Project Grant F26AP00045

This Project Grant award of $177,895.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684) will fund research to quantify the impacts of climate change on cave microclimates and their effects on white-nose syndrome dynamics in tricolored bats across 60 caves in the southeastern United States. The primary awardee, North Carolina State University, will collaborate with a sub-awardee, the University...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247), will support a multi-year monitoring and disease surveillance program focused on three migratory nectar-feeding bat species of conservation concern in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The $295,860.72 award, with a performance period from September 24, 2025 to September 24, 2027, will fund assessments of the presence of...

This $139,365.24 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.615 - Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund) will support the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) in gathering scientific data on threatened, endangered, and at-risk plant species within the state of Alabama. The key goals and deliverables for this 10/1/2024 - 9/30/2025 grant period include improving habitat, conducting genetic analyses, and...

This $1,228,154.45 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684) supports the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABAT). NABAT is an interagency initiative designed to monitor bat distribution and abundance across North America, providing critical data to inform conservation management decisions. Through this award, the Wildlife Management Institute, Inc. will deliver a comprehensive...

This $191,220 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the CFDA 15.808 Research and Data Collection program, supports research to assess the impacts of contaminants on bat populations in the context of Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) cases. The primary objectives are to: 1) Review how bats are considered in existing NRDAR cases, including exposure pathways, species traits, and contaminant classes; 2) Identify NRDAR cases likely to...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $285,714.29 cooperative agreement to Bat Conservation International, Inc. from November 1, 2021 through December 30, 2025 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The award will support collaboration between the awardee and the funding agency to process and share North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) data. The Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program aims...

This $171,980.84 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program will fund a 3-year survey of bat communities in southeastern Oklahoma. The grant will be sub-awarded to the University of Oklahoma to: Re-survey 11 sites and add 2 new sites to assess the presence, relative abundance, and health status of bat species of greatest conservation need, some of which were last surveyed nearly 30 years...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $299,666.67 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct a multi-year study on the presence, absence, and seasonal activity of the endangered northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) and the proposed-for-listing tricolor bat (Perimyotis subflavus) at Camp Shelby,...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will receive $1.7 million from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety (CFDA 15.611) Formula Grant program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding will support the Illinois Bat Conservation Program to survey bats and establish baseline data on bat species occurrences, activity patterns, reproduction, and diet in the state. This data will be housed in databases to inform...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) provides $1,333,333.34 to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) to support the development of a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for eight endangered bat species. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include ongoing HCP planning and coordination, preparation of the first and second administrative HCP drafts, and...