Project Grant F26AP00117
- 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 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684), will support research to understand the progression of white-nose syndrome, a devastating fungal disease affecting bat populations, in Western U.S. regions. The $162,499 award to Northern Arizona University will focus on surveillance of the causative fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans across four Western states...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684), focuses on elucidating the population genetics and connectivity of tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus) and monitoring the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans and its impact, white-nose syndrome, across the southern leading edge of the disease. The $220,249.94 award to Kennesaw State University Research And...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Oregon State University (OSU) a $385,709 Project Grant under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684) to advance solutions for controlling the fungal pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome in North American bat populations. The key products and services to be delivered through this 20-month grant include: Evaluating the lack of non-target effects of the proposed gene-silencing...
- The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $132,710 Project Grant to Bioconciencia A.C. from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024 under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684). The grant will support continued efforts to document winter bat ecology in Mexico and assess potential entry and spread of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) fungus. Key activities include winter colony counts and searches for new bat hibernacula, with...
- This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684), provides $340,771 to Bat Conservation International, Inc. (BCI) to consolidate efforts for colony monitoring and Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) surveillance across the range of Myotis velifer (cave myotis) in five U.S. states and two Mexican states. The key objectives are to 1) build a summer and colony count data pipeline to...
- This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684) will provide $325,110 to the University of Montana to conduct research on the impacts of white-nose syndrome on bat populations. The key products and services to be delivered include: Generating whole genome sequences from cave myotis bat specimens to identify genes associated with different disease outcomes and assess the susceptibility of...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded University of California, Davis $162,723 under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660) on July 1, 2025, for a two-year cooperative agreement extending through June 30, 2027. The award funds genetic research to characterize the population structure and connectivity of little brown bats across northern Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Using genotyping by sequencing methodology, UC Davis...
- This $149,336.26 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program, CFDA 15.664) to South Dakota State University (SDSU) supports a 4-year research project to generate essential data on the presence, distribution, habitat needs, and prevalence of white-nose syndrome in bat species within South Dakota. Key activities include collecting and analyzing acoustic bat data at 50 sites,...
- This $195,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684) will fund a two-year continuous monitoring project to characterize critical habitats and roosting areas for three bat species impacted by white-nose syndrome in the central Great Plains along the Missouri River. The project will acoustically monitor 15 core sites year-round and survey an additional 90 summer sites to document...
THE YUROK TRIBE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (YTWD) MONITORS WILDLIFE POPULATIONS AND CONDUCTS MANAGEMENT TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS ON TRIBAL LANDS. MONITORING WILDLIFE POPULATIONS IS NECESSARY FOR MANAGING INVASIVE DISEASE AGENTS, SUCH AS PSEUDOGYMNOASCUS DESTRUCTANS (PD), THE CAUSE OF WHITE NOSE SYNDROME (WNS) IN NORTH AMERICAN BATS. THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR MONITORING BAT POPULATIONS TO ASSESS STATUSES AND TRENDS THROUGH THE NABAT PARTNERSHIP TO COMBAT WNS. YTWD PROPOSES TO CONTINUE MONITORING BAT POPULATIONS ON YUROK LANDS WHILE BUILDING AND MAINTAINING THE LONG-TERM STAFF CAPACITY NEEDED TO CONDUCT BAT MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT IN SUPPORT OF WNS MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL SUPPORT AND BUILD UPON PRIOR EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY BAT SPECIES COMPOSITION OF THE AREA, ESTABLISH A BASELINE FOR LONG-TERM MONITORING, AND MONITOR FOR CHANGES IN BAT POPULATIONS OVER TIME. THIS INCLUDES CONTINUED STRENGTHENING OF THE MOBILE SURVEY DATASET TO ASSESS CHANGES IN BAT DENSITY AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE IN THE KLAMATH RIVER REGION. THE YTWD IS CURRENTLY MONITORING ONE HIGH PRIORITY NABAT CELL AS WELL AS FOUR ADDITIONAL CELLS ENCOMPASSING A LARGE SEGMENT OF TRIBAL LANDS. YTWD WILL PLAN AND CONDUCT ACOUSTIC MONITORING SURVEYS IN THE FIVE CELLS IN 2026 PER THE NABAT PROTOCOLS AND COORDINATE THE SUBMISSION OF ACOUSTIC MONITORING DATA TO NABAT THROUGH THE PACWEST NABAT HUB. THIS PROJECT WOULD FACILITATE CONTINUED MONITORING OF FIVE NABAT CELLS, AND SUPPORT STAFF EXPERTISE, PARTNERSHIP BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WNS NATIONAL RESPONSE TEAM. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE TRIBE, USFWS, NABAT, AND THE PACWEST NABAT HUB WITH IMPORTANT BASELINE INFORMATION ON BAT POPULATIONS IN THE REGION, WHICH IS NECESSARY TO PREPARE FOR THE ADVANCE OF WNS AND ULTIMATELY IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO PROTECT BAT POPULATIONS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $49.5k | 2/26/26 |