Project Grant F22AP00055

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $136,318 Cooperative Agreement under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to The Ohio State University. The project will develop a population model using statistical catch-at-age analysis to estimate age-specific abundance, mortality, and recruitment dynamics of nonnative channel catfish in the San Juan River basin. This model will assess how annual recruitment is impacted by spawner biomass and environmental variation,...

This $188,679 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey will fund research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University examining appropriate survey standards for bat species impacted by white-nose syndrome. The research will determine optimal acoustic sampling and mist netting levels of effort, duration, and sites to conclusively assess presence or absence of the endangered Indiana bat, threatened northern long-eared bat, and at-risk little brown and tricolored bats....

This federal 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 $213,333.34 to the State of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks (MDWFP) for a 3-year intensive long-term study of alligator snapping turtle (AST) populations. The project has two main components: 1) mark-recapture surveys at five established AST populations across four major river...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program provides $188,679.25 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to conduct research on aquatic species distribution modeling to inform recovery and conservation efforts in the southeastern United States. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year award (05/15/2024 - 07/31/2028) include: Developing species distribution models (SDMs) for a suite...

This $132,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4, under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660), will fund genetic analysis and population modeling to help inform conservation of the gopher frog (Lithobates capito). Tangled Bank Conservation will sequence thousands of genetic loci from 1,000 existing gopher frog samples across the species' range. They will assess phylogeographic structure, identify potential distinct...

This $367,734.26 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program will fund a comprehensive study of the genetic population structure and health of Blanding's turtles in the Great Lakes region. The primary objectives are to: 1) Quantify the redundancy of Blanding's turtle populations by identifying distinct genetic conservation units; 2) Assess the resiliency of populations by evaluating genetic...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $108,170 to the University of Montana to evaluate threats to at-risk amphibian species in the western United States. The project aims to investigate how factors such as drought, non-native predators, habitat loss, and pathogens are impacting the distribution and abundance of priority amphibian species including the Northern Leopard Frog, Arizona Toad,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $426,061 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to Rural Action Inc., a non-profit organization serving Appalachian Ohio. The funding supports efforts to restore wildlife habitat in riparian and associated upland areas with historic and current Eastern Hellbender populations. The 3-year project, running from March 2024 to February 2027, will provide conservation...

This $139,750 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) supports a project to track the movements, habitat use, and conservation of the Northern Mudpuppy, a keystone salamander species in Michigan's coastal ecosystems. The project will employ acoustic telemetry, PIT tagging, and photo documentation to map the spatial and temporal movements of up to 55 mudpuppies across 30 miles of riverine habitat in the St. Clair, Detroit, and...

This $246,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program aims to support conservation of the endangered Spotted Turtle across its range in the Southeastern U.S. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources will lead efforts to: 1) identify priority habitats and improve habitat quality and quantity for Spotted Turtles, 2) conduct demographic assessments to evaluate population viability in six states, 3) refine sampling...