Project Grant D26AP00057
- 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 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...
- 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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity's Plant Quarantine Branch under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant supports the department's comprehensive efforts to prevent the introduction and establishment of the invasive Brown Treesnake in Hawaii through three key functions: the Hawaii Detector Dog Program, the Survey and...
- 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 U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $100,000 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 funding will be used to implement a one-year project to detect and mitigate the invasive Little Fire Ant (LFA) before it becomes established in CNMI. Key activities include training CNMI biosecurity staff on LFA...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $320,213.16 Project Grant on Nov 6, 2025 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 will fund a 4-year project on the island of Rota to build upon previous successes in containing, reducing, and building resilience against invasive species infestations. Key...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs, under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program, will provide $171,335.00 to continue the eradication of the Mucuna pruriens invasive species in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The grant funding will be used to employ two invasive species field technicians to conduct slash and burn, mechanical, chemical, and biological methods...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program, awarded the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) a $249,544.32 project grant to aggressively and systematically manage invasive predators, such as rats and flatworms, that threaten the survival of endemic partulid tree snails on Rota Island. The project will deploy and evaluate direct management strategies for these invasive species, develop...
- 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 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Lands and Natural Resources (DLNR) was awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs. The grant supports the CNMI Brown Treesnake Interdiction Program, which aims to prevent the entry and establishment of brown treesnakes in the CNMI through a combination of active cargo inspections, use of detection tools, and rapid response surveys. Key activities include canine and visual inspections of incoming vessels and cargo, deployment of snake traps at CNMI ports, early detection surveys, and organization of rapid response searches in the event of a snake sighting. The grant period runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $550.0k | 10/23/25 |