Cooperative Agreement F23AC02238

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 monitoring and larval surveys to delineate the current geographic distribution and relative abundance of the species, and (2) develop a captive rearing program with the goal of reintroducing the species to formerly occupied sites. The award period runs from June 26, 2023 to June 25, 2025.