Cooperative Agreement L12AC20323

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, through its Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), awarded $225,000 to the State of Washington Department of Agriculture on August 19, 2025, to continue its statewide noxious weed management program through December 31, 2029. The project will focus on developing and supplying biocontrol agents for release at appropriate sites, with particular emphasis on pre- and post-fire management strategies. Additionally, the grant will support...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) to the Otero Soil & Water Conservation District in New Mexico. The objective of this 1-year project is to be part of a multi-agency effort for the control of noxious and invasive weeds. Key activities include: 1) Inventorying and treating noxious weeds, 2) Restoring native vegetation, and 3) Developing educational materials on noxious weed...

The Colorado State University Sponsored Programs Division will provide $194,643.80 in noxious weed monitoring and treatment services to the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 through a Cooperative Agreement award under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance (CFDA 15.664) federal grant program. Services will include coordination meetings, establishment of a treatment calendar, preparatory mapping and equipment setup, and areal mapping of 16 noxious...

The Big Horn County Weed & Pest District will receive $420,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Region under the Good Neighbor Authority federal grant program (CFDA 15.015). The funding will support the District's ongoing efforts to control invasive and noxious weeds on Bureau of Land Management-administered lands through June 2023. Significant progress has been made in recent years of funding to diminish infestation levels and prevent the...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management awarded a $295,397.14 Cooperative Agreement to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) on October 1, 2023 under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230). This grant will fund a 5-year project to remove invasive primrose plants and restore the Laguna Creek area in California. The project aims to prevent, detect, control and monitor invasive plant populations on public lands to support the...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture received a $225,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to implement the Washington State Integrated Noxious Weed Management Project from February 2021 through December 2025. The grant funding will support noxious weed management efforts through the USDA Forest Service's Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), which aims to protect and manage non-federal forest resources from damaging insects, diseases,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $380,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection (CFDA 10.680) program to Sheridan County Weed & Pest Control in Wyoming. The grant funds will be used to develop and implement improved noxious weed control methods to mitigate the impacts of invasive plants on native landscapes and habitats in northern Wyoming. Specifically, Sheridan County Weed & Pest Control will apply herbicides, monitor invasive species...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $220,890 Project Grant to Mississippi Valley State University to investigate the effects of Nicandra physalodes, a plant containing alkaloids, on the growth and development of noxious weeds, including Pennisetum clandestinum (Kikuyu grass), Echinochloa crus-galli (Barnyard grass), and Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass). The research aims to explore an environmentally friendly, cost-effective integrated weed...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230), is providing $240,843.52 to the County of Iron, Utah to develop and implement a strategic Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. The goal is to prevent, detect, inventory, control, and monitor invasive and noxious weed populations on public and private lands within the Color Country Converging Restoration...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $190,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to support the Cooperative Support of Invasive Noxious Weed Control Program. The funding will be used by ODA to deliver a comprehensive range of invasive plant management services across Oregon, including statewide surveys, monitoring, sample testing, and data collection to prevent and control the spread...