Cooperative Agreement F12AC01121

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $238,796.06 Cooperative Agreement to the Door County Land Trust, Inc. from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026 under the Coastal Program. The primary objective of this award is to restore critical breeding habitat for the endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly and surrounding coastal wetlands at Kellner Fen Natural Area in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by reducing densities of invasive woody species by 90-95% through the end of...

The State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), Division of Forestry and Wildlife, received a $335,920 Project Grant award (Federal: $249,839; State: $86,081) from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants Program (CFDA 15.634) to reintroduce the endangered orange-black damselfly (Megalagrion xanthomelas) to Lānai. In partnership with the University of Hawaii and Plama Lānai, the project will create and restore aquatic habitat using artificial...

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service State Wildlife Grant (CFDA 15.634) award of $406,686 to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) aims to support conservation of rare picture-wing Drosophila fly species across Hawaii. The project will combine traditional survey, threat assessment, and habitat restoration strategies with an innovative approach to improving fly gut microbiomes and overall health through probiotic supplements. This is intended to increase survival and...

Federal Project Grant Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded a $643,799 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado (University of Colorado-Denver) on September 15, 2025, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). This four-year research initiative, concluding August 31, 2029, will deliver integrated research outputs addressing elevational range shifts in dragonflies as a model organism for understanding...

This $100,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Candidate Species Conservation program will support arthropod surveys and conservation assessments in eight under-surveyed areas in Hawaii through September 2025. The State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources will complete arthropod surveys across eight field sites on Oahu and Kauai utilizing various collection methods. In addition to expanding taxonomic knowledge, data...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded $358,801 to The American Museum of Natural History on August 15, 2025, through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to develop DI-ODE (Digital Integration of Odonata), a collaborative research infrastructure initiative. This project will digitize and integrate over one million dragonfly and damselfly specimens from major natural history collections across the United...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $285,175 to Auburn University to conduct research on the iridescent coloration of butterfly wings. The project aims to better understand how the nanostructures on butterfly wing scales impact their ultraviolet and iridescent coloration. Key activities include high-resolution imaging and structural modeling of butterfly specimens from the Smithsonian's natural history...

Federal Grant Award Summary: Frosted Elfin Butterfly Conservation The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) $643,685.20 under the State Wildlife Grants (SWG) Program (CFDA 15.634) for a three-year Project Grant spanning January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. This Tier 4 Competitive State Wildlife Grants project addresses critical conservation gaps for the Frosted Elfin butterfly (Callophrys irus), a globally rare species...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries a Project Grant totaling $112,660.91 under the State Wildlife Grants Program (CFDA 15.634) to support frosted elfin butterfly conservation efforts from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028. The project addresses the precipitous population decline of this small butterfly species through a coordinated, range-wide conservation initiative involving five...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports the development and implementation of a sustainable captive rearing program for the endangered Island Marble Butterfly. The $150,000 award will enable Woodland Park Zoo, the primary awardee, to conduct a captive rearing partner workshop in 2024 and establish a long-term captive rearing program to produce approximately 125...