Opportunity ID: 277588

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: F15AS00305
Funding Opportunity Title: Transportation Technical Assistance and Related Services
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Transportation
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Assistance Listings: 15.654 — Visitor Facility Enhancements – Refuges and Wildlife
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Jun 30, 2015
Last Updated Date:
Original Closing Date for Applications: – This is a Single Source award. The recipient has already been chosen.
Current Closing Date for Applications: – This is a Single Source award. The recipient has already been chosen.
Archive Date: Jul 07, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $494,533
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This is a Single Source award. The recipient has already been chosen.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Fish and Wildlife Service
Description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to issue a Single Source award to Montana State University; this is not an application process.

Through this agreement with Montana State University (MSU), USFWS requests that the Western
Transportation Institute (WTI) at MSU assist the USFWS with a host of workforce development,
training, and technical assistance services for complexes and refuges located within the United States
and to support its international programs. These technical services will support the overarching
approach described above. Specifically, these services will help USFWS to:

-Identify the needs of the millennial generation���s refuge visitation and its impacts.

-Understand millennial generation mobility and alternative transportation system preferences.

-Identify, support, and mentor potential transportation scholars.

-Provide road ecology technical road assistance for refuges to protect wildlife, water resources, fish passages, and habitats.

-Support ARC Solutions��� (animal road crossings) technology transfer, materials and outreach with refuges and other potential wildlife oriented partners.

-Support access to transportation training and information resources of specific interest to federal land agency personnel.

-Conduct a national survey on wildlife and roads in the refuges to identify wildlife vehicle collision and habitat connectivity needs and potential strategies to address them.

-Investigate international partnerships to exchange wildlife mitigation solutions and road
ecology best practices worldwide.

Link to Additional Information: http://www.grants.gov
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Cameron Matthews
cameron_matthews@fws.gov

Email:cameron_matthews@fws.gov

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