The grants listed in the tables below are those that have been completed and closed as of 2017 as well as
grants currently in progress. You can access each final report by clicking on its link.
| Federal Grant Number |
Duration |
Project / Grant Title |
| T-2-2 |
2004-2005 |
South Carolina Endangered Species Program |
| T-6 |
2004-2005 |
Census and Monitoring of Waterbird Nesting in the South Carolina Coastal
Plain (continued from R-3) |
| T-7-R-2 |
2006-2008 |
Conservation of Water and Seabirds in South Carolina |
| T-8-P-1 |
2005-2007 |
South Carolina Stream Planning Project (became T-25-R-1)
|
| T-9 |
2005-2013 |
Robust Redhorse Restoration and Conservation |
| T-10-P-1 |
2005-2009 |
Landscape Planning for Priority Species on Agricultural
Lands
(also T-46) |
| T-11 |
2005-2008 |
Restoration of Longleaf Pine Forests on State-owned Lands |
| T-13-R |
2006-2009 |
Conservation of Migratory Landbirds in South
Carolina
(previously T-4) |
| T-14-T-1 |
2005-2009 |
Development of BMPs for Sustaining Wildlife in the Maritime Zone of
South Carolina |
| T-15-P |
2005-2007 |
South Carolina Reptile and Amphibian Conservation Planning |
| T-16-R |
2005-2009 |
Upland Habitat Improvements on Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve
|
| T-17-R |
2006-2010 |
Protection and Management of Seabird Colonies (Monitoring/Breeding
Parameters) |
| T-19-R-1 |
2006-2010 |
Habitat Enhancement on North and South Williman Islands, Beaufort
County, South Carolina |
| T-20 |
2006-2007 |
Status and Management Plan Development for Three Rare Burrowing
Crayfish |
| T-23-R-1 |
2006-2011 |
Controlling Access to Known and Potential Bat Roosts |
| T-24 |
2006-2008 |
Fish Passage on the Broad River: An Assessment of Benefits of Freshwater
Mussels |
| T-25-R-1 |
2006-2013 |
South Carolina Stream Assessment (previously T-8) |
| T-26 |
2006-2013 |
South Carolina Reptile and Amphibian Conservation Planning |
| T-27-R-1 |
2009-2012 |
Habitat Improvement for Grassland Birds |
| T-30-R |
2007-2008 |
Taxonomy, Life History, and Distribution of the Crayfish,
Procambarus echinatus (Edisto Crayfish) |
| T-31-R |
2007-2012 |
Assessing Introgressive Hybridization Within and Habitat Requirements
of Native South Carolina Redeye Bass |
| T-32-T-1 |
2007-2008 |
Restoring Seabird Nesting on Bird Key Stono Seabird Sanctuary
|
| T-33 |
2007-2012 |
Robust Redhorse Electrofishing and Radio Telemetry Tracking of the Great
Pee Dee River, South Carolina |
| T-34-HM-1 |
2007-2012 |
SCORE: SC Oyster Restoration and Enhancement Using Community
Volunteers |
| T-35 |
2009-2010 |
Identification of Diamondback Terrapin Habitats in South Carolina
(thesis) |
| T-36-HM |
2008-2010 |
A GIS Model to Guide Landscape Scale Restoration at the Woodbury
Tract and Hamilton Ridge Properties |
| T-37-T |
2008-2010 |
Carolina Herp Atlas |
| T-38-R |
2010-2012 |
Mink Restoration and Monitoring Development Project
(See Waller thesis and Gorga thesis) |
| T-39-1 |
2008-2013 |
Prescribed Burning Crew for South Carolina DNR Lands |
| T-40-L |
2009-2010 |
Conservation of Belfast Plantation, Phase I |
| T-41 |
2008-2017 |
Conservation of Wading Birds, Shorebirds and Seabirds in South
Carolina |
| T-42-R-1 |
2008-2010 |
Use of GIS to Assess the Demographic Isolation of Red-cockaded
Woodpecker Groups in SC |
| T-43 |
2008-2017 |
Conservation of Migratory Landbirds in SC |
| T-44-R-1 |
2008-2010 |
Least Tern Reproductive Success on Rooftops |
| T-45 |
2008-2011 |
