Cooperative Agreement F21AC00058

This $350,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (CFDA 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories) to the Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands, Division of Coastal Zone Management, will support coral reef restoration activities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The project will directly incorporate enhanced sexual reproduction techniques into the division's ongoing coral restoration efforts, a...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463), will support a project led by Ceiba Strategies, LLC to restore coastal habitats and coral reefs on the west end of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The $2,299,562 award will enable Ceiba Strategies to collaborate with local community partners, including the University of the Virgin Islands, Thriving Islands LLC, and the Virgin Islands...

This $423,920 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program aims to eradicate invasive black rats from Savana Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The project, led by the non-profit organization Island Conservation in collaboration with local government and federal partners, seeks to create the largest invasive predator-free island in the U.S. Virgin Islands to establish a highly resilient...

This $109,300.85 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports Island Conservation and its partners in establishing a new population of the endangered Virgin Islands tree boa on Savana Island, U.S. Virgin Islands. The key activities funded through this 3-year award (Oct 2023 - Sept 2026) are: 1) Eradicating invasive rats from Savana Island to create suitable habitat for the boa, 2) Establishing...

The Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands will use a $299,770 project grant from the Department of the Interior's Insular Affairs to support coral restoration efforts in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Funded through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program, the Division of Coastal Zone Management will pursue restoration activities to counter the devastating impacts of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, which has affected the territory's reefs...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $673,655 over 10 years to support the identification of climate-resilient plant translocations and maintain ex situ collections for future translocations in Hawaii. The key objectives are to: 1) provide propagules for experimental plant translocations, and 2) conduct research on cryopreservation techniques to enable long-term storage of...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) provides $406,707.00 to The Nature Conservancy for the "Restoration of Historically Mined Coral Reefs in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands". The award period runs from September 11, 2024 to September 30, 2028. This grant supports the Nature Conservancy's efforts to restore coral reef ecosystems in...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program aims to actively manage and conserve Staghorn corals (genus Acropora) within the Maagaha Marine Conservation Area (MMCA) in the Northern Mariana Islands. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project (10/1/2025 - 9/30/2028) include: 1) restoring and enriching existing Acropora populations through transplantation, 2) removing marine debris...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The purpose of this 5-year award is to collect, store, and propagate native Hawaiian plant seeds, including rare and endangered species, to support post-wildfire habitat restoration and recovery efforts across Hawaii. This project will prioritize collecting and storing seeds...

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)...