Wild Studies Granted

Sun., April 13, 1997

Associated Press

Wildlife research

Two Idaho conservation projects have been awarded more than $100,000 in grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

The Sustainable Ecosystems Institute received $74,100 for the “Fragmentation in Pacific Northwest Forests” project, which will study neotropical migratory birds in the forests near Donnelly and Bovill.

The study will evaluate the impact of agriculture and forestry on breeding songbird populations.

Potlatch Corp., Boise Cascade Corp. and the Forest Service are among those cooperating in the study. The federal grant will be matched by $148,300 from other sources.

A $26,800 grant will help determine whether ultralight aircraft can be used to lead whooping cranes that were raised in captivity on their 745-mile migration from southeastern Idaho to a central New Mexico wintering area.

Ultra Air Research LLC received the grant, which will be matched by $53,500 from other sources.

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation was established by Congress in 1984.

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