This $325,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program, supports the Government of Guam's Department of Administration, Bureau of Statistics and Plans Division in executing the Guam Coral Reef Initiative (GCRI) and associated partner projects. The funding enables the Bureau's participation in the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (CRTF) meetings, All...
This $293,511 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), supports coral reef conservation efforts in Guam. The key products and services to be delivered include: Participation in the Micronesian Challenge task force and payment of annual dues. Funding a Coral Reef Policy and Communications Coordinator position. Providing administrative support for...
This $350,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (CFDA 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories) to the Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands, Division of Coastal Zone Management, will support coral reef restoration activities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The project will directly incorporate enhanced sexual reproduction techniques into the division's ongoing coral restoration efforts, a...
This $286,837 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (CFDA 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program) supports the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Division of Coastal Resources Management (DCRM) in executing five key coral reef conservation and management projects: Coordination and representation at the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force and annual Micronesian dues. Development of an eco-tour...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $324,374 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program to the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce (Community Planning and Development Programs) to facilitate and conduct coral restoration activities in five sites across Tutuila, Ofu, and Tau Islands. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Coral transplanting to restore critical...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, supports a collaboration between the National Park Service (NPS) and the University of Guam (UOG) to address the severe impacts of coral bleaching and loss on the reefs within Guam's waters, including in the War in the Pacific National Historical Park. The $185,605.67 award...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $318,242 Cooperative Agreement under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) for a project entitled "Rigorously Valuing the Coastal Hazard Risks Reduction Provided by Potential Coral Reef Restoration in the Territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands". The project will: 1) Assess coral reef restoration projects for coastal...
This $650,878 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1 under the Competitive State Wildlife Grant (C-SWG) Program (CFDA 15.634). The grant funds a four-year collaborative research project between the Guam Department of Agriculture's Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (GDAWR) and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). The key objectives of the project are to: i) bring Bumphead Parrotfish (locally known as Atuhung) to...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482), provides $725,891 to The Nature Conservancy to increase coral conservation and resilience knowledge in U.S. jurisdictions through capacity building and knowledge sharing activities. The award will support the development and implementation of trainings to help resource managers apply the latest science and strategies for effective coral reef...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482) aims to enhance the regional capacity of Pacific U.S. coral reef jurisdictions, including Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to prepare for and respond to major coral reef disturbances. The $373,070 grant, awarded on February 1, 2025, will be implemented over a four-year period and will focus on...