVERY ACTIONS 1) CAPTIVE BREEDING - PRODUCING YOUNG FOR PROGRAM-WIDE DISTRIBUTION, AND 2) REINTRODUCTION - ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SPATIALLY DISJUNCT REINTRODUCED, FREE-FLYING POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA CONDORS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN UTAH. DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING A HEALTHY ANNUAL COHORT OF RELEASE CANDIDATES BY MEANS OF A SUCCESSFUL CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAM HAS HELPED TO NOT ONLY RE-ESTABLISH A FOUNDATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN HISTORIC HABITATS RANGE WIDE, BUT ALSO REPLACED THOSE LOST, DUE TO MORTALITY AND PREVENTABLE, ANTHROPOGENIC-SOURCED MORTALITY FACTORS, A KEY COMPONENT IN CREATING AN INTACT POPULATION WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESSING PREVENTABLE MORTALITY FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.

CALIFORNIA CONDOR REINTRODUCTION FIELD MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT

CALIFORNIA CONDRO PROGRAM - GRANT FOR ASSISTANCE IN RENOVATION OF FLIGHT CAGES

OCELOT AND APLOMADO FALCON HABITAT CONSERVATION IN SOUTH TEXAS-A HOLISTIC APPROACH - PHASE II

RANCHING AND BIRD CONSERVATION ARE DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED, AS HEALTHY GRASSLANDS SUPPORT BOTH LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND VITAL MIGRATORY BIRD HABITATS. ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AND DESERT SOUTHWEST, RANCHERS RELY ON RESILIENT GRASSLANDS FOR PROFITABLE OPERATIONS, WHILE APPROXIMATELY 30 MIGRATORY GRASSLAND BIRD SPECIESMANY IN RAPID DECLINEDEPEND ON THESE SAME LANDSCAPES FOR SURVIVAL. WELL-MANAGED RANCHLANDS PROVIDE CRITICAL NESTING AND FORAGING GROUNDS, ENSURING BOTH AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE.

APLOMADO FALCON MONITORING IN SOUTH TX

THE PEREGRINE FUND WILL USE FUNDS FROM THIS AWARD TO DETERMINE WHERE CALIFORNIA CONDORS ARE FORAGING. THIS WILL AID US IN DETERMINING WHERE LEAD EXPOSURE TO CONDORS OCCURS SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS LEAD REDUCTION EFFORTS. THE FUNDING WILL ALSO PROVIDE IN-PERSON TRAINING AND EDUCATION REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF LEAD AMMUNITION IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

GRANTEE NAME: THE PEREGRINE FUNDGRANT NUMBER: G23AC00565PROJECT TITLE: QUICK RESPONSE TO AN OUTBREAK OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA INCALIFORNIA CONDORSPROJECT DATES: 09 01 2023 TO 09 01 2026ABSTRACTSUCCESS OF INTENSIVE, LONG-TERM EFFORTS FOR THE RECOVERY OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED CALIFORNIACONDORS (CONDOR) POPULATIONS ARE THREATENED BY A RECENT OUTBREAK OF HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIANINFLUENZA (HPAI), PARTICULARLY THOSE COMPRISING A SUB-POPULATION IN ARIZONA AND UTAH.RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS FROM THE USGS, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS), AND THEPEREGRINE FUND (TPF) WILL COLLECT AND ANALYZE EXTENSIVE MOVEMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OFCONDORS TO IDENTIFY: 1) SOURCES OF HPAI TRANSMISSION AND INFECTION, AND 2) IMPACTS OF HPAIINFECTION OF CONDOR POPULATION GROWTH AND PERSISTENCE. THIS EMERGENCY AND HIGHLY COORDINATEDRESEARCH IS NEEDED TO HELP MINIMIZE CONDOR DEATHS AND DEVELOP EFFECTIVE, SCIENCE-BASED TOOLS TOMANAGE HPAI RISK TO CONDORS.

SAVING THE RIDGWAYS HAWK FROM EXTINCTION, HISPANIOLA

PHILIPPINE EAGLE CONSERVATION PROJECT

CALIFORNIA CONDOR REINTRODUCTION - AZ/UT

THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES

BOISE DISTRICT YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: GYRFALCONS AND PTARMIGAN IN A CHANGING WORLD DATED 01/29/2010

PEREGRINE FUND INTERPRETIVE EXHIBIT AND TRAIL

THE PEREGRINE FUND WORK WITH CONDORS

PEREGRINE DATA RESCUE PROJECT

THE PEREGRINE FUND DATA RESCUE PROJECT