Cooperative Agreement 00573HR093

Rutgers University will conduct a spatially explicit population viability analysis for the piping plover within the New York-New Jersey recovery unit under a $118,066 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The analysis aims to determine the population size, demographic rates, habitat amounts and configurations necessary for viability and recovery of the subpopulation, including under scenarios of coastal storm impacts and sea level rise. Results will provide targets for...

This $132,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4, under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660), will fund genetic analysis and population modeling to help inform conservation of the gopher frog (Lithobates capito). Tangled Bank Conservation will sequence thousands of genetic loci from 1,000 existing gopher frog samples across the species' range. They will assess phylogeographic structure, identify potential distinct...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $1,375,534 project grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to The Fort Worth Zoological Association, doing business as the Fort Worth Zoo, to support the conservation and recovery of the endangered Puerto Rican crested toad. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: 1) Establish an in situ conservation center to increase captive breeding and genetic diversity of toads for reintroduction, 2)...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $136,318 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to The Ohio State University. The project will develop a population model using statistical catch-at-age analysis to estimate age-specific abundance, mortality, and recruitment dynamics of nonnative channel catfish in the San Juan River basin. This model will assess how annual recruitment is impacted by spawner biomass and environmental variation,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), awarded a $132,710 Cooperative Agreement to the New Mexico Biopark Society Inc. effective February 1, 2024 for a 3-year project. The goal of the project is to develop husbandry techniques and establish captive breeding programs for two federally endangered springsnail species - the Roswell springsnail and Koster's springsnail. This will provide a contingency plan in case the wild...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $548,021 to Revive & Restore, a non-profit conservation organization, to develop new biobanking methods to enhance recovery and management of threatened amphibian species, with a focus on the endangered Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus baxteri). The key goals of the project are to: (1) cryopreserve and recover live amphibian...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1,456,000 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR). The grant will fund the expansion of the Olinda Rare Plant Propagation Facility on Maui to enhance the recovery of rare, threatened, and endangered plant and invertebrate species across Maui Nui. The project will increase the facility's capacity for...

This Project Grant award of $379,593 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615) to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) in Puerto Rico. The funding will support various initiatives to conserve and recover threatened and endangered species, including: Continuing to support the propagation and monitoring of the Puerto Rican crested toad (Peltophryne...

This $124,665 three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) aims to restore the endangered Behrens and Myrtles Silverspot butterflies on the Sonoma-Mendocino coast by expanding the coverage of their larval host plant, Viola adunca, in Fort Ross State Historic Park. The project will test the effectiveness of two restoration methods - seed dispersal and planting mature...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 4, awarded a $5.3 million Cooperative Agreement to the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust Fund (Fideicomiso De Conservacion De Puerto Rico) under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance Program (CFDA 15.664) on September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2030. The award supports the repair and rehabilitation of Puerto Rican parrot aviaries and wild introduction sites as part of the...