The Foundation has verbal confirmation that it has been approved for the Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife grant in the amount of about $200,000. The Foundation will be using that money to cost share with riparian landowners on the Canadian River in Dewey and Ellis Counties in implementing conservation measures to control eastern redcedar and salt cedar. The goal of the project is to work with private landowners to control these invasive species, thus increasing water flow in the Canadian River and benefitting the Arkansas River shiner.

The Foundation has agreed to be a partner on a grant project with the High Plains Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council in Buffalo. The High Plains RC&D received a grant from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry to implement a Hazardous Fuel/Stream Flow Monitoring/Economic Development Project on the Canadian Rivers. This project will enhance water flow and benefit the Arkansas River shiner.