Grants Awarded in 2026
The Jackson Elk Herd: Preparing for a New Era
Project Leader: Agenbroad, Brianna
Dr. Long U of Idaho/WYIdlifeFund
Terrestrial habitat preferences of giant salmonflies
Project Leader: Albertson, Lindsey
Associate professor, Montana State U.
Lead-free tackle for Kids
Project Leader: Bedrosian, Bryan
Sporting Lead-Free, Teton Raptor Center
Does elk grazing and trampling alter ground nesting bee community
Project Leaders: Bensch & Tronstad
U WY, Wy Natural Diversity Database
Enhancing survival and coexistence of Myotis lucifugus through mitigation
Project Leader: Bernard, Riley
UWY, Riley Research Lab
Describing new species of arachnid (Opilones) from Jackson Hole cave
Project Leaders: Bloom & Derkarabetian
Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative
Black Rosy-finch Monitoring and Training
Project Leaders: Brown & Savoy
Biodiversity Research Institute
Long-term monitoring of Conifer-Associated Birds on the Gray's River District
Project Leader: Cathcart, Taelyn
BTNF/Gray's River District
2026 Northern Rockies Conservation Symposium
Project Leader: Christiansen, Katie
Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative
Coexistence in a Hierarchical Guild: behavorial, spatial, and trophic interactions among wolves, coyotes, and red foxes in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Project Leaders: Davis, Emily & Holbrook
UWY Haub School, Dept of Zoo & Phys
Teton Range Bighorn Sheep Nutritional Carrying Capacity Study
Project Leaders: Dewey, Sarah & Girard
GTNP Foundation
Understanding factors that influence Great Gray Owl breeding
Project Leader: Gura, Katherine
Colorado State U
Red Crossbill Fecal DNA Project
Project Leaders: Duman, Konshau & Hahn
U of California, Davis
A small rabbit in a warming world: Habitat slection and Behavoir of a thermally-sensitive habitat specialist
Project Leaders: Kuhn, Clare & Chalfoun
U of WY Coop Unit
Assessing the impacts of revegetation on plant and pollinator communities in the Custer-Gallatin NF using traditional and molecular techniques
Project Leaders: Naumchik, Malia & Burkle
Montana State Univ.
Baseline determination of nutrient and zooplankton community dynamics in Jackson Lake
Project Leader: Olson, Carly
U of WY Coop Unit
Population demography of the last populations of the Yellowstone sand verbena (Abronia ammophila)
Project Leaders: Stoj, Kiley; Jaeger & LoPresti
University of South Carolina
Integrated Breeding Bird Monitoring in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Project Leader: Timmer, Jennifer
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Greater Yellowstone Crane Festival
Project Leader: Trotter, Kim
Teton Regional Land Trust
Advancing raptor conservation through education, research, and rehabilitation
Project Leader: Turner, Hilary
Teton Raptor Center
Teton Valley Idaho and Wyoming BioBlitz
Project Leader: Whitfield, Michael
Teton Valley idaho Master Naturalists/TRLT