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Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems (NP #215)
	Developing Mitigation Strategies for Poisonous Plants in Livestock Production Systems (In-House Appropriated)
	Improved Plant Genetic Resources and Methods to ensure Resilient and Productive Rangelands, Pastures, and Turf Landscapes (In-House Appropriated)
	Grazing Efficiency Evaluation of Four Dairy Breeds (Cooperative Agreement)
	Climate-adaptive Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Establishment of Diverse CRP Plantings in Drylands (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Genotyping Wildland Collections (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Improved Establishment Techniques for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Pollinator Mixtures in Semi-Arid regions of the western U.S. (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Are Good Intentions Enough? Post-Wildfire Seed Mix Performance in Sagebrush Rangelands (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement for Research Involving Animals (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	A Transparent Protocol for Predicting Habitat Resilience to Climate Change on Wild Horse and Burro Habitats across the Western United States (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Assessing Linkages between Seed Bed Microenvironment and Browse-Species Establishment on Northern Region WMAs (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Dry Matter Intake, Feed Efficiency of Four Dairy Breeds (Holstein, Jersey, Jersey×Holstein, ProCross Crossbreds) in a Pasture-Based Heifer Dev Prog (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	WinterTurf: A holistic approach to understanding the mechanisms and mitigating the effects of winter stress on turfgrasses in northern climates (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	DNA Sequencing and Molecular Analysis of Forage, Range, and Turf Plants (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Economic Assessment for Rangeland, Pasture, & Turf Landscapes using Improved Plant Materials & Technologies developed by ARS, Forage Range Research (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Genome Sequencing and Annotation (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	High-density Genotyping of Plants (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	High-throughput Phenotyping and Genotypic Modeling of Intermediate Wheatgrass Forage and Seed Traits (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Wildland Testing of Bluebunch Wheatgrass Plant Materials Under Variable Environmental Conditions (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics and Genetic Improvement (NP #301)
	Improved Plant Genetic Resources and Methods to ensure Resilient and Productive Rangelands, Pastures, and Turf Landscapes (In-House Appropriated)
	Grazing Efficiency Evaluation of Four Dairy Breeds (Cooperative Agreement)
	Climate-adaptive Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Establishment of Diverse CRP Plantings in Drylands (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Genotyping Wildland Collections (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Improved Establishment Techniques for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Pollinator Mixtures in Semi-Arid regions of the western U.S. (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Are Good Intentions Enough? Post-Wildfire Seed Mix Performance in Sagebrush Rangelands (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	A Transparent Protocol for Predicting Habitat Resilience to Climate Change on Wild Horse and Burro Habitats across the Western United States (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Assessing Linkages between Seed Bed Microenvironment and Browse-Species Establishment on Northern Region WMAs (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Dry Matter Intake, Feed Efficiency of Four Dairy Breeds (Holstein, Jersey, Jersey×Holstein, ProCross Crossbreds) in a Pasture-Based Heifer Dev Prog (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	WinterTurf: A holistic approach to understanding the mechanisms and mitigating the effects of winter stress on turfgrasses in northern climates (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	DNA Sequencing and Molecular Analysis of Forage, Range, and Turf Plants (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Economic Assessment for Rangeland, Pasture, & Turf Landscapes using Improved Plant Materials & Technologies developed by ARS, Forage Range Research (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Genome Sequencing and Annotation (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	High-density Genotyping of Plants (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	High-throughput Phenotyping and Genotypic Modeling of Intermediate Wheatgrass Forage and Seed Traits (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Wildland Testing of Bluebunch Wheatgrass Plant Materials Under Variable Environmental Conditions (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Crop Production (NP #305)
	Sustainable Crop Production and Wildland Preservation through the Management, Systematics, and Conservation of a Diversity of Bees (In-House Appropriated)
	Blue Orchard Bee (BOB) Response to Climate Change in Orchard Crops (Cooperative Agreement)
	Development and Production of SmartBombus Units (Cooperative Agreement)
	Development of eOrganic Digital Resources Documenting the Grazing Efficiency of Dairy Breeds (Cooperative Agreement)
	Novel Approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed (Cooperative Agreement)
	Optimizing Pollination of Blueberries, Strawberries, Raspberries, and Other Specialty Fruit Crops in Utah (Cooperative Agreement)
	Development and Implementation of Non-lethal Methodologies for Surveying Bee Fauna in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex of California (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Investigating Imperiled Bumble Bee Species Distributions and Habitat Associations (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Mojave Poppy Bee (Perdita Meconis) Range-Wide Population, Habitat, And Ecological Status Surveys, 2022-2024 (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	New Methods for Exotic Bee Monitoring using DNA Barcoding and MinION Sequencing (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Novel Approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Pollinator Surveys on National Forests in Region 4, Intermountain Region (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Promoting Resilient Forest Bee Communities through Fuel Management (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Recovery outline for the rusty patched bumble bee, 2018 (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Surveys for Mojave Poppy Bee (Perdita meconis) (Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
	Automated Pollinator Identification: Next-Generation Sensors for Species and Behavior (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	Collaborative Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight and Research between Utah State University and ARS-Logan (Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
	A Holistic Approach to Determining the Impact of an Established Exotic Pollinator, Bombus impatiens, on Bumble Bee Health in the Pacific Northwest (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Bees of the World – Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	How Many Routes to the Same Phenotype? Genetic Changes Underlying Parallel Acquisition of Mimetic Color Patterns Across Bumble Bees (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Multi-Generational Adaptation of Blue Orchard Bees (Osmia Lignaria) in Response to Climate Change in Orchard Crops (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Optimizing Pollination of Blueberries, Strawberries, Currants, and other Specialty Fruit Crops in Utah (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Using Pesticide Fate Models to Guide Application Timing and Improve Alfalfa Seed Yields (Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
	Advanced Monitoring of Established and Emerging Pathogens and Parasitoid Infections of Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee (Megachile rotundata) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Bees of the World - Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Bees on Utah Berries (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Curation, Digitization, and Databasing of Bee Specimens in the US National Pollinating Insects Collection (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Enhancing and Protecting Populations of Alfalfa Seed Pollinators (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	How fuels management impacts native bee communities (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Informing Effective Alkali Bee (Nomia melanderi) Management Decisions with Novel Microsatellite Markers and Population Genetic Analysis (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Quantifying Pesticide Transfer in Alfalfa Leafcutting and Blue Orchard Bee Nests (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Surveys for Mojave Poppy Bee (Perdita meconis) (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Using Pesticide Fate Models to Guide Application Timing and Improve Alfalfa Seed Yields (Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
	Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Ensuring healthy pollinators for crop production: Defining forage needs of bees, through examination of interactions of bee species and pollen use (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
	Mojave Poppy Bee Surveys (Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)