Cooperative Agreement AP22WSNWRC00C010

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, provides $255,680.00 to the Guam Department of Agriculture's Aquatic and Wildlife Resources Division. The funding will support staff and resources needed to manage captive populations of two endemic Guam species, the Ko Ko Hypotaenidia owstoni and Sihek Todirapmphus cinnamomina, which were brought into captivity to...

This $650,878 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1 under the Competitive State Wildlife Grant (C-SWG) Program (CFDA 15.634). The grant funds a four-year collaborative research project between the Guam Department of Agriculture's Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (GDAWR) and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). The key objectives of the project are to: i) bring Bumphead Parrotfish (locally known as Atuhung) to...

The Department of Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $120,690 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Effective Environmental Restoration (EER), Inc., a minority-owned nonprofit organization. The grant funds a 2-year project to eradicate invasive black rats and green iguanas from Berbera Cay in Puerto Rico. This will restore the coastal ecosystem, enabling the recovery of native birds, reptiles, invertebrates, and plants, including threatened and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (CFDA 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories) provides $497,846 to the Government of Guam - Department of Administration, Bureau of Statistics and Plans Division. The purpose of the project is to prevent the invasion and spread of marine invasive species in Guam by establishing a marine biosecurity program. Key activities include: Hiring a Marine Biosecurity...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $196,847.00 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) to the University of Guam (UOG) on September 1, 2023. The purpose of this award is to mitigate the risk of coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) spreading through the Micronesia region. Key activities to be performed include tree injections near ports, culturing Metarhizium majus and conidia...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $408,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Guam (UOG) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The purpose of the award is to address high priority recovery actions for the critically endangered Serianthes nelsonii tree species, endemic to the Mariana Islands of Guam and Rota. The key activities to be performed under this 3-year project include: Examining the edaphic (soil)...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $250,134 Cooperative Agreement under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo). The purpose of the award is to conduct collaborative research on the ecology and demography of avifauna (birds) on Guam, with a focus on the endangered Mariana swiftlet. The research aims to understand the impact of the invasive brown treesnake on existing bird colonies and develop approaches to expand the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides $218,648 to the University of Guam to manage the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle through port trapping and surveys as well as biological control using Metarhizium majus. The award activities include maintaining traps around Guam's ports of entry and treating test plots and known breeding sites with M. majus on Guam and Rota in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The...

The University of Guam was awarded a $230,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to conduct a survey and assessment of biocontrol agents for their efficacy against the cycad Aulacaspis scale in the Mariana Islands. The award period runs from January 15, 2025 to January 31, 2027. The goal of this project is to protect and manage non-federal forest and tree resources in the region from the damaging cycad...

The Department of the Interior Insular Affairs awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Lands and Natural Resources to support the Brown Tree Snake Program. This grant, funded through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), enables the Department of Lands and Natural Resources to conduct inspections, trapping, and rapid response operations to prevent the entry and establishment of brown...