Cooperative Agreement F20AC11746

The San Juan Islands Conservation District will implement ten new Island Marble Butterfly habitat projects totaling $151,918.84 through December 2026 under a Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. Funded by the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, the projects will create fenced habitat plots and permanent open spaces on private properties in San Juan and Lopez Islands, Washington to expand existing habitat and connect areas for...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $100,232 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the San Juan Preservation Trust, a private non-profit land conservation organization, to expand and maintain habitat for the federally endangered Island Marble Butterfly (IMB) on San Juan Island, Washington. The project aims to transform approximately 10 acres of degraded pastureland into suitable habitat areas that support IMB and...

This $117,810 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) funds the San Juan Islands Conservation District's efforts to establish, maintain, monitor, and conduct outreach for habitat for the endangered island marble butterfly in San Juan County, Washington. Specific project activities include creating fenced habitat plots and permanent open spaces on private properties to...

The San Juan Islands Conservation District will receive $148,124 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded on August 1, 2021 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The funding supports the ISLAND MARBLE BUTTERFLY HABITAT RESTORATION project on Lopez Island through September 30, 2026 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The Conservation District will work with private landowners and the USFWS to deliver the agency's...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Latin America and Caribbean Regional program (CFDA 15.640) provides $639,220 to Alternare AC, a foreign-owned non-profit in Mexico, to conserve and restore the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR). Key activities include: Placing 3,024 hectares of land under community-based forest management (698 ha in the core zone, 2,326 ha in the buffer zone) Reforesting 60 hectares in the MBBR buffer...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) provides $487,916 to The Trustees of Smith College to conduct research on how the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly responds to changes in climate and novel host plant species. The key objectives are to: 1) investigate how host shifts affect the butterfly's exposure and tolerance to thermal stress and drought, 2) determine if host shifts are driven by synchronization between the butterfly and its host...

This Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) in the amount of $102,864. The award was made to the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc., a non-profit research organization in Millbrook, New York, to conduct a collaborative research project titled "ADVANCING THEORY AND CONCEPT OF ECOSYSTEM HETEROGENEITY: A FIVE-DECADE SYNTHESIS." The project aims to synthesize ecological theories and concepts related to...

This $124,665 three-year Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) aims to restore the larval host plant Viola adunca in Fort Ross State Historic Park to support the population recovery of two endangered butterfly species, the Behrens and Myrtles Silverspots. The grant will fund the testing of two restoration methods - seed dispersal and planting mature plants - to expand the...

The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded North Carolina State University a $429,687 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct research and conservation activities for the Crystal Skipper butterfly from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2026. The university will develop a rigorous and unbiased survey methodology to estimate population size and trends of the rare butterfly endemic to North Carolina barrier islands....

This $55,944 National Science Foundation project grant through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research between Louisiana State University and mathematicians and ecologists. The project aims to advance understanding of species coexistence in fragmented habitats through integrated experimental and mathematical analysis. Researchers will experimentally measure how density-dependent emigration relationships and important life history tradeoffs...