Project Grant 106522001Q4920

The Lindner Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden will conduct a $394,875 project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program to identify reasons for low reproductive rates among polar bears in zoos and improve propagation and breeding management strategies. Working with the Polar Bear Species Survival Plan and U.S. zoos housing polar bears, CREW scientists will quantify a suite of...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 will fund the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission's grizzly bear monitoring and management programs from July 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. The award supports the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team in determining population trends, distribution, habitat use, food habits, and survival rates of grizzly bears in southern Bear Management Units within the Yellowstone ecosystem. Data collected will be...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) provides $511,998 to the University of California, Santa Cruz to investigate the effects of rapid population decline and past conservation management on brown bear (Ursus arctos) populations in the lower 48 states. The key products and services to be delivered through this 5-year project include: Developing new genetic tools to rapidly sequence and identify individual brown bears using...

This five-year Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 totals $130,802.85 to support the Alaska Department of Fish & Game's project to collect and analyze black bear DNA samples from Anchorage Bowl and Game Management Unit 14C through June 2028. The project aims to better understand black bear population dynamics and genetic relatedness in the target areas to guide the Municipality of Anchorage and local community councils in addressing...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $714,286 cooperative agreement to the Caff International Secretariat, the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council, to support overall CAFF Working Group project work from 2023-2027. This funding, provided under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664), will support the Caff International Secretariat's organizational management, program administration, and coordination efforts related to the conservation of...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $413,621 to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside to investigate the impact of population decline and conservation management efforts on the genomic diversity of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the lower 48 states of the U.S. The project will develop new genetic tools to rapidly identify individual bears using non-invasive samples, and analyze both historical...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $4,012,743 Formula Grant to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (CFDA 15.611) program. This 7-year grant will fund efforts to produce accurate and contemporary population estimates for the South Georgia black bear population. The grant supports data collection activities including genetic hair-snare sampling, camera-trapping, and GPS collaring to...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission's Fiscal Division. This funding supports the Department's Grizzly Bear Program, which involves monitoring and management projects to determine population characteristics, habitat use, and management of grizzly bear interactions with livestock and humans in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Wyoming. The project...

This $1,228,154.45 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684) supports the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABAT). NABAT is an interagency initiative designed to monitor bat distribution and abundance across North America, providing critical data to inform conservation management decisions. Through this award, the Wildlife Management Institute, Inc. will deliver a comprehensive...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation under the Adaptive Science program (CFDA 15.670) to support monitoring of fuel management projects for sensitive species from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. The award will fund monitoring the effects of planned fuels management projects on Pacific fishers in Klamath National Forest and synthesizing previously documented wildlife responses to...