Project Grant F18AP00398

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $225,000 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the Minnesota Zoo. The grant funds a study to assess pesticide prevalence in habitats of three federally protected butterfly species - the Poweshiek skipperling, Mitchell's satyr, and Dakota skipper. The research aims to close knowledge gaps about pesticide exposure in currently occupied, extirpated, and potential reintroduction sites across the...

This $174,433.16 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) aims to advance the recovery of the frosted flatwoods salamander, a species faced with significant conservation challenges. The key activities of this 3-year project include expanding headstarting and habitat restoration efforts to bolster the Fort Stewart salamander metapopulation, conducting comprehensive surveys...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports the development and implementation of a sustainable captive rearing program for the endangered Island Marble Butterfly. The $150,000 award will enable Woodland Park Zoo, the primary awardee, to conduct a captive rearing partner workshop in 2024 and establish a long-term captive rearing program to produce approximately 125...

This $1,900,227.09 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) supports a multi-faceted project to aid recovery of the endangered Taylor's checkerspot butterfly in the Pacific Northwest. The key components of the project include: Funding three captive rearing programs in Washington and Oregon to bolster existing butterfly populations. Conducting sustained habitat...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $155,125.36 Cooperative Agreement on April 4, 2024 to The Understory Initiative, a non-profit organization based in Oregon. The funding is provided through the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (CFDA 15.234) program, which supports natural resource management and conservation projects on federal lands. Under this award, The Understory Initiative will conduct ecological monitoring and habitat conservation efforts focused...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660) provides $120,000 in funding to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (Suny ESF) to carry out a project focused on the conservation of the threatened Bog Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia menyanthevora) in New York. The key objectives of the project are to: (1) conduct comprehensive surveys using pheromone...

The Zoological Society of San Diego, doing business as the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, will rear Laguna Mountains skipper butterflies for reintroduction under a $120,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance will breed and raise Laguna Mountains...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657), provides $240,000 to Michigan State University to support conservation efforts for the Poweshiek skipperling, a federally endangered butterfly species, in Michigan. The project will apply targeted habitat and population monitoring programs to maintain a robust database of Poweshiek skipperling populations and...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $947,500.57, funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under the Adaptive Science Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.670), aims to reduce the extinction risk of the Eastern Regal Fritillary butterfly and other prairie-dependent pollinator species found at Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Training Center in Pennsylvania. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Advancing prairie restoration efforts, 2) Evaluating the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to the New Hampshire Fish & Game department. The funding will support conservation actions to recover the Karner blue butterfly population in the Merrimack-Nashua River System Recovery Unit. Key activities include: Updating the captive rearing laboratory to maintain capacity for releasing Karner blue butterflies back into the wild. Conducting...