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…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $423,464.13 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The grant will support nine projects over a 3-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to address the needs of Tennessee's Section 6 endangered species program. Key activities include monitoring of six listed fish species, propagation and reintroduction of one listed fish and one freshwater mussel species, survey and monitoring for numerous listed freshwater mussel species, survey and monitoring of one crayfish and one listed turtle, development of a monitoring plan for one listed snail, and an assessment of the vulnerability of one petitioned salamander species. The grant will enable the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and its partners, such as Conservation Fisheries Inc., Nashville Zoo, and Tennessee Technological University, to undertake critical conservation and recovery efforts for these threatened and endangered species in the state.

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 six listed fish species, propagation of one listed fish, survey and monitoring for numerous listed freshwater mussel species, propagation and reintroduction of one listed freshwater mussel species, survey and monitoring of one crayfish, survey of one listed turtle, survey for and development of a monitoring plan for 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. Nashville crayfish monitoring(orconectes shoupi) nashville ZOO recovery of duck river dartersnapper, in tennessee through propagation, reintroduciton, and monitoring (epioblasma ahlstedti) tennessee wildlife resources agency monitoring program for anguispira picta in sherwood forest: program development, habitat mapping and pilot study dinkins biological consulting LLC assessment of newly discovered barrens topminnow (fundulus julisia) population in the middle collins river - tennessee technological university assessing the vulnerability of the cumberland dusky salamander to climate and land-use change (desmognathus abditus) university of the south tennessee rare mussel management and monitoring tennessee wildlife resources agency and evaluation of spotfin chub population dynamics in the emory river watershed (erimonax monachus) tennessee technological university.