Cooperative Agreement 26GN11080200447

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region awarded a $120,000 cooperative agreement to the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Energy & Environment Cabinet to address the hemlock woolly adelgid infestation. Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Restoration/Revegetation program (CFDA 10.717), the awardee will treat hemlock trees for the woolly adelgid from Feb 3, 2023 through Sep 30, 2027. The IIJA established new funds to support natural resource infrastructure and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a $340,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry. This grant will fund a comprehensive initiative to survey and suppress the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, an invasive forest pest, across Ohio's forests. The project will span from March 2024 through June 2028, with the goal of protecting and managing the state's non-federal...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a cooperative agreement totaling $136,126 to the University of Massachusetts on September 1, 2026, to restart and advance the Scymnus camptodromus biological control project targeting hemlock woolly adelgid. The recipient will conduct surveys to collect fresh S. camptodromus samples, establish and rear laboratory colonies, and perform genetic analyses to confirm species identity relative to earlier voucher...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to the West Virginia State Department of Agriculture's Administrative Services division to support Hemlock Woolly Adelgid suppression efforts in West Virginia from June 2021 through June 2024. Under the Forest Health Protection federal grant program (CFDA #10.680), grant funds will support activities to protect and manage non-federal forest resources from damaging forest insects like the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. With...

This two-year cooperative agreement award of $101,707 from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will fund a project at Michigan State University to assess radial growth and canopy condition of eastern hemlock trees treated with imidacloprid or dinotefuran to control hemlock woolly adelgid. Specifically, the awardee will quantify annual and mean radial growth and current condition of 110 hemlock trees with known histories of hemlock woolly adelgid infestation...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Energy & Environment Cabinet under the Good Neighbor Authority federal grant program (CFDA 10.691). The agreement will support hemlock woolly adelgid treatment services from April 22, 2021 through May 31, 2028 in Kentucky. Through this funding, the Commonwealth will perform restoration and protection services on federal land, consistent with the Good Neighbor Authority...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $520,000 Project Grant to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) through the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469). The grant will fund the treatment of 530 acres of hemlock forest in 4 New York state parks to address the invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA). The project activities include chemical treatment of hemlock trees using Imidacloprid and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to Cornell University to conduct research on hemlock woolly adelgid predators on the West Coast and rear them for release and research on the East Coast. The 4.5-year project, which runs from March 2024 through September 2028, aims to identify natural predators of the hemlock woolly adelgid and evaluate their potential for use in managing this...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region awarded $6.945 million to the Gypsy Moth Slow The Spread Foundation Inc. on April 28, 2026, under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to deploy trap-and-treat and aerial application activities targeting spongy moth suppression across an 11-state transition zone spanning from southeast Virginia through northeast North Carolina to the North Shore of Minnesota. The foundation coordinates with state and university...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 9–Eastern Region awarded $200,000 to the NYC Department of Environmental Protection on February 4, 2026, under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to support active management of invasive species on public and private land in New York City through September 30, 2030. The award funds a silviculture approach to manage hemlock canopy condition across sections of the city's watershed. Work includes creating canopy gaps to provide...