Urban Bird Treaty cities

The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the ten cities that will be awarded up to $70,000 in a challenge grant for bird conservation projects. (That means the cities need to match the funds somehow.) In addition, cities previously selected for the program will receive an additional $10,000 grant.

This year’s cities range from the large (San Francisco; Washington, DC) to the small (Opelika, Ala. and Lewiston, Mont.).

Read the US Fish and Wildlife Service press release announcing the awards here. Or read more info about the Urban Bird Treaty from the USFWS Migratory Bird program, here. The next round of grants will be announced on Grants.gov.

Read the reaction of local media to the grants:
Ogden, Utah
Lewiston, Montana
Minneapolis, Minnesota

A general news article about the awards and program.

Map from US Fish and Wildlife Service