Project Grant 21DG11052021225

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $137,000 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) to Michigan State University to develop and maintain The National Emerald Ash Borer Website. The grant is active from Sep 6, 2024 through Aug 31, 2029. The Forest Health Protection program supports activities to protect and manage non-federal forest and tree resources from damaging insects, diseases, and invasive plants. This project grant will enable...

This $600,000 Project Grant was awarded by the USDA Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to Glacierland Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. in April 2024. The funding will support a 4-year initiative to protect northeast Wisconsin forests from the cascading effects of emerald ash borer and Phragmites invasion. Key activities include: Developing genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings Producing and distributing seedlings for...

The Monroe County Soil And Water Conservation District was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Forest Service's Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on February 12, 2024. The grant will fund reforestation efforts in response to Emerald Ash Borer infestations that have decimated ash trees in the Great Lakes region. The 3-year project aims to develop genetically improved tree seedlings, produce and distribute them for reforestation, and undertake other landscape...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by 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 federal grant program (CFDA 10.025), aims to improve an artificial diet-based rearing system for the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) and the parasitoids being released to control it. The $130,855 award to the University of Richmond will fund efforts to increase neonate to late instar larval survival on extruded...

The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $122,527 cooperative agreement to the University of Richmond to improve artificial diet-based rearing systems for controlling the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). The goal is to maximize production of EAB parasitoid wasps for release under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). Specifically, the University will study diet nutrition and texture to increase...

The Michigan State University was awarded a $111,469 cooperative agreement from the US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). The project will gather objective information on the direct and indirect effects of the emerald ash borer invasion in black ash ecosystems. Michigan State University will quantify forest conditions and emerald ash borer impacts at varying...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by 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 Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), supports continued research on the effects and persistence of parasitoids of the invasive Emerald Ash Borer across the Midwest. The University of New Hampshire, through its Office of Sponsored Research, will monitor Emerald Ash Borer and parasitoid population...

This $198,442 Cooperative Agreement awarded by 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) is intended to continue assessing the impact of biocontrol agents released against the Emerald Ash Borer in Maryland. The recipient, the University of Maryland, College Park, will monitor parasitoid establishment, Emerald Ash Borer impact, and ash tree health at sites across...

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....

The Village of Schaumburg in Illinois was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Eastern Region to implement the Schaumburg Emerald Ash Borer Reforestation Program. The grant, provided through the Community Project Funds - Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA #10.723), will support efforts to replant trees in the village following the loss of ash trees to the invasive Emerald Ash Borer beetle. Specifically, the funding will be used...