This grant, offered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California, is for the purpose of enhancing desert tortoise conservation efforts. The initiative focuses on three key areas. Firstly, it aims to refine methods for accelerating the growth of hatchery-raised tortoises, primarily by improving food availability within protective pens, and to document their development to sexual maturity. Secondly, the project will investigate whether hatchery conditions influence the gender of hatchlings, as nest temperature determines sex and skewed ratios could impact population dynamics. Finally, the grant supports using these hatchery-reared tortoises to restock areas with depleted wild populations and to strengthen existing ones, contributing to the long-term viability of the desert tortoise species.
Opportunity ID: 57634
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | L10AS00361 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | BLM CA AUGMENTING NATURAL DESERT TORTOISE POPULATION FERTILE ADULTS |
| 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: | Sep 17, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 27, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 27, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Nov 30, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $900,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $90,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1,000 |
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: | APPLICANTS MUST BE A PARTNER WITH THE DESERT SOUTHWEST COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEM STUDIES UNIT |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Land Management |
| Description: | (1) to develop methods to speed the growth of hatchery-raised tortoises (mainly by extending food availability through irrigation of native plants within the pens used to protect the juveniles from predators), and to document the size and age at which hatchery-raised tortoises reach sexual maturity, (2) to determine whether generating hatchlings in hatcheries affects their gender (tortoise gender is determined by nest temperature and nesting inside hatchery pens may skew sex ratios one way or the other), and (3) to use hatchery-raised tortoises as a source of juveniles to restock areas depleted of wild desert tortoises, and to augment existing populations. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov/ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Traci D Thaler, Grants and Agreements Specialist, 916-978-4529
tthaler@blm.gov Email:tthaler@blm.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 57634 Full Announcement-1 -> l10as00361 rfa desert tortoise.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Traci D Thaler, Grants and Agreements Specialist, 916-978-4529 tthaler@blm.gov Email: tthaler@blm.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.231 | PKG00021318 | Sep 17, 2010 | Oct 27, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
57634 SF424-2.0.pdf
57634 SF424A-1.0.pdf
57634 SF424B-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
57634 Budget-1.1.pdf
57634 Project-1.1.pdf
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