Effective Environmental Restoration (Eer), Inc.

Effective Environmental Restoration (Eer), Inc., a Hispanic American-owned and minority-owned organization based in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, is a prime recipient of federal cooperative agreements and project grants focused on invasive species management, biological control, and ecosystem restoration in Caribbean island ecosystems. EER operates exclusively as a grant recipient (100% of recent awards); the vendor holds no federal contracts, contract IDVs, or subcontractor positions.

EER's capability portfolio centers on invasive species eradication, biological control program development, and wildlife habitat restoration across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Recent grant work includes a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded August 2026 to protect dry forests of Puerto Rico from cactus mealybug through biological control program advancement; a September 2025 project grant from the Department of the Interior International Institute of Tropical Forestry to enhance quarantine laboratory operational capacity for Harrisia cactus mealybug parasitoid colonies; and a September 2024 cooperative agreement with the U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry for dry-forest protection against established Harrisia cactus mealybug populations. EER has demonstrated expertise in rodent eradication on island cays—prior work includes successful rat eradication projects on Ratones, Cardona, Isla del Frio, and Cayo Lobo islands—and seabird population monitoring across Culebra National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge.

Customer concentration reflects strong alignment with natural-resource stewardship agencies. USDA APHIS accounts for 14 awards across the source data window; the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 4 and national offices combined) holds 13 awards; and the Smithsonian Institution, the only customer with quantified potential value in the source, carries $102 thousand across three awards. The top five customer agencies by award count cover 97% of recent awards. Award flow has moderated in recent years—four awards in 2022, four in 2023, and one award each in 2024, 2025, and 2026—despite a combined $3.1 million in total obligated dollars across the 33 grants in the source data, reflecting obligations concentrated in multi-year cooperative agreements rather than new-award volume. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. EER operates primarily on cooperative agreements and project grants in the environmental restoration, scientific services, and research support space, with no presence in federal contracts or government-wide acquisition vehicles.