The University of Missouri System, through its Curators of the University of Missouri, received a $434,280 Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805). The grant, awarded on Jan 1, 2024, will support a 3-year research project to investigate the effects of turbulence on the swimming behavior of invasive carp larvae in large river systems. The proposed activities consist of laboratory experiments and modeling...
This $197,717 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) supports research on invasive carp management strategies. The University of Missouri System, as the prime awardee, will collaboratively develop adaptive frameworks with stakeholders to prevent Prussian carp invasion into U.S. waters, evaluate management actions for controlling invasive carp populations in the Illinois River and expansion into Lake Michigan, and...
This Project Grant award, totaling $1,298,418.00, was provided by the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The funding supports four research projects at Iowa State University to better understand the spread, population dynamics, and effects of invasive carp species in the Upper Mississippi and Missouri River Basins: Assessing temporal changes in hybridization between silver carp and bighead carp,...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program provides $404,000 to Iowa State University to study the movement and behavior of invasive bighead and silver carp in the Missouri and Mississippi River basins. The objectives are to determine when and under what environmental conditions these invasive carp are moving into tributaries, how far they travel, and the conditions that lead to...
The University of Illinois will receive $244,636 under a Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey, a bureau of the Department of the Interior, to study habitat selection and predatory effects of juvenile black carp. The grant is funded through the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805), which provides support to designated state water resources research institutes. Under this award, researchers at the University of Illinois will conduct experiments...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.608 - Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species) awarded a $598,000 Project Grant to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) to effectively guide efforts to manage and control invasive carp in the Mississippi River Basin. The grant aims to help managers understand the factors influencing invasive carp population dynamics, which is critical to informing management and control strategies. The award supports activities such as...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $452,640 Project Grant to the Missouri Department of Conservation under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to characterize invasive carp (silver, bighead, grass, and black carp) population dynamics, the historic and current fish community, and the feasibility of various removal techniques in the Missouri River Basin. The project will sample invasive carp populations using electrofishing and gill nets, implant telemetry...
This $261,500 federal Project Grant was awarded on April 25, 2025 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805). The grant supports a 2-year project by Montana State University to develop and test machine-learning models that predict the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Key project activities include: Integrating remote sensing data and species occurrence data to improve...
This Project Grant award of $557,072.00 from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports research to investigate the effects of hydrodynamic forces on invasive zebra mussel populations. The funded project, titled "Go With the Flow: Hydrodynamic Resilience to Invasive Mussels", will conduct laboratory, field, and computational studies to quantify relationships between water current, wave action,...
This $261,984 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund a study on the behaviors of trout anglers related to the spread of aquatic invasive species in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The primary recipient, the University of Wisconsin System, will survey anglers in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to establish baseline data on their understanding, attitudes, beliefs, risks, and behaviors...