Project Grant 18DG11420004125

This two-year cooperative agreement award of $101,707 from the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will fund a project at Michigan State University to assess radial growth and canopy condition of eastern hemlock trees treated with imidacloprid or dinotefuran to control hemlock woolly adelgid. Specifically, the awardee will quantify annual and mean radial growth and current condition of 110 hemlock trees with known histories of hemlock woolly adelgid infestation...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to Cornell University to conduct research on hemlock woolly adelgid predators on the West Coast and rear them for release and research on the East Coast. The 4.5-year project, which runs from March 2024 through September 2028, aims to identify natural predators of the hemlock woolly adelgid and evaluate their potential for use in managing this...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region awarded a $120,000 cooperative agreement to the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Energy & Environment Cabinet to address the hemlock woolly adelgid infestation. Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Restoration/Revegetation program (CFDA 10.717), the awardee will treat hemlock trees for the woolly adelgid from Feb 3, 2023 through Sep 30, 2027. The IIJA established new funds to support natural resource infrastructure and...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to the West Virginia State Department of Agriculture's Administrative Services division to support Hemlock Woolly Adelgid suppression efforts in West Virginia from June 2021 through June 2024. Under the Forest Health Protection federal grant program (CFDA #10.680), grant funds will support activities to protect and manage non-federal forest resources from damaging forest insects like the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. With...

The Owasco Watershed Lake Association Inc. was awarded a $190,827 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct hemlock woolly adelgid suppression activities in the Owasco Lake Watershed under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664). The funding will support the Association's efforts through December 2024 to manage the spread of the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, a serious pest that threatens eastern hemlock trees....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a $340,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry. This grant will fund a comprehensive initiative to survey and suppress the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, an invasive forest pest, across Ohio's forests. The project will span from March 2024 through June 2028, with the goal of protecting and managing the state's non-federal...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $2.5 million cooperative agreement to the New York Department of Agriculture & Markets from April 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The cooperative agreement funding supports the TREE WOOD PEST INITIATIVE - ALB ERADICATION PROGRAM, which aims to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $260,000 Project Grant to the Agriculture West Virginia State Department, doing business as Administrative Services, under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680). The grant, awarded on Aug 14, 2023, will fund efforts to enhance the suppression of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, an invasive pest, in West Virginia. The work will be performed over a period of 5 years, with a target completion date of Jun 15, 2028. The...

Summary: Rhode Island Spotted Lanternfly Delimitation and Response The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) received a cooperative agreement award of $166,408 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) for the period of August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026. The award supports delimitation survey and rapid response activities targeting an...

This cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides $602,652 to Bioprodex, Inc. to gather data for the registration of Verticillium nonalfalfae as a bioherbicide to control tree-of-heaven weed (Ailanthus altissima), a key host plant for the regulated pest spotted lanternfly. The award period is from May 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023. The work supports the agency's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal...