The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is offering this grant to support the conservation of Greater Sage Grouse by improving sagebrush habitat management. This grant is for conducting an analysis to understand how climate change and disturbance affect soil water conditions and sagebrush plant communities, including invasive species. The project requires simulating daily soil water dynamics and using a modeling platform to assess effects on species composition and production. Key questions address sensitivity to climate change, competition from invasive grasses, and disturbance impacts. Applicants should possess expertise in simulation modeling integrating projected soil moisture and plant community dynamics. The analysis will focus on state-identified priority sage-grouse habitats, with results disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and presentations.
Opportunity ID: 238076
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F13AS00259 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Modeling plant community composition and vegetation structure in core sage grouse habitats |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Consumer Protection Information and Statistics Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.670 — Adaptive Science |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 22, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 05, 2013 This opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Program – Rocky Mountain CESU Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (#60181AJ402). Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Rocky Mountain (CESU). |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 05, 2013 This opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Program – Rocky Mountain CESU Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (#60181AJ402). Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Rocky Mountain (CESU). |
| Archive Date: | Aug 22, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $155,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $155,000 |
| Award Floor: | $100,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Rocky Mountain CESU university partners possess the unique expertise to substantially involve and collaborate with the Service in the modeling and assessment of sage grouse habitats across the range of the species, and to provide for substantial cost savings to the Service by minimization of overhead through a negotiated rate in the CESU agreement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | In order to assist and direct the future management of sagebrush habitats for the conservation of Greater Sage Grouse, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is desirous of acquiring an analysis of sage-grouse habitat to examine how climate change and disturbance will influence the soil water conditions needed for persistence of the key sagebrush plant community components. We anticipate the need to simulate daily soil water dynamics as a function of climate and soil variables and employment of a modeling platform which comprises a daily time step soil water model and a plant demographic model to simulate the effects of water availability and inter- and intraspecific competition on species composition and production of sagebrush plant communities, including invasive alien species such as cheatgrass and Japanese brome. The Service expects that this analysis, when completed, will address the following questions: 1. How will climate change and disturbance affect sagebrush plant communities over the first half of the 21st century? 2. To what variables will sagebrush plant communities be most sensitive? 3. How will competition from invasive annual grasses such as cheatgrass and Japanese brome influence sagebrush plant communities? 4. To which kinds of disturbance will sagebrush plant communities be most sensitive? The Service anticipates that the successful applicant will possess the expertise and capability to develop and apply simulation modeling that integrates projected soil moisture conditions with plant community dynamics to produce estimates and associated uncertainties for seedling establishment, plant survival, species composition, and production under current conditions and climate change scenarios for individual species or functional groups of plants. The Service also expects that the analyses will utilize specific locations in state-identified priority sage-grouse habitat that presently supports sagebrush. All results will be described in peer-reviewed scientific publications and presented to interested resource managers. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Greg Watson, Project Officer, 303 236-8155
greg_watson@fws.gov Email:greg_watson@fws.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Greg Watson, Project Officer, 303 236-8155 greg_watson@fws.gov Email: greg_watson@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.670 | PKG00181553 | Jul 22, 2013 | Aug 05, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
238076 SF424-2.0.pdf
238076 Project-1.1.pdf
238076 Budget-1.1.pdf
238076 SF424A-1.0.pdf
238076 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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