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