Sarah Faegre received $140K grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to study the critically endangered Åga bird
Research Scientist Sarah K. Faegre received a one-year, $140,901 grant from US Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.
The award title: Aga Genomics and Disease. This project will primarily benefit the critically endangered Åga bird and may also benefit other native forest birds on Rota, in Northern Mariana Islands. Objectives are to protect extant genetic diversity in the Åga, identify genes and develop a screening tool for wild fledglings.