Project Grant DESC0025172

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 15.655) provides $511,109 to Biodiversity Research Institute to further develop and expand upon the existing Stochastic Collision Risk Assessment for Movement (SCRAM) web application. The SCRAM models and web tool estimate the risk of avian collisions with offshore wind energy turbines in the U.S. Atlantic region using movement data...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $252,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation program (CFDA 15.655) to Pacificorp's Rocky Mountain Power division. The study aims to quantify the effects of painting a single turbine blade black on eagle fatality rates at wind turbines, as well as determine impacts on non-eagle bird and bat species. This research will help federal and state regulatory agencies understand the potential impacts...

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement to Iowa State University of Science and Technology under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this 2.5-year project is to develop and demonstrate active and passive ultrasonic deterrents for wind turbines to reduce bat strikes. Key objectives include optimizing the acoustic performance of the deterrents, validating...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Boise State University a $999,904 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to conduct research and development on acoustic deterrents for protecting bats at wind energy facilities. The project aims to determine the most effective acoustic deterrent stimuli to reduce bat activity at wind turbines based on factors like predictability, frequency, and...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $292,721 Project Grant to Purdue University under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to track the migratory behavior and winter activity of endangered bat species in Mammoth Cave National Park. The research will use the MOTUS wildlife tracking system to monitor the movement of Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and tricolored bats as they migrate and congregate at fall swarm sites. The...

Under this Cooperative Agreement awarded July 1, 2025, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) through its Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660), the University of California, Davis will conduct genetic research on little brown bat populations across northern Canada and the Pacific Northwest. The primary deliverable is a comprehensive characterization of region-wide population structure and genetic connectivity of maternity colonies using genotyping by sequencing technology....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $299,666.67 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct a multi-year study on the presence, absence, and seasonal activity of the endangered northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) and the proposed-for-listing tricolor bat (Perimyotis subflavus) at Camp Shelby,...

This $1,228,154.45 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684) supports the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABAT). NABAT is an interagency initiative designed to monitor bat distribution and abundance across North America, providing critical data to inform conservation management decisions. Through this award, the Wildlife Management Institute, Inc. will deliver a comprehensive...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $287,596.98 to the University of Massachusetts to develop a population viability analysis for the Northwest Atlantic roseate tern population. The objectives are to assess the risk faced by this species from offshore wind energy development, estimate apparent survival rates, create an integrated population model, and conduct a...

Fisheries Vulnerability Assessment for Floating Offshore Wind Development Oregon State University (OSU) was awarded $1.087 million under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) on August 1, 2025, to conduct a comprehensive Fisheries Vulnerability Assessment addressing the potential impacts of floating offshore wind (FOSW) development on Oregon's commercial fisheries. The two-year project, extending...