Eradication of rats and rodents, as well as other invasive species in island ecosystems has been proven to be the most effective action to restore island ecosystems
Ended Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- F23AC01681
- Recipient
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Effective Environmental Restoration (Eer), Inc. UEI EPNYDTU8SMJ8
- Awarding agency
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DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
- Obligated
- $120,690
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 15.630 Coastal
- Completion date
- Originally
- Funding
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- $98,890.00 Federal
- $21,800.00 Non-federal
- Funding agency
- DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
- Place of performance
- Puerto Rico
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Description
There is a body of 30 years of work and over 900 projects by island conservation, EER and others that has demonstrated the success of this approach. When rodents or other invasive vertebrates are eradicated nature brings back the ecosystems on the islands. Plants, birds and other species repopulate the islands, including endangered and threatened listed species and candidate species. Eradication of rats from several islands in puerto rico and the U.S. Virgin islands by dner, U.S. Virgin islands (usvi) department of planning and natural resources (dpnr), and other organizations has enabled significant recovery, to the U.S. Virgin islands tree BOA and several seabirds (pierce 2007 tolson ET AL. 2008). EER has had excellent success in previous eradication projects on others coastal habitat. For example, in 2010 in ratones and cardona islands, in 2015 in isla DEL frio, in 2018 in cayo lobo national wildlife refuge in culebra, among others. This last one in an important breeding area for the audubon shearwater. The project eradication of black rats (rattus rattus) on berbera CAY projects long term goal is to restore this coastal habitat through the eradication of invasive black rats and green iguanas on this small CAY in southern P.R. As a result, birds, reptiles, invertebrates, and plant life will come back to the CAY and the ecosystem will be restored. A long-term monitoring study of the effects of the RAT eradication on the cays biodiversity will be done to demonstrate success.
Transactions
| Action | Federal | Non-federal | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $0 | $0 | |
| Original award | $98,890 | $21,800 |
Quick answers
Who received award F23AC01681?
F23AC01681 was awarded to Effective Environmental Restoration (Eer), Inc. by DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9 (Fish and Wildlife Service) on October 1, 2023.
How much is award F23AC01681 worth?
$120,690 has been obligated on F23AC01681: $98,890 in federal funding and $21,800 in non-federal funding.
Which agency awarded F23AC01681?
DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9 (Fish and Wildlife Service) awarded F23AC01681, with funding from DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 (Fish and Wildlife Service).
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