American Shad Culture and Stocking in the Edisto River (see T-58) |
| T-47-R-1 |
2008-2011 |
Conservation of Breeding Painted Buntings and Other Songbird
Indicators in Early-successional Shrub-scrub Habitat Modified by CP-33 Buffers in South Carolina |
| T-48-R |
2008-2010 |
Effects of Predation on Seabird Nests in Cape Romain |
| T-49 |
2008-2015 |
Sea Turtle Conservation on Botany Bay Plantation WMA |
| T-50-L |
2009-2010 |
Conservation of Belfast Plantation, Phase II |
| T-51-R |
2009-2011 |
Ecology and Impacts of Coyotes on Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Least Terns,
and Other Wildlife: Implications for Management |
| T-53-R-1 |
2010-2013 |
Striped Bass Stock Enhancement of Charleston Harbor Estuary/System |
| T-54-R-1, Part I |
2010-2013 |
Monitoring Impacts of Yellow Pine Restoration of Avifauna in the SC
Mountains (thesis) |
| T-54-R-1, Part II |
2015-2015 |
Relative abundance (CPUE) and distribution (habitat use) of Lionfish in the
Southeast region based on Reef Fish Survey (video) observations |
| T-55-R-1 |
2010-2012 |
Performance report for South Carolina Project T-55-R-1, CFDA 15-634,
project titled, "Using Citizen Science in the Study and Conservation of Breeding Painted Buntings"
|
| T-56-R |
2010-2015 |
Enhancing Oyster Reef Habitat Around Private Docks Using Abandoned
Crab Traps |
| T-57 |
2011-2016 |
SC Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
(and appendices of
resulting research)
[see also J.L. Waldron et al. /
Biological Conservation 159 (2013) 530–538]
Appendix 1 - Diamondback Rattlesnake studies: Life History
Constraints Contribute to the Vulnerability of a Declining North American Rattlesnake (paper)
Appendix 3 - Status Assessment for Blue Ridge and Piedmont
Herpetofauna of High Priority in South Carolina (thesis)
Appendix 4 - Modeling the Haystack to Find the Needle:
Developing Methods to Locate
and Survey for Rare Species, A Case Study of Bog Turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) (paper)
Appendix 5 - Locating rare habitat for a rare species:
evaluation of
a species distribution model for bog turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) in the Southeastern United
States (paper)
Appendix 6 - Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy (ARC)
comprehensive survey of at-risk amphibians and reptiles in the Francis Marion National Forest (report)
Appendix 8 - Gopher Frog Recognizer (report)
Appendix 9 - A Conservation Strategy For The Gopher
Tortoise
(Gopherus polyphemus) In South Carolina (plan)
|
| T-58-R-1 |
2010-2012 |
Evaluation of American Shad Stocking in the Edisto River |
| T-59-R-1 |
2010-2012 |
American Eels in Freshwater Habitats of SC and Their Infection
Status by the Invasive Parasite Species, Anguillicoloides crassus |
| T-60-R-1 |
2010-2012 |
Validation of Trammel Netting Monitoring Population Trends for
Diamondback Terrapins in the Charleston Harbor Estuary |
| T-61-R-1 |
2012-2013 |
Decision Support Tools for Stream Conservation |
| SC-T-F13AF01180 |
2013-2015 |
Mapping and Classifying Tidal Freshwater Wetlands in the ACE
Basin |
| SC-T-F13AF01182 |
2013-2014 |
Identification of Crayfish in SC |
| SC-T-F13AF01183 |
2013-2016 |
Evaluation and Monitoring of the Santee River Basin Robust
Redhorse Restoration Effort |
| SC-T-F13AF01185 |
2013-2015 |
Assessing the Status of MacGillivray's Seaside Sparrows
(Ammondramus maritimus macgillivraii) in SC |
| SC-T-F13AF01207 |
2013-2015 |
Enhancement of Upstream Passage for American Eels at the St.
