Cooperative Agreement 16CA11420004055

This $689,092 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports Oklahoma State University's research to develop an integrated protocol for early detection and management of aquatic invasive plant species in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The key deliverables include: multi-season spectral data on three target invasive plant species, species-specific models to identify plants from remote sensing, data...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management awarded a $295,397.14 Cooperative Agreement to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on October 1, 2023 under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230). This grant will fund a 5-year project to remove invasive primrose plants and restore the Laguna Creek area in California. The project aims to prevent, detect, control and monitor invasive plant populations on public lands to support the...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) provides $109,549 to the Tyonek Tribal Conservation District and Knik Tribe to conduct research and outreach aimed at identifying and preventing the spread of the invasive aquatic plant Elodea canadensis (Elodea) from Big Lake in Southcentral Alaska. The project partners will survey boat and floatplane operators to understand dispersal pathways, and conduct...

This $401,000 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, supports a research project led by The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to conduct a horizon scan of aquatic and terrestrial plants in the organisms in trade pathway. The key project deliverables include: An evidence-based list of high-risk invasive plant threats, along with cataloging their potential impacts and habitat suitability...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244), provides $250,000 in funding to the University of Idaho to develop decision-support tools for BLM to evaluate and prioritize conservation and restoration activities related to aquatic and riparian habitats in the Lower Henry's Fork Snake River Corridor in Idaho. The key products to be delivered under this five-year project...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) provides $159,949.00 to Tennessee Technological University to conduct research addressing invasive aquatic plants and algae in the Tennessee River basin. The key products and services to be delivered include: Extensive field surveys along the Tennessee River to evaluate plant community composition and identify invasive species, hybrids, and...

This Project Grant award of $261,500 was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805). The award will fund a 2-year project at Montana State University (MSU) to develop and test machine learning models that integrate environmental data and species occurrence data to predict the spread of aquatic invasive species in the Upper Mississippi River System. Key project activities include: 1) Incorporating...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) was awarded a $143,409 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will fund activities to rapidly respond to the recent discovery of the invasive plant Hydrilla verticillata in Indian Lake, Rhode Island. Key project activities include: Conducting a thorough plant mapping survey in 2024 to determine the full extent of the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison $115,000 under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) from June 1, 2022 to June 1, 2025. The cooperative agreement will support evaluating the effectiveness of a new herbicide, florpyrauxifen, in controlling invasive wild parsnip and wild carrot in prairie plantings in Wisconsin, while limiting injury to desirable forb species. Specifically, the University...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $233,784.21 Project Grant under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608) to the Fairbanks Soil & Water Conservation District to eradicate the invasive aquatic plant Elodea from two Alaska waterways. The grant funds will be used to treat Pile Driver Slough and Manley Hot Springs Slough with herbicide for up to 3 years to eliminate Elodea populations. Additionally, the project will conduct early detection...