The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $486,628.28 Project Grant (Federal Grant Award ID D23AP00240) to the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce, doing business as Community Planning and Development Programs, on August 10, 2023. This grant funding will support the ongoing trapping efforts of the American Samoa Government to control remaining populations of invasive birds on Tutuila Island, thereby reducing their impact on native animals. The grant...
This Project Grant award, provided by 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), will enable the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce to enhance its invasive species eradication practices. The $100,000 award, effective January 7, 2025 through September 30, 2029, will support the development of a comprehensive surveillance and documentation system to monitor and track...
This $365,800 Project Grant was awarded on September 23, 2024 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). The funding will support the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce in procuring equipment and training staff to implement border biosecurity fumigation and incineration procedures for invasive pest species. The key project deliverables include: Establishing the...
This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) provides $850,000 to the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce's Community Planning and Development Programs. The funding will support the rehabilitation and restoration of disturbed lands, coastal landscapes, and ecosystems in American Samoa through a native seed propagation and...
The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $280,000 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce on July 2, 2024. The grant, with a performance period through September 30, 2028, will support the department's implementation of the DSAR Emergency Transportation and Maintenance MAP Program. This program aims to address critical needs in American Samoa...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $714,806 Formula Grant to the American Samoa Government Office of the Governor, Division of the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources. This grant is funded through the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (CFDA 15.611) and will support projects to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance wild bird and mammal populations and their habitats in American Samoa. Key activities include data collection and monitoring of seabird species,...
The American Samoa Government was awarded a $221,876.57 Formula Grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 for the period of October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety program (CFDA 15.611), which provides funding to state, commonwealth, and territorial fish and wildlife agencies for projects to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance wild birds, mammals, and their habitats....
This $168,424 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.605 - Sport Fish Restoration) supports the American Samoa Government's Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) in managing and implementing fishery investigation projects. Key activities include grant administration, project management, labor distribution, procurement, reporting, financial monitoring, staff training, and presenting project data and results. The award...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $166,168 Formula Grant under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program to the American Samoa Government's Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR). The grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will fund marine turtle conservation efforts in American Samoa, including nesting beach monitoring on Tutuila and Manu'a islands, 24-hour stranding response and necropsy to mitigate...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, provides $255,680.00 to the Guam Department of Agriculture's Aquatic and Wildlife Resources Division. The funding will support staff and resources needed to manage captive populations of two endemic Guam species, the Ko Ko Hypotaenidia owstoni and Sihek Todirapmphus cinnamomina, which were brought into captivity to...