Stephen Dam, SC |
| SC-T-F13AF01208 |
2013-2016 |
An Evaluation of Culturing Carolina Diamondback Terrapins for
Responsible Stock Enhancement |
| SC-T-F14AF01233 |
2014-2020 |
South Carolina Small River Conservation Planning Project |
| SC-T-F15AF00207 |
2007-2016 |
Carolina Herp Atlas |
| SC-T-F15AF00727 |
2015-2018 |
Distribution, Population Ecology, Genetic Relatedness and
Habitat Associations of Eastern Spotted Skunks in South Carolina |
| SC-T-F15AF00728 |
2016-2016 |
Using citizen-science to guide state-wide management of
diamondback terrapins. |
| SC-T-F15AF00729 |
2015-2017 |
Assessing the status of the Black Rail (Laterallus
jamaicensis) in South Carolina |
| SC-T-F15AF00730 |
2015-2017 |
Building partnerships on state, federal and private lands to
promote conservation of seabirds and shorebirds |
| SC-T-F15AF00731 |
2015-2018 |
Potential Mechanism of Thermal Stress Impairment for Striped
Bass Populations |
| SC-T-F16AF00598 |
2016-2017 |
Northern Yellow Bat Roost Selection and Fidelity in South
Carolina |
| SC-T-F16AF00707 |
2016-2018 |
Conservation of seabirds, shorebirds, wading birds, and marsh
birds in South Carolina |
| SC-T-F16AF00708 |
2016-2020 |
Conservation of South Carolina Coastal Plain Reptiles and Amphibians |
| SC-T-F16AF00713 |
2016-2021 |
Optimal nesting microhabitat for Diamondback Terrapins in SC |
| SC-T-F16AF00714 |
2016-2017 |
Investigating the impacts of harvesting on ribbed mussel
communities |
| SC-T-F16AF00720 |
2016-2018 |
Abundance and community composition of intertidal
macrobenthic invertebrates in pristine, erosional, and highly managed habitats |
| SC-T-F16AF01121 |
2016-2019 |
Documentation of horseshoe crab nesting beaches and egg
densities |
| SC-T-F17AF00122 |
2016-2017 |
Participation by SC in the SEARS Program |
| SC-T-F17AF01249 |
2017-2019 |
Atlantic Coast Joint Venture - Catalyzing Black Rail
Conservation along the Atlantic Coast |
| SC-T-F17AF01208 |
2017-2020 |
Identifying Management Opportunities to Benefit Black Rails Nesting in Coastal South Carolina |
| SC-T-F17AF01207 |
2017-2019 |
Range, life history, and environmental tolerances of the
Waccamaw crayfish (Procambarus braswelli) and the
hummock crayfish (Procambarus lunzi) of near-coastal environments |
| SC-T-F17AF01195 |
2017-2020 |
SC Bat Monitoring and Research Project |
| SC-T-F18AF00026 |
2017-2019 |
Survey of Historic Flatwoods Salamander Localities |
| SC-T-F18AF00961 |
2018-2020 |
Conservation of seabirds, shorebirds, wading birds, and marsh birds in South Carolina II |
| SC-T-F18AF00962 |
2018-2022 |
Investigating dispersal of the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) and its effects on the
distribution and status of native crayfish populations |
| SC-T-F18AF00964 |
2018-2021 |
Concentrations of organic contaminants in Carolina and Scalloped Hammerheads: Implications for success and survival in nursery habitats |
| SC-T-F18AF00973 |
2018-2022 |
Green Salamander Population Assessment and Connectivity Across a Gradient of Forest Disturbances |
| SC-T-F18AF00965 |
2018-2020 |
Addressing crucial American Eel life history questions: Baseline data on the age and sex composition of
American Eels in South Carolina, with a comparison of different aging methodologies |
| SC-T-F18AF00972 |
2018-present |
NABat monitoring in South Carolina |
| SC-T-F19AF00717 |
2020-present |
Environmental DNA Determination of the Distribution of the Patch-Nosed Salamander (Urspelerpes
brucei) in South Carolina |
| SC-T-F19AF00718 |
2019-2021 |
Response of Bachman’s sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) to habitat management in a wiregrass-free ecosystem (See Thistle thesis) |
| SC-T-F19AF00719 |
2020-2022 |
Effects of forest management on early-successional avian species in South Carolina [GWWA, RUGR]
Golden-winged Warbler and Ruffed Grouse |
| SC-T-F19AF00720 |
2019-2021 |
Identification of environmental and biological factors limiting occurrence of the Sandhills Chub
(Semotilus lumbee) in South Carolina |
| SC-T-F19AF00722 |
2019-2020 |
Upstate Bridge Use by Highest Priority Bat Species |
| SC-T-F19AF00723 |
2019-present |
Utilizing trace elements and stable isotope analysis to reconstruct distribution of Scalloped and Carolina
Hammerheads |
| SC-T-F19AF00749 |
2019-2022 |
