Cooperative Agreement AP18IS000000C005

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded 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 intended to facilitate research and surveillance on the potential for feral swine (Sus scrofa) to impact coastal water quality and oyster safety, as well as serve as a source of pathogen transmission. The $192,334 award to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will fund the collection and analysis...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $638,050 Cooperative Agreement to the Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) under the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program (CFDA 10.934). The purpose of this 2.5-year project is to respond to the threat posed by invasive feral swine populations in Texas. Key activities include feral swine population control, habitat restoration, landowner assistance, scientific research,...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to conduct studies related to the development of a toxic bait for feral swine. The studies aim to develop a toxicant that can be registered with the Environmental Protection Agency to control feral swine populations. This work supports the agency's Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), which seeks to reduce damage caused by mammal...

This $432,819 Project Grant awarded by the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program (CFDA 10.934) will support Tall Timbers Research, Inc., a non-profit organization, in controlling and eradicating feral swine populations in the Red Hills region. The project aims to investigate the diet of feral swine using DNA metabarcoding techniques on swine scat samples. Additionally, the funding will enable comprehensive feral swine...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $132,710 Project Grant to Bioconciencia A.C. from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024 under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684). The grant will support continued efforts to document winter bat ecology in Mexico and assess potential entry and spread of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) fungus. Key activities include winter colony counts and searches for new bat hibernacula, with...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), provides $327,590.18 to Colorado State University to conduct research and analysis on the economic impacts of feral swine management for agriculture, natural resources, and disease prevention. The project aims to develop improved methods for assessing the costs and benefits of strategies to manage feral swine...

This $650,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research to develop optimal response plans for rapidly eliminating African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) in feral swine populations across different U.S. environments. The awardee, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), will collect data on feral swine movement in response...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), aims to investigate the role that feral swine populations and their habitat play in the epidemiology of African Swine Fever (ASF) virus. The $570,502 award to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services will determine population density metrics and movement...

This Cooperative Agreement was awarded 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 purpose of this $215,522 award, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, is to facilitate cooperation between USDA APHIS Wildlife Services and the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management within Texas A&M AgriLife Research to meet specific research needs...

This cooperative agreement award from the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides $163,520.24 in funding to Stichting VU, also known as Vrije Universiteit, located in the Netherlands, to conduct research under the Wildlife Services federal grant program (CFDA #10.028). Specifically, the awardee will evaluate gene expression patterns along the outbreak front of African Swine Fever Virus in European wild boar populations. They will perform whole...