Cooperative Agreement N624702320003

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 $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...

This $916,173 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) aims to develop a user-friendly conservation tool to help land managers prioritize actions to restore declining grassland bird populations across North America. The project will collect data on migratory patterns, genetic health, and reproductive output of three grassland bird species to build a genomically-informed, full annual cycle, integrated...

This $1,220,321 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) will support a project to systematically collect native plant seeds from the Waianae and Koolau mountains in Hawaii. The project aims to initiate a native plant materials supply chain and seed production efforts to support habitat restoration and ecosystem resilience on Army installations and adjacent partner...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $408,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Guam (UOG) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). The purpose of the award is to address high priority recovery actions for the critically endangered Serianthes nelsonii tree species, endemic to the Mariana Islands of Guam and Rota. The key activities to be performed under this 3-year project include: Examining the edaphic (soil)...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $108,170 to the University of Montana to evaluate threats to at-risk amphibian species in the western United States. The project aims to investigate how factors such as drought, non-native predators, habitat loss, and pathogens are impacting the distribution and abundance of priority amphibian species including the Northern Leopard Frog, Arizona Toad,...

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 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Mississippi State University under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to develop novel molecular tools for early detection and rapid response to invasive aquatic species. The funding will support a research team at Mississippi State University to develop, optimize, and validate environmental DNA (eDNA) PCR protocols for five invasive freshwater fish species. The researchers will publish the...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, provides $255,680.00 to the Guam Department of Agriculture's Aquatic and Wildlife Resources Division. The funding will support staff and resources needed to manage captive populations of two endemic Guam species, the Ko Ko Hypotaenidia owstoni and Sihek Todirapmphus cinnamomina, which were brought into captivity to...

This Project Grant award of $379,593 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.615) to the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) in Puerto Rico. The funding will support various initiatives to conserve and recover threatened and endangered species, including: Continuing to support the propagation and monitoring of the Puerto Rican crested toad (Peltophryne...