Grants Awarded in 2025
Influence of diet and food availability on the fitness of sagebrush songbirds
Project Leaders: Olivia Beaudette & Dr. Anna Chalfoun
University of Wyoming Coop Fish & Wildlife Unit
Non-invasive monitoring of invasive raptors
Project Leader: Bryan Bedrosian
Teton Raptor Center
North American Bat Monitoring (NABat) surveys in the Bridger-Teton National Forest
Project Leader: Riley Bernard
University of Wyoming/Wyoming North American Bat Hub
Response rate of benthic algae and macroinvertebrate communities to water level fluctuations in Jackson Lake
Project Leaders: Tristan Blechinger & Dr. William Fetzer
University of Wyoming
Common loon bioacoustics monitoring
Project Leaders: Carl Brown & Lucas Savoy
Biodiversity Research Institute
Astoria Park Conservancy’s Habitat and Wildlife Initiative
Project Leader: Bari Bucholz
Astoria Park Conservancy
Long-term monitoring of conifer-associated birds on the Grey’s River Ranger District
Project Leader: Taelyn Cathcart
Bridger-Teton National Forest & Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Teton Range bighorn sheep nutritional carrying capacity study Project Leaders: Sarah Dewey & Chris Gerard
Grand Teton National Park Foundation
Diet and migration fattening in the red crossbill
Project Leaders: Konshau Duman & Thomas P. Hahn
University of California, Davis
Effects of extreme weather events on great gray owl breeding
Project Leader: Katherine Gura
Colorado State University
Population demography of the last populations of the Yellowstone sand verbena (Abronia ammophila)
Project Leaders: Sierra Jaeger & Eric LoPresti
University of South Carolina
Exploring impacts of increased glacial sediment on alpine lake limnology and ecology
Project Leaders: Meredith Journey & Annika Walters University of Wyoming Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Bioacoustic monitoring and multi-scale habitat assessment of great gray owl nest sites in southwest Montana
Project Leaders: Arcata Leavitt & Justine Becker
Montana State University
Lead-free education and toolkits
Project Leader: Hannah Leonard
Sporting Lead Free
An inventory of rare aquatic insects endemic to Yellowstone’s extreme environments
Project Leaders: Audrey Linsteadt & Lusha Tronstad University of Wyoming and Wyoming Natural Diversity Database
The interplay of site fidelity and habitat alteration in the decline of loggerhead shrike populations
Project Leaders: Erik Schoenborn & Dr. Anna Chalfoun University of Wyoming Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Sandhill Crane Conservation Initiative: Grain for Cranes Program
Project Leader: Tamara Sperber
Teton Regional Land Trust