Cooperative Agreement F20AC11050

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $246,632 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). The grant supports a 3-year project (3/1/2024 - 2/28/2027) to conduct a comprehensive genetic health assessment of the federally endangered Santa Cruz long-toed salamander across its limited range in southern Santa Cruz and northern Monterey Counties, California. The project will generate genomic data and population...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife was awarded $317,643 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 to address threats to the California tiger salamander in California. Over a three year period ending in February 2026, the Department will work with sub-awardee University of California, Los Angeles to analyze over 1,800 genetic samples of California tiger salamanders collected over 30...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 8, awarded a $367,053 Project Grant under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) program (CFDA 15.648) to President And Board Of Trustees Of Santa Clara College. The grant supports research to examine the distribution of genetic diversity within and among the threatened Santa Clara Valley dudleya plant populations. Key research activities include: Assessing clonal reproduction and gene flow using next-generation DNA sequencing Quantifying...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, supports the next phase of developing environmental DNA (eDNA) based monitoring approaches for non-invasive monitoring of California vernal pool ecosystems under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). The $144,004 award will enable the University of California, Davis to finalize statistical analyses of eDNA metabarcoding data collected in prior phases,...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received a $217,536 three-year Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program. The grant will support CDFW's efforts to evaluate the effects of the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire and fire suppression activities on the recovery of two endangered plant species native to the Santa Cruz Mountains: Santa Cruz cypress...

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) provides $400,000.00 to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to continue and expand long-term monitoring and management of endangered, threatened, and special status ranid (frog) species in CDFW's North Central Region. The key objectives are to obtain current data on the distribution and relative abundance of...

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), through its Office of Research Administration, has been awarded a $228,397 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. This grant, funded under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), supports research to address the declining population of the Lange's metalmark butterfly (Apodemia mormo langei) at the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in California. The key...

This $189,979 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research into continent-wide forest recruitment change and its interactions with climate, habitat, and consumers in North America. The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, will conduct the research from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2026. The research will quantify current trends and changes in forest regeneration...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $218,472 provides funding from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025 to develop molecular tools for exploring mating system diversity in salamanders. The award is made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support basic biological research that strengthens the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, the Principal Investigator at the University of North Carolina at Asheville will learn and apply RADcap single...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received a three-year, $161,500 project grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615). The grant will support Sea Otter Savvy (SOS) to mitigate human disturbances to threatened southern sea otters in California through community outreach and engagement efforts. SOS will use innovative awareness campaigns targeting residents and visitors in sea otter...