This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $192,150.00 and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), is for the purpose of environmental monitoring on Wake Island Atoll to protect natural resources. The award, with a performance period from April 1, 2024 to April 1, 2025, will be implemented by Landcare Research New Zealand LIMITED, also known as Manaaki Whenua, a for-profit...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $249,893.60, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), supports the Wake Atoll Rodent Eradication Project, Phase 3. The non-profit organization Island Conservation will use this funding to continue implementing a comprehensive strategy to eradicate invasive rodents from Wake Atoll, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean. This project aims to protect...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), under their Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), provides $1,490,055.99 to support the protection of natural resources on Wake Atoll. The award funds Island Conservation, a non-profit organization, to station a commensal manager and up to three technicians on Wake Atoll from March 2024 through October 2024. The commensal team will assist with all aspects...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $180,000 Cooperative Agreement to Health Research, Inc.'s Wadsworth Center division for the Don't Pack a Pest Traveler Outreach Program. The program is being conducted under the Wildlife Services federal grant program (CFDA #10.028), which aims to reduce damage caused by mammals and birds, including disease reservoir species, through control and research activities emphasizing humane methods. Through this...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $191,148.10 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028). The award, which commenced on May 1, 2025 and is scheduled for completion by April 30, 2026, supports research to understand the impact of selective breeding on chronic wasting disease (CWD) management in white-tailed deer. The primary awardee, Midwestern University, a private...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028) to the Game & Fish Commission Wyoming's Fiscal Division. The award, effective from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will fund a project to investigate the onset and duration of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in wildlife populations using real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) techniques. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $225,520 Cooperative Agreement to Colorado State University (CSU) on September 27, 2023 under the Wildlife Services (CFDA 10.028) program. The primary goals of this 12-month project are to: a) analyze wildlife pathogen datasets to better understand emerging pathogens, b) document laboratory and quantitative analysis methods, c) develop reports and manuscripts to inform wildlife disease...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), will fund collaborative research efforts between Colorado State University (CSU) and USDA Wildlife Services. The $400,000 award aims to apply economic theory and applied econometrics to study the economics of airport wildlife hazards, aircraft-wildlife collisions, and wildlife hazard management at civil and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) awarded a $1,181,081.78 Cooperative Agreement to Mississippi State University on September 30, 2024 under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028). The purpose of this award is to develop and provide standardized, ongoing training to USDA APHIS Wildlife Services employees on the safe and effective use of tools and techniques important for managing human-wildlife conflicts. The training activities will...
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $187,039 Cooperative Agreement under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028) to Colorado State University (CSU) to investigate interactions between chronic wasting disease (CWD), hemorrhagic disease viruses, and chronic stress in wild cervids. The two-year project, running from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2026, will focus on research, surveillance, and management activities...