This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program provides $188,679.25 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to conduct research on aquatic species distribution modeling to inform recovery and conservation efforts in the southeastern United States. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year award (05/15/2024 - 07/31/2028) include: Developing species distribution models (SDMs) for a suite...
This Project Grant award, valued at $185,334 and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), aims to document and describe the habitat use and abundance of juvenile Atlantic sturgeon in the Mattaponi River, a tributary of the York River Estuary in Virginia. The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: (1) build tribal recovery capacity through technical training, traditional ecological knowledge integration,...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $238,550 Cooperative Agreement to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to monitor the status and trends of the fish community downstream of Glen Canyon Dam along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon area. The main objectives are to: 1) Estimate the relative abundance and distribution of key fish species like rainbow trout,...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $113,207.55 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program to Oklahoma State University (OSU) for a project titled "Gear Efficiency and Habitat Use of Age-1 Pallid Sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River." The project aims to assess the capture probability and habitat use of young (age-1) pallid sturgeon, an endangered species, in the lower Missouri River. OSU will use various sampling gears and ultrasonic...
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) to conduct a monitoring effort to precisely characterize discards from charter reef fish trips off the coast of Georgia. Experienced fisheries staff will act as observers onboard fishing trips to record detailed data on fishing locations, times, depths, discard type, treatment,...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program (CFDA 15.628) provides $176,029 to Colorado State University (CSU) to develop databases of brook trout population surveys and stream temperature measurements, model and rank watersheds for trout habitat suitability under climate change, and visualize this spatial information for use by trout managers across the 16 states encompassing the native brook trout...
This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) provides $137,574 to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to conduct research and public engagement aimed at improving the understanding of migratory patterns, demographics, and population estimates for Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon in the Gulf of Maine. The key activities to be delivered through this 3-year project include: 1) maximizing the...
This Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $234,256 in funding to Conservation Fisheries, Inc. (CFI) to implement a 3-year demonstration project. The project aims to transition priority endangered fish propagation and reintroduction activities from CFI to National Fish Hatcheries (NFHs) in the Southeast region. This will increase the capacity of the U.S. Fish and...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $156,067.53 Formula Grant under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC). The funding will be used to: Assess the potential spread and invasion of an introduced dusky salamander species (Desmognathus monticola) into Oklahoma and its potential impacts on two native salamander species of greatest conservation need (Eurycea tynerensis and E. spelaea); Conduct...
This $188,679 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey will fund research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University examining appropriate survey standards for bat species impacted by white-nose syndrome. The research will determine optimal acoustic sampling and mist netting levels of effort, duration, and sites to conclusively assess presence or absence of the endangered Indiana bat, threatened northern long-eared bat, and at-risk little brown and tricolored bats....