This department is offering a grant to assist in the management of overwintering groves for western monarch butterflies along the California and Baja California coast. The grant aims to support habitat management efforts to maintain suitable microhabitat for monarch butterflies in various groves, combatting potential loss and degradation of overwintering sites caused by urban development and natural aging of trees. The focus is on actively managing groves to preserve the microhabitat crucial for the survival of these butterflies, aligning with conservation efforts led by organizations like the USFWS, Xerces Society, and Monarch Joint Venture.
Opportunity ID: 306740
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F18AS00225 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Overwintering Microclimate Selection by Western Monarch Butterflies |
| 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: | 15.678 — Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 02, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – This is a Notice of Intent. The opportunity has been awarded to California Polytechnic State University.
No applications will be reviewed. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – This is a Notice of Intent. The opportunity has been awarded to California Polytechnic State University.
No applications will be reviewed. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 09, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $48,667 |
| Award Ceiling: | $48,667 |
| Award Floor: | $48,667 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This is a Notice of Intent. The opportunity has been awarded to California Polytechnic State University. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Western monarch butterflies spend each winter in hundreds of groves primarily along the California and Baja California coast (Tuskes and Brower 1978). These groves occur in protected areas (State, City and Regional Parks, Monarch Sanctuaries, and Military Installations), in public areas (U.S. Forest Service lands), and in private holdings. Each overwintering grove is thought to contain areas that are either suitable microhabitat or unsuitable microhabitat (Leong 1990, Leong 2004, Leong 2016), given that only a portion of each grove are used by overwintering monarchs. Therefore, all monarch overwintering groves need some level of habitat management in order to maintain these pockets of suitable overwintering habitat (Griffith and Villablanca 2015). Active management is required because as groves mature, age, and trees eventually senesce, the microhabitat provided by those trees is modified (Griffith and Villablanca 2015, Pelton et al. 2016). If unmanaged, groves eventually lose the microhabitat attributes that allow overwintering by western monarchs (Griffith and Villablanca 2015, Pelton et al. 2016). In addition, â¿¿managementâ¿ of groves in urban forests and State, City and Regional Parks, can result in unintended modifications to monarch overwintering microhabitat through tree trimming, thinning, and removal of â¿¿hazardâ¿ limbs and trees. Also, coastal development on private lands has resulted in the loss and degradation of overwintering habitat. For example, in the last decade approximately five overwintering sites per year have either been destroyed or made unsuitable for monarchs due to development (Pelton et al. 2016). Grove management is a primary focus for monarch conservation in the western U.S. (USFWS, Xerces Society, Monarch Joint Venture). |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Misty Bradford 530 841-3110
misty_bradford@fws.gov Email:misty_bradford@fws.gov |
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Folder 306740 Other Supporting Documents-Notice of Funding Opportunity -> NOFO Project Officer Review Sheet CalPoly CESU .pdf
Folder 306740 Other Supporting Documents-Notice of Funding Opportunity -> NOFO CalPoly.pdf
Folder 306740 Other Supporting Documents-Notice of Intent -> 3-2452 Single Source CalPoly.pdf
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