To address the needs of the section 6 endangered species program of the tennessee wildlife resources agency, funding is necessary to support implementation of the conservation and recovery projects…

This 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) provides $471,085.39 to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to support implementation of conservation and recovery projects for 7 listed fish species, 1 listed mussel, 1 crayfish, 1 listed turtle, 1 listed snail, and 1 petitioned salamander species in Tennessee. Key projects include propagation and reintroduction of rare fish and mussels, habitat restoration, monitoring, and assessments of species' status and vulnerability. Sub-awards were provided to partner organizations such as Conservation Fisheries Inc., Tennessee Technological University, Nashville Zoo, Zoo Knoxville, The Nature Conservancy, and the University of the South to collaborate on these conservation initiatives. The grant period runs from July 31, 2023 through June 30, 2026.

To address the needs of the section 6 endangered species program of the tennessee wildlife resources agency, funding is necessary to support implementation of the conservation and recovery projects for listed species. Projects to be implemented include the monitoring of 7 listed fish species, propagation of one listed fish, survey and monitoring of one listed mussel, propagation and reintroduction of two listed mussel species, survey and monitoring of one crayfish, survey of one listed turtle, survey and development of one listed snail and assessing the vulnerability of one salamander petitioned species. Funding associated with this grant opportunity will support nine projects covering a host of listed species in the state. These projects include: propagation, reintroduction, and monitoring of rare tennessee fishes 2023 2025 conservation fisheries INC. ( 90,000), a reassessment of the status and distribution of the pale lilliput (toxolasma cylindrellus) tennessee technological university ( 52,881), nashville crayfish monitoring nashville ZOO ( 11,000), shady valley BOG turtle habitat restoration ZOO knoxville and the nature conservancy ( 28,233), recovery of duck river dartersnapper, epioblasma ahlstedti, in tennessee through propagation, reintroduciton, and monitoring tennessee wildlife resources agency ( 54,500), monitoring program for anguispira picta in sherwood forest: program development, habitat mapping and pilot study dinkins biological consulting LLC ( 13,761), environmental DNA surveillance of the chucky madtom (noturus crypticus) tennessee technological university ( 45,270), assessment of newly discovered barrens topminnow (fundulus julisia) population in the middle collins river - tennessee technological university ( 20,751), assessing the vulnerability of the cumberland dusky salamander (desmognathus abditus) to climate and land-use change university of the south ( 7,747).