Determining the relative importance of coastal habitat types to horseshoe crab reproduction and migratory shorebird foraging in South Carolina |
| SC-T-F19AF00750 |
2019-2021 |
Ecology of Estuarine Sensitive Infauna Along a Stress Gradient |
| SC-T-F19AF00779 |
2019-2022 |
Integrating crayfish into aquatic assessments from the uplands to the coast |
| SC-T-F19AF00780 |
2019-present |
Development, Testing, and Field Validation of an eDNA Tool for Robust Redhorse |
| SC-T-F20AF11202-00 |
2020-present |
Microplastic Exposure for Key Ecological Species in Coastal South Carolina |
| SC-T-F20AF11283-00 |
2020-present |
Range and Roost Sites of Northern Long-eared Bats in South Carolina |
| SC-T-F20AF11231-00 |
2020-present |
Conservation of Seabirds, Shorebirds, Wading Birds, and Marsh Birds in South Carolina III |
| SC-T-F21AF03242-00 |
2021-present |
Conservation of South Carolina Coastal Plain Reptiles and Amphibians II |
| SC-T-F21AF03274-00 |
2021-present |
Determining the Importance of the South Carolina Coast to the Overwintering Survival and Reproductive Output of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) |
| SC-T-F21AF03627-00 |
2021-present |
Determining the Effects of Human Disturbance on the Ecology and Conservation Status of Populations of At-Risk Crayfish in the Genus Distocambarus |
| SC-T-F21AF03426-00 |
2021-2022 |
Developing Genetic Sequences for Benthic Prey Resources of Migratory Piping Plover and Red Knot |
| SC-T-F21AF02397-00 |
2021-present |
Understanding Salt Marsh Loss Through Investigation of Periwinkle Fronts and Other Causes Across Multiple Spatial Scales |
| SC-T-F21AF03715-00 |
2021-present |
Eastern Brook Trout Restoration in Pig Pen Branch and Lick Log Creek, Oconee County, South Carolina |
| SC-T-F21AF03593-00 |
2021-present |
Occupancy and Distribution of SWAP Listed Freshwater Mussel Species |
Note: T-5, T-21, T-29, T-52, SC-T-F17AF01196, and SC-T-F20AF11556 are SWAP revision grants. T-1, T-3, T-12, T-22, and T-28 are unassigned numbers.
| Federal Grant Number |
Duration |
Project / Grant Title
(Lead state in BOLD) |
| U2-1-HM-1 |
2009-2012 |
Multistate Sandhills Ecological Restoration Project (Phase I):
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina |
| SC-U2-F14AP00958 |
2014-2017 |
Carolinas Acoustic Bat Survey [SC, NC] |
| SC-U2-F14AP00997 |
2014-2019 |
Development and implementation of an environmental DNA (eDNA)
monitoring tool for Blackbanded Sunfish (Enneacanthus chaetodon) populations in South Carolina
and Georgia with determination of relative abundance, genetic health, and connectivity of extant
populations [SC, GA] |
| SC-U2-F15AP00050 |
2014-2020 |
Relative abundance and trophic ecology of two sympatrically distributed Sphyrnids, the scalloped
hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) and the recently discovered Carolina hammerhead (Sphyrna
gilberti) within known nurseries off the East coast of the United States [SC, FL, GA, and universities in FL and TX] |
| SC-U2-F15AP01096 |
2015-2019 |
Multistate Sandhills/Upland Longleaf Ecological Restoration
Project (Phase 3): Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina |
| SC-U2-F16AP00113 |
2015-2019 |
Cooperative Conservation of the Green Salamander in the Southeast United States [GA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA]
A resurvey of historical green salamander locations in
South Carolina
|
| SC-U2-F16AP00581 |
2017-2021 |
Increasing the probability of persistence for Robust Redhorse through improved management and monitoring [GA, SC, NC]
|
| SC-U2-F19AP0051 |
2018-2021 |
Multistate Sandhills/Upland Longleaf Ecological Restoration Project (Phase 4): Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, and South Carolina
|
| SC-U2-F21AP00690 |
2020-present |
The suitability of alternative nesting habitats for the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus:SC with partners |
| SC-U2-F22AP00563 |
2022-present |
Black Rail Habitat Creation and Restoration - Designing Management Techniques to Expand the Black Rail Population Along the Atlantic Coast [FL, NC, SC, VA] |
| SC-U2-F22AP00564 |
2022-present |
Advancing Conservation and Restoration of Brook Floater and Associated Freshwater Mussels [MA, NJ, SC, VA] |
| SC-U2-F22AP00568 |
2022-present |
Conservation Planning for a Geographically Restricted Headwater Species, the Sandhills Chub [SC, NC] |
