The Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) is offering this grant to develop a GIS-based, spatially explicit model predicting grizzly bear occurrence probability within the expansive Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). This grant is for identifying and ranking critical habitats based on their likelihood of use by grizzly bears, encompassing Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, national forests, and various state/private lands across Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. The project will identify habitat characteristics strongly correlated with bear presence, utilizing a use-availability study design. NOROCK will provide grizzly bear use data, complemented by existing GYE GIS layers detailing vegetation, physiography, and anthropogenic features. The work involves exploring various advanced modeling techniques to accurately determine habitat use probabilities.
Opportunity ID: 47736
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 09HQPA0039 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 02, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 11, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $18,400 |
| 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 financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The purpose of the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) funding opportunity is to develop a GIS-based, spatially explicit model of probability of occurrence of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The model will be used to identify important habitats and rank them according to the probability that they will be used by grizzly bears. As part of the modeling process, habitat characteristics highly correlated with bear use will be identified. The modeling will encompass the entire GYE, consisting of Yellowstone and Grant Teton National Parks, six national forests, and various state and private lands in parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. This work will employ a use-availability type study design. Information about grizzly bear habitat use will be provided by the Center from data collected as part of ongoing research and monitoring efforts. Information about habitat availability will come from existing GIS layers for the GYE. These themes describe vegetational, physiographic, and anthropogenic characteristics believed important to bear habitat selection. A variety of methods will be considered for modeling probability of use or ranking habitats according to probability of use, which include: logistic discriminant analysis (Seber 1984) for ranking habitats according to probability of use; the parametric weighted distribution approach of Lele and Keim (2006) for modeling actual probabilities of use; and produce kernel density estimation (Scott 1992) with Bayesian bandwidth selection (Zhang et al 2006) for nonparametric modeling of probabilities of use. It should be noted that because wildlife habitat-selection modeling is an extremely active area of research, with new methods being proposed on a regular basis, the final suite of modeling methods explored in this study may vary somewhat from those listed above. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
FAITH GRAVES
Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 47736 Full Announcement-1 -> announcement.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | FAITH GRAVES Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | 09HQPA0039 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU | PKG00012419 | Jun 02, 2009 | Jun 11, 2009 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
47736 SF424-2.0.pdf
47736 Project-1.1.pdf
47736 SF424B-1.1.pdf
47736 SF424A-1.0.pdf
Share This Post, Choose Your Platform!
About the Author: osnqt
