Cooperative Agreement L08AC14221

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8, under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program, provides $117,500 to the CAL Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU Foundation) to utilize environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques to improve understanding of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) rearing patterns in the Sacramento River system. By analyzing filtered water samples using...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded a $211,333 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Hawaii (UH) to develop a set of diagnostic markers for species identification of the Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni). The project aims to use whole genome sequencing and bioinformatics approaches to identify informative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that can differentiate between species within the B. tryoni complex. This work...

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 $100,000 to the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation to complete the development of genomic-based technology to increase the speed and efficiency of selecting white pine blister rust resistant and climate adapted whitebark pine seed sources for conservation and restoration efforts across its natural range in the U.S....

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, supports the next phase of developing environmental DNA (eDNA) based monitoring approaches for non-invasive monitoring of California vernal pool ecosystems under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). The $144,004 award will enable the University of California, Davis to finalize statistical analyses of eDNA metabarcoding data collected in prior phases,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $333,278.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program. The project will conduct genetic monitoring of returning adult and emigrating juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon in Clear and Battle Creeks in California's Central Valley. The key goals are to assess the colonization and population dynamics of this threatened salmon...

This $132,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4, under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660), will fund genetic analysis and population modeling to help inform conservation of the gopher frog (Lithobates capito). Tangled Bank Conservation will sequence thousands of genetic loci from 1,000 existing gopher frog samples across the species' range. They will assess phylogeographic structure, identify potential distinct...

The Nevada Division of Forestry will receive $166,667 under a Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 to conduct population monitoring and mapping of the rare Las Vegas bearpoppy plant species. Funded through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615), the Division will use drone technology to census approximately 4,000 hectares of potential habitat for the species across Clark County, Nevada. Deep learning AI will be used to identify, geolocate and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) provides $228,666.25 in funding to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to facilitate a comprehensive network of cooperative study units. The objective is to detect and monitor species of interest to park managers, other federal/state land managers, and the public using environmental DNA (eDNA) and genomics. Key activities...

This Project Grant award of $422,235 from the National Institute of Justice under the Forensics Training and Technical Assistance Program (CFDA 16.044) is focused on assessing the improved performance of Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) over traditional quantitative PCR (qPCR) for DNA quantification in forensic science. The objectives are to: Develop a 5-plex ddPCR assay using previously published qPCR targets for nuclear, mitochondrial, and control DNA. Conduct side-by-side experiments to compare...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program will fund the development of environmental DNA (eDNA) assays to detect priority aquatic invasive species (AIS) across a broad geographic range in the United States. The $499,432 award to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) will compile genetic information on target AIS and subsequently develop and validate...