Cooperative Agreement F21AC03202

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Threatened and Endangered Species Program (CFDA 15.246) provides $394,579.44 to the Monarch Joint Venture (MJV), a non-profit organization, to conduct a two-year case study examining the seasonality and activity patterns of monarch butterflies within the Cosumnes River watershed in California. The project aims to document when and how monarchs utilize available habitat in this...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $149,723 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) on December 20, 2024. The award supports a 2-year project to conduct an inventory of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and bumble bees (Bombus spp.), including plant-pollinator interactions, at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (WHIS) and Lassen Volcanic...

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...

The Zoological Society of San Diego, doing business as the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, will rear Laguna Mountains skipper butterflies for reintroduction under a $120,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance will breed and raise Laguna Mountains...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $295,000 Cooperative Agreement to Monarch Joint Venture (MJV), a non-profit organization, under the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684). The award, effective June 4, 2024 through December 31, 2026, supports MJV's efforts to provide monarch butterfly conservation education and professional development services. Through this funding, MJV will deliver scientific research, technical assistance, monitoring, conservation...

This $264,200 federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued on September 16, 2024 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, supports research to evaluate the impact of population declines on the genomic diversity of North American monarch butterflies. The primary activities under this award include collecting whole genome data from monarch butterfly samples, estimating effective population size and diversity metrics, and analyzing genomic diversity. The...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $319,975 cooperative agreement to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The funding will support habitat restoration activities within the 13-acre Lunada Canyon parcel to establish habitat for the federally endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly. Key deliverables include the removal of non-native vegetation and restoration...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660) provides $120,000 in funding to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (Suny ESF) to carry out a project focused on the conservation of the threatened Bog Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia menyanthevora) in New York. The key objectives of the project are to: (1) conduct comprehensive surveys using pheromone...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $668,163.04 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) supports the Monarch Joint Venture (MJV), a non-profit organization, in facilitating science-based monarch butterfly conservation through network and community engagement. The award, effective September 6, 2024 through August 31, 2029, enables MJV to provide scientific research, technical assistance, monitoring, conservation planning, and...

This $124,665 three-year Project Grant award from 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 endangered Behrens and Myrtles Silverspot butterflies on the Sonoma-Mendocino coast by expanding the coverage of their larval host plant, Viola adunca, in Fort Ross State Historic Park. The project will test the effectiveness of two restoration methods - seed dispersal and planting mature...