The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $218,785 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). This funding will allow the CNMI Invasive Species Coordinator to continue implementation of the CNMI Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan, which aims to prevent new invasive species introductions and mitigate...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $325,929 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The grant, awarded on August 19, 2024, will continue efforts to detect, eradicate, and implement preventative measures against the CRB (an unspecified invasive species). Funding will support acquiring an administrative...
The Office of Insular Affairs awarded $234,498 to the Office of the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program. This three-year project grant will support continued coordination efforts regarding invasive species through September 2025. Specifically, funding will be used to retain an Invasive Species Coordinator and recruit an Entomologist. The Coordinator will safeguard the CNMI Invasive Species...
The Office of Insular Affairs within the Department of the Interior will provide $130,623 through September 2025 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875) to support invasive species coordination activities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The CNMI Department of Lands and Natural Resources will continue assisting the local community through established sightings of the invasive Mucuna pruriens plant...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $450,000 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program (CFDA 15.875) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Lands and Natural Resources. The June 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024 project grant will enable the CNMI Brown Tree Snake Interdiction Program to prevent the introduction of brown tree snakes to the CNMI islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. Funding...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $319,567 Project Grant to the Office of the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The grant funding will support a 4-year effort to conserve and restore the flora ecosystems of the CNMI, improve climate resilience, respond to invasive species, and restore native species that have been threatened. Key...
The Department of the Interior Insular Affairs awarded a $450,000 Project Grant to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Lands and Natural Resources to support the Brown Tree Snake Program. This grant, funded through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), enables the Department of Lands and Natural Resources to conduct inspections, trapping, and rapid response operations to prevent the entry and establishment of brown...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), aims to strengthen the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' (CNMI) biosecurity framework and resilience against invasive species. The $285,934.46 grant, awarded on January 8, 2025, will fund several key objectives over the 4.7-year performance period ending on September 30, 2029. These...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $480,000 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources. The grant funding will support the 2024 CNMI Brown Treesnake Interdiction Program, which aims to prevent the entry and establishment of the invasive Brown Treesnake in the CNMI through a combination of...
The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $196,847.00 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) to the University of Guam (UOG) on September 1, 2023. The purpose of this award is to mitigate the risk of coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) spreading through the Micronesia region. Key activities to be performed include tree injections near ports, culturing Metarhizium majus and conidia...