Opportunity ID: 290560

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: F17AS00056
Funding Opportunity Title: Anthropogenic Water Body Mapping: Primary Historic Range of Topeka shiner
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
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: Dec 08, 2016
Last Updated Date:
Original Closing Date for Applications: Dec 15, 2016 This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to Emporia State University through the Great Plains CESU in accordance with DOI policy 505 DM 2.14 (4) Unique Qualifications.
Current Closing Date for Applications: Dec 15, 2016 This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to Emporia State University through the Great Plains CESU in accordance with DOI policy 505 DM 2.14 (4) Unique Qualifications.
Archive Date: Jan 08, 2017
Estimated Total Program Funding: $20,000
Award Ceiling: $20,000
Award Floor: $10,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to Emporia State University through the Great Plains CESU in accordance with DOI policy 505 DM 2.14 (4) Unique Qualifications.

Additional Information

Agency Name: Fish and Wildlife Service
Description: The activities completed through this Cooperative Agreement will support collaborative Topeka shiner recovery efforts by USFWS (ES, PFW, NWRs), KWPT, and multiple NGO partners. The agreement that will result from this funding opportunity will provide financial support from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the recipient to conduct research necessary to support Topeka shiner efforts by USFWS, NPS, KDWPT, TNC, and other partners. To successfully implement Topeka shiner recovery efforts, this project is consistent with implementation of the USFWS Strategic Habitat Conservation (SHC) business model. This business model is built on four critical elements. These critical elements include: Biological Planning, Conservation Design, Research/Monitoring/Evaluation, and Implementation/Project Delivery. When implemented these elements provide a feedback mechanism that refines conservation delivery through time. This agreement will facilitate funding to support the critical elements of the SHC business model.

This agreement will support the biological planning element through; creation of current and highly accurate spatial data representing anthropogenic water bodies throughout the primary historic range of Topeka shiner. These data will be used in analyses by a KSU Ph.D. candidate who is conducting a FWS funded project which will include collection of survey and census data relevant to priority species (Topeka shiner), analysis of survey and census data to develop and refine population distributions, assessment of local and landscape habitat relationships, development of population based habitat goals, collection and analysis of geospatial data to document habitat/landscape conditions, development of biologically driven spatially explicit habitat models for species of concern, development of GIS data that inventory habitat conditions and occurrence of Topeka shiner.

Conservation design activities supported will include: Data provided through this project will be used in development of Topeka shiner distribution models across the primary historic range of Kansas; support of GIS and modeling capacities (staff/hardware/software). These data and models will be used to support development of decision support tools to guide existing conservation programs; evaluation of existing programs to determine eligibility across the landscape; refinement and development of new programs that will address unmet conservation needs.

Research, inventory, and monitoring projects will be supported to inform and refine conservation actions. Project categories will include: collection of species occurrence data; inventory of habitat conditions; and analysis of biotic and abiotic data to understand annual habitat variability. In addition monitoring and inventory data will be collected to develop and refine population goals and habitat targets for the region. Research and monitoring projects that provide a quantitative assessment of restoration, management, and habitat enhancement practices will also be supported. In addition, projects that document annual habitat conditions assess climatology and habitat relationships, and document landscape scale changes in habitat conditions will be coordinated.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Mike Estey 620-392-5553
mike_estey@fws.gov

Email:mike_estey@fws.gov

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Agency Contact Information: Mike Estey 620-392-5553
mike_estey@fws.gov

Email: mike_estey@fws.gov

Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
15.678 PKG00229671 Dec 08, 2016 Dec 15, 2016 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

290560 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf

290560 SF424B-1.1.pdf

290560 SF424A-1.0.pdf

290560 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf

Optional forms

290560 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf

290560 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf

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