The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering this grant to conduct a comprehensive futures analysis focusing on landscape conservation for the greater sage-grouse, their habitats, and the impacts of anthropogenic influences from energy development. This grant is for the purpose of assessing the future risk to sage-grouse habitat across federal lands, particularly in Management Zones I, II, and IV, where major oil, gas, and wind development coincides with sage-grouse ranges. The study will involve gathering and analyzing spatial data to quantify energy development parameters, constructing a risk assessment model to predict impacts on sage-grouse use/occupancy, and linking this to a spatial habitat map using standard GIS formats. The project aims to provide recommendations for future work and collaborate on publishing findings, ultimately supporting crucial conservation efforts.
Opportunity ID: 238079
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F13AS00260 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Futures Analysis of Landscape Conservation and Greater Sage Grouse, Their Habitats, and Anthropogenic Influences from Energy Development |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | 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 06, 2013 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. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 06, 2013 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. |
| Archive Date: | Aug 23, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $110,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $110,000 |
| Award Floor: | $90,000 |
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 – Rocky Mountain CESU Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (#60181AJ402). CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU). The Service anticipates that the successful applicant will possess the expertise and capability to conduct all elements of this work, including documented experience in avian ecology, spatial analysis and adaptive resource management. All results will be described in peer-reviewed scientific publications and presented to interested resource managers. Due to the limited funds available, preference is given to proposals requesting less than $101,000.00 USD |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | The Service expects that this study will include: 1. Delineation of a broad study area of Federal lands and/or mineral estates, primarily in Management Zones I, II, and IV, essentially considering all areas of the greater sage-grouse range that coincides with major energy development (oil, gas, and wind). Working closely with the FWS to identify those lands on which to specifically develop the risk assessment model. 2. Gathering and assembly of applicable spatial data sets from Federal resource management plans. 3. Analysis of the data to provide a future quantitative description of energy development (anthropogenic) parameters for the study area. 4. Using data from areas where both projected lease data and actual development data exist, construction a model that assesses the risk to sage-grouse habitat for the study area. It is expected that the risk analysis will be represented by thresholds demarcating expected levels of use/occupancy of the subject species. 5. Working with Service database managers to link the model to a spatial analysis and attribute that spatial habitat map with the risk assessment. 6. Ensuring that lease and energy development spatial data layers are in standard GIS format and can be utilized in ARC GIS with other similarly formatted spatial data, such as population demographics, etc. 7. Making recommendations future work to improve accuracy, confidence, and/or to conduct validation. 8. Collaborating with Service experts and others in the publication of the findings. |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG00181554 | Jul 22, 2013 | Aug 06, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
238079 SF424-2.0.pdf
238079 Project-1.1.pdf
238079 Budget-1.1.pdf
238079 SF424A-1.0.pdf
238079 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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