Dr. John Abott at the University of Alabama has received a $2.25 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to perform a four-year study alongside partners at University of Florida, Brigham Young University, the American Museum of Natural History and the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands to curate an extensive and complete database of information surrounding dragonflies and damselflies.

[6] Phanogomphus hodgesi will be a part of the GEODE (Genealogy and Ecology of Odonata) project, and hopefully in the future there will be public access to these records so more people can inquire about the evolution of Odonata species, their sensitivity to chemicals and water pollutants, wing shape, hunting behavior, and much more.

These states have developed in depth plans regarding the conservation of the Phanogomphus hodgesi and similar species.

[8] The action plan listed the five most common general threats as "habitat loss and fragmentation, loss of natural community integrity, impacts from disturbance, impacts from exotic species, and lack of adequate protection or information".

Studies regarding shifts in dragonfly species richness across Europe have shown many large-scale changes [9] An example of these changes is an overall decline in local diversity.