Project Grant 16DG11011100032

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $343,890 Cooperative Agreement to the Mattole Restoration Council (MRC) under the Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230) to provide invasive plant control and ecosystem restoration services in Northern California. The performance period for this 5-year award is from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028. MRC, a non-profit community organization, will use the funding to implement an integrated pest management approach to...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $2.2 million Project Grant to Texas A&M Agrilife Research under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to scale up precision sustainable integrated weed management solutions to U.S. field crop producers from March 2021 through March 2026. As part of the EQIP program's goal of promoting agricultural production and environmental quality, Texas A&M will work with University of Illinois, Iowa State University, and Virginia Tech on...

The Utah Weed Supervisors Association will receive $230,000 through a Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. The grant is part of the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) and will fund the Invasive Plant Cost Share Program from June 2021 through June 2026. Through this program, the Utah Weed Supervisors Association will protect and manage non-federal forest and tree resources in Utah from damaging...

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 University of Montana, through a $128,166 cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Land Management's Invasive and Noxious Plant Management program (CFDA 15.230), will develop vegetation mapping methods and products to identify the extent and distribution of the annual invasive grass species Ventenata dubia (ventenata) in eastern Montana. The project will involve the BLM Miles City Field Office working with the University's Spatial Analysis Lab to provide field data on known ventenata...

Root Applied Sciences Inc. was awarded a $175k Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture on July 15, 2022 to develop and optimize an in-field, automated detection system for airborne grapevine powdery mildew spores. The funding supports work under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, which provides funding to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through...

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 Utah Weed Supervisors Association (UWSA) received a $226,000 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. The grant was awarded under the Forest Health Protection federal grant program (CFDA 10.680) on July 11, 2022 for a five-year period concluding on June 30, 2027. Under the award, UWSA will provide cooperative cost sharing for invasive plant programs. Specifically, UWSA will work to protect and manage...

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 Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $214,500 cooperative agreement to CAB International to develop environmentally safe and effective biological control agents for several invasive weed species in the United States. The award, made under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001), will support CAB International's work from June 2021 through July 2022 to biologically control invasive species through the development of targeted...