Project Grant F15AP00797

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) received a $242,090 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the agency's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support UTRGV's efforts from June 1, 2023 to May 1, 2024 to reduce invasive Brazilian peppertree populations through the development and evaluation of a newly approved biological control...

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) will receive $268,951 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to mass produce, release, and assess biological control releases of Tamarixia radiata against the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Louisiana from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. Deliverables under the award will include the numbers of beneficial insects...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region awarded a 5-year, $310,000 Project Grant to Houston Wilderness, a non-profit organization, under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant supports Houston Wilderness' riparian reforestation efforts in smaller high-risk neighborhoods in Texas. Specifically, Houston Wilderness is producing and distributing tree seeds and seedlings to replant riparian areas, as well as implementing green stormwater...

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), will provide $250,195.68 in biological control agents to reduce the risk of spread of Huanglongbing (HLB), a citrus disease, into Texas and California. Through the Cooperative Agreement award made on June 1, 2021 under the USDA APHIS Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), UTRGV will mass...

This $455,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey will support the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in its efforts to examine and repopulate endangered plant species impacted by border wall construction in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Over four years, the university will conduct field surveys; collect seeds; establish a plant nursery; grow thousands of endangered plants from seed; transplant newly grown plants into suitable habitats; monitor transplantation...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 8 (Southern Region), awarded Texas A&M Forest Service a $330,222 Project Grant under the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680) effective September 10, 2025, through September 9, 2030. The grant funds state agency capacity building for the prevention, detection, and eradication of invasive insects, diseases, and invasive plants affecting forest resources in Texas. Funding supports...

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will acquire, identify, and screen fungal pathogens of the Asian citrus psyllid under a $157,161 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The purpose of this award provided through the agency's Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA #10.025) is to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to restore 5,000 acres of 12-18 year old bottomland hardwood forest stands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. The project will use targeted herbicide treatments to control undesirable tree species and perform crop-tree release to improve the forest composition. This will create an abundance of...

Summary of Federal Cooperative Agreement Award The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley received a $148,342 Cooperative Agreement from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. The agreement aims to develop monitoring capacity for Central American locust surveillance in the Lower Rio Grande Valley by recruiting and training six...

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was awarded a $282,264 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The award will fund UTRGV's efforts to mass-produce, release, and assess the impact of the biological control agent Tamarixia radiata for controlling the Asian Citrus Psyllid in northern Mexico. Key objectives...