Funded Conservation and Research Projects

Funding years	Title of grant/contract	Funding source	Principal Investigator	Details
2007-2008	Captive Breeding of the Endangered Freshwater Clam Anodonta californiensis (the "California Floater")	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Bureau of Reclamation	Brusca/Ivanyi/Poulin	Investigate aspects of mussel's biology, develop interpretive exhibit about its ecology, explore the possibility of breeding or head-starting species in captivity. Project developed in collaboration with Dr. Terry Myers
2005-2007	Digital Library for Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum	Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS)	Brusca/Haywood
2005-present	Invaders of the Sonoran Desert Region	Sea Studios Foundation, Vulcan Productions, National Geographic, American Zoo Association, National Park Service	Hubbard/Kropp/Brusca	See Invaders website for full story
2004-2007	Recovery and Re-establishment of Father Eusebio Kino-era Fruit Trees from Sonora, Mexico	National Park Service	Brusca/Garcia
2004-2006	Survey of Macroinvertebrate Fauna of Santa Cruz River: Sonora Region	National Park Service	Brusca
2004-present	Invertebrate Systematics, Ecology and Conservation in the Gulf of California	Various sources	Brusca	Contact Rick Brusca for further information
2005-2006	Publication of a Distributional Checklist of the Macrofauna of the Sea of Cortez. Vol. 1	Conservation International	Brusca	This checklist is now available from ASDM
2003-present	Sonoran Tropical Deciduous Forest Conservation Initiative	Nature and Culture International, Wallace Research Foundation and others	Dimmitt/Van Devender/Brusca	Promoting conservation of and research in the Alamos region by initiating a biotic inventory, developing a GIS base map, and compiling a Latin-English-Spanish plant list
2004-2006	Understanding the Fall Migration of the Endangered Lesser Long-Nosed Bat (Leptonycteris curasoae). An Extension of the Migratory Pollinator Project.	National Park Service, AZ Game & Fish Dept., AZA Bat TAG	Krebbs	Various marking techniques are being tested on lesser long-nosed bats to track them from southwestern to southeastern AZ.
2004-2005	Survey of Dalea tentaculoides and Other Rare Plants in Northern Sonora	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Van Devender
2004-2005	Distribution of buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) in Arizona and northern Sonora	National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Native Plant Conservation Initiative)	Van Devender/ Dimmitt
2004	Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II (Conference)	See website for sponsors list	Van Devender	Website
2004	Gulf of California Conference		Brusca
2002-2004	Establishing pollinator gardens at Tumacacori National Historic Site and San Lázaro (Sonora)	Nat. Park Service (CESU)	Brusca
2002-2003	Hummingbird Nectar Corridors and Educational Outreach in the Southern Arizona Border Region: An Extension of the Migratory Pollinator Program	Mead Foundation	Krebbs/Hubbard	Collect data on nectar production, nectar availability, and distributions of hummingbirds in areas of flowering ocotillos along an identified hummingbird migratory corridor in AZ.
2002-2003	Pollinator education outreach	Sonoran Joint Ventures	Brusca	To support poster development by Bee Works & Native Seeds/Search, and partial salary for ASDM staff
2002	Bat Use of Bat Houses in Tucson, Arizona	AZA; Wallace Research Fund	Krebbs
2001-2005	Chiricahua National Monument and Fort Bowie National Historic Site Bat Species Diversity Study	Nat. Park Service, Western Nat. Parks Assoc., Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, IMRICO	Krebbs	A 10-year inventory and monitoring program for bats in the CNM and FBNHS.
2002	Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge plant inventory	USFWS	Dan Austin (Research Associate)
2001-2003	Lesser Long-nosed Bat Monitoring Under Flyways	Luke Air Force Base (DOD)	Krebbs/Brusca
2001-2003	Natural history of the endangered Pima pineapple cactus	U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service	Brusca/Dimmitt
2001-2003	Ironwood Forest National Monument: biological surveys	BLM (CESU)	Dimmitt	Website summary
2001-2002	Migratory Pollinators: Flight Corridors & Environmental Education in Mexico	NFWF	Van Devender/ Dimmitt	Website summary
2001-2002	Succulent diversity in central Baja California	Cactus & Succulent Society of America	Dimmitt/Van Devender	Website summary
2001-2002	Botany intern for Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Nat. Park Service (CESU)	Brusca
2001-2002	Weeds Across the Border Conference	Federal Highway Administration	Van Devender	International conference and proceedings on exotic species
2001-2002	Mountain Lion intern for Organ Pipe National Monument	Nat. Park Service (CESU)	Brusca	Supports NPS intern
1999-2002	Migratory Pollinators and Their Corridors: Conservation Across Borders	Turner Foundation; Turner Endangered Species Fund	Nabhan/Brusca	Website summary