Review and Revision of the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council Subsistence Harvest Survey

Post Date

December 11th 2013

Application Due Date

February 7th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

F14AS00041

CFDA Number(s)

15.643

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment
Information and Statistics
Natural Resources
Regional Development
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

All qualified members of a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (http://www.cesu.psu.edu/) are eligible to apply The successful applicant is expected to have: (i) demonstrated professional experience, expertise, and education in human dimensions and social sciences related to the design and implementation of scientific surveys to assess natural resource questions in Alaska or a similar geographic region; (ii) education and demonstrated ability in analyzing scientific survey data including statistical expertise; (iii) knowledge and understanding of subsistence hunting, sport hunting, and wildlife management in Alaska or a similar geographic region; (iv) knowledge and/or experience working in rural Alaska and with its Native peoples or comparable experience from a similar geographic region; and (v) demonstrated professional experience, expertise, and education in decision analysis and facilitation.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $675000

• Award Range:

  $175000 - $175000

Grant Description

Funds under this cooperative agreement award are to be used to review the current Alaska migratory bird subsistence harvest survey design and survey methods; if necessary, develop and test alternate methods and recommend a preferred strategy; scientifically defensible, practicable, and culturally acceptable survey instrument, process, methods, analyses, and reporting format. This would involve: 1) identifying and describing important factors regarding cost, bias, accuracy, precision, implementation and use of the current migratory bird subsistence harvest survey; 2) developing and evaluating of alternative approaches and designs for a migratory bird subsistence harvest survey(s); and 3) recommending a preferred alternative that best meets survey objectives.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Katherine Smiley, Contracting Officer, 907-786-3412
  Katherine_Smiley@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Katherine_Smiley@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Katherine_Smiley@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.fws.gov/alaska/ambcc/index.htm