Get a grant, save a species

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking for a few good conservation projects.

The service is seeking projects under its Private Stewardship Grants Program, which has $7.1 million to spend for conservation efforts on private land. The program distributes the money to individuals and groups engaged in conservation efforts that benefit imperiled species.

Last year, the service awarded 113 grants totaling more than $9.4 million for conservation efforts in 43 states. Among them were a $100,000 grant to help restore habitat on the Teton River in Idaho and another for $127,000 that reduced threats to imperiled species in Hawaii.

The wildlife service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System.

-- J. Michael Kennedy