The Audubon Society is offering a grant to conduct a study on avian habitats at the Salton Sea. With the Sea facing dramatic shrinkage and habitat loss, this grant aims to map baseline habitats, identify habitat needs, and develop a habitat suitability index to support bird populations. Collaborating with key stakeholders, the grant seeks to inform management decisions for a sustainable Sea, mirroring successful efforts at Owens Lake. This opportunity aligns with the urgent need to preserve vital bird areas and the Pacific Flyway. Apply by September 6, 2016, to contribute to habitat restoration and wildlife conservation at the Salton Sea.
Opportunity ID: 287944
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BOR-LC-16-N024 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Salton Sea Management Program Avian Habitat Study |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.517 — Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 24, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 06, 2016 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 06, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 06, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $25,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $25,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Reclamation |
| Description: | Notice of intent to Award Only – The Salton Sea (Sea) is home to over 400 species of birds, making it one of the most important bird areas in the West and a vital part of the Pacific Flyway. The Sea will continue to shrink dramatically over the coming decades, with subsequent loss of open water and wetland habitats, a threefold increase in the sea’s salinity that will kill all fish life, and the release of toxic air contaminants. The Audubon Society shares other stakeholder beliefs, including Reclamation’s, that a smaller, sustainable Sea is achievable through prudent watershed restoration, habitat creation, water management infrastructure investments, and land acquisition based on the model successfully implemented at Owens Lake, a critically affected important large lake in Northern California nearly dried up as a result of over-use for urban water needs, causing habitat devastation and major air quality health issues throughout the region. In order to ensure that actions taken at the Sea continue to provide baseline habitat quality and extent, and to inform management decisions by key stakeholders such as Reclamation and the State of California, Audubon will map baseline habitats at the Sea. This effort fills a need articulated by the Assistant Secretary for Salton Sea Policy at California’s Natural Resources Agency, and who has identified Audubon as best suited to do this work because of their successful work at Owens Lake for the same habitat issues. Audubon will work to identify a baseline for habitat needs and conditions necessary to maintain habitat conditions over time so that the final plan can be designed to maintain the baseline habitat level and continue to support populations of birds that have come to rely on the Sea for replenishment and rest. Audubon will work with key stakeholders to agree upon a baseline year or range of years. A habitat suitability index/model for each of the suites of species that use the Sea will be developed. Metrics will be based on the conditions needed to support various species guilds, and will be science-based (e.g., salinity, water depth, etc.) and peer-reviewed. Baseline habitats could then become the goals for restoration. This approach will be modeled directly after the methodology used successfully at Owens Lake by Audubon. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Diana Blake
Grants Officer Phone 702-293-8550 Email:dmblake@usbr.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 287944 Full Announcement-BOR-LC-16-N024 -> BOR-LC-16-N024.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Diana Blake Grants Officer Phone 702-293-8550 Email: dmblake@usbr.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.517 | BOR-LC-16-N024 | Salton Sea Management Program Avian Habitat Study | PKG00227232 | Aug 24, 2016 | Sep 06, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
287944 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
Optional forms
287944 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
287944 SF424A-1.0.pdf
287944 SF424C_2_0-2.0.pdf
287944 SF424B-1.1.pdf
287944 SF424D-1.1.pdf
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