Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing funding to assist livestock producers in undertaking proactive, nonlethal activities to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to predation by wolves, as well as to reimburse livestock producers for livestock losses due to such predation. The program is open to state and tribal governments, and applicants can apply for either Depredation Compensation or Depredation Prevention funding, or both. The maximum award amount is $450,000, and the minimum award amount is $10,000. The program aims to promote the coexistence of wolves and livestock on the landscape, and to provide financial assistance to states and tribes to support their wolf-livestock interaction programs. Some key eligible activities include fencing, livestock guard dogs, and range riders who patrol areas occupied by livestock susceptible to predation by wolves.
• The program has two main purposes: prevention and compensation.
• Prevention activities include proactive, nonlethal measures to reduce the risk of livestock loss due to wolf predation.
• Compensation activities include reimbursement for livestock losses due to confirmed wolf depredation.
• Applicants must establish their own procedures for accepting applications from private entities interested in obtaining Program funds.
• The program encourages the development and implementation of proactive management techniques to reduce the frequency of predation events and compensate producers when such predation does occur.