The Bureau of Land Management in California is offering a grant to evaluate and model the impacts of roads, washes, and fences to the desert tortoise population. With the development of utility-scale solar energy in the Desert Southwest, concerns arise regarding the conservation of the legally protected desert tortoise species. This grant aims to address the loss of habitat and development-related impacts on the desert tortoise population by minimizing new impacts and mitigating existing ones, including the installation of roadside fencing to reduce mortalities and enhance habitat recovery. Application deadline is on Aug 24, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 285401
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | L16AS00217 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | BLM CA Evaluate/Model Impacts of Roads, Washes, and Fences to Desert Tortoise Population Viability |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.231 — Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 24, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 24, 2016 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 24, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 01, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $500 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is also open to all partners under any Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. If a cooperative agreement is awarded to a CESU partner under a formally negotiated Master CESU agreement, indirect costs are limited to a rate of no more than 17.5% of the indirect cost base recognized in the partner’s Federal Agency-approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA). |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Land Management |
| Description: | The development of utility-scale solar energy in the Desert Southwest brings with it policy concerns over impacts to legally protected species such as the desert tortoise. Listed as threatened since 1990, the desert tortoise is threatened by the loss of habitat and other development-related impacts such as roads. As BLM has been approving renewable energy development on public lands, the Bureau sought ways to minimize new impacts to the desert tortoise and to mitigate existing impacts to improve the recovery and status of the species. One such mitigation is installing roadside fencing as a means of reducing tortoise mortalities and recapturing habitat adjacent to roadways that is depauperate of tortoise. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
GMO Leona Parker (530) 252-5338
leona_parker@blm.gov Email:leona_parker@blm.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 285401 Full Announcement-6242016 announcement -> L16AS00217 FA Questionnaire MUST.pdf
Folder 285401 Full Announcement-6242016 announcement -> L16AS00217 Evaluate Impact of Roads on Desert Tortoise.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | GMO Leona Parker (530) 252-5338 leona_parker@blm.gov Email: leona_parker@blm.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.231 | PKG00224885 | Jun 24, 2016 | Aug 24, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
285401 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
285401 SF424A-1.0.pdf
285401 SF424B-1.1.pdf
285401 Project-1.1.pdf
285401 Budget-1.1.pdf
285401 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
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