US Fish and Wildlife Service: Research Grant for Landscape Conservation and Sage Grouse Habitat Analysis

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a research grant to conduct a futures analysis on landscape conservation and greater sage grouse habitats, focusing on anthropogenic influences from energy development. The study involves delineating study areas in key management zones, gathering and analyzing spatial data sets, constructing a risk assessment model, and linking it to spatial habitat maps. Recommendations for future work and collaboration with experts are encouraged. Closing date: Aug 06, 2013.

Opportunity ID: 238079

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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::
Category of Funding Activity::	Information and Statistics
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	1
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	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
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Aug 06, 2013
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.
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Synopsis 1

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Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

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Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00181554
Opening Date:	Jul 22, 2013
Closing Date:	Aug 06, 2013
Agency Contact Information::	Greg Watson
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
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