Cooperative Agreement F21AC00491

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), is intended to facilitate research and surveillance on the potential for feral swine (Sus scrofa) to impact coastal water quality and oyster safety, as well as serve as a source of pathogen transmission. The $192,334 award to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will fund the collection and analysis...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028), is intended to study the feasibility of utilizing a stamping out program based on camera and trap systems to manage African Swine Fever (ASF) in feral swine populations. The specific objectives are to 1) examine the effectiveness of the stamping out program, 2) estimate the rate of recolonization in the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028) to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce to continue the Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP) in Mississippi. The funding will be used to increase assistance to private landowners for wild hog removal through the WHCP trap loan program and to continue implementation of the WHCP Youth Trapping Corps, a workforce...

This Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028). The purpose of this $215,522 award, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, is to facilitate cooperation between USDA APHIS Wildlife Services and the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management within Texas A&M AgriLife Research to meet specific research needs...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region awarded a $299,897 Cooperative Agreement to Texas A&M Agrilife Research under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to create a unified approach to managing wild pigs across diverse units of the National Park Service. The key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting a systematic review to assess current wild pig management practices and needs...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) awarded a $196,250 Cooperative Agreement under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028) to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC). The purpose of this 12-month award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, is to improve the management of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild cervid populations in Arkansas. Key activities funded under this Cooperative Agreement include: 1)...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Wildlife Services program (CFDA 10.028) provides $327,590.18 to Colorado State University for the project "METHODS DEVELOPMENT: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FERAL SWINE MANAGEMENT TO BENEFIT AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND REDUCE DISEASE SPREAD". The project will run from September 16, 2024 to September 15, 2026 and focus on developing methods and...

This cooperative agreement award from the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides $163,520.24 in funding to Stichting VU, also known as Vrije Universiteit, located in the Netherlands, to conduct research under the Wildlife Services federal grant program (CFDA #10.028). Specifically, the awardee will evaluate gene expression patterns along the outbreak front of African Swine Fever Virus in European wild boar populations. They will perform whole...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $153,598 cooperative agreement to Auburn University under the Wildlife Services federal grant program (CFDA 10.028) from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2023. The award will support research to understand the impacts of wild pigs on the spatial dynamics and population declines of eastern wild turkeys in the southeastern United States. Activities will include continued monitoring of turkey populations using...

The Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University will conduct research to improve understanding and prediction of spillover and spillback of scrapie virus 2 between humans and white-tailed deer populations under a $183,937 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Through workshops and a nationwide survey, the research aims to determine relationships between human values and behaviors relating to white-tailed deer, and identify...