Turtle Study on the Missouri River in Montana

Post Date

August 18th 2009

Application Due Date

September 1st 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

BLM-MT-NOI09-1590

CFDA Number(s)

15.231

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $10000

• Award Range:

  $10000 - $10000

Grant Description

To conduct a detailed study to augment the baseline information recently collected on spiny softshell turtles. Using radio transmitters, describe daily and seasonal movements and determine the size of home ranges. To determine spring, summer, nesting, and overwintering habitat preferences at four scales: 1) longitudinal (i.e., river kilometer locations); 2) reach type (i.e., confined, unconfined, braided, meandering); 3) habitat unit (i.e., pool type, crossover, secondary channel), microhabitat (i.e., inside bend, outside bend, distance to shore, depth, substrate).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Lori J Anderson
  landerso@blm.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  GMO

• Agency Email Address:

  landerso@blm.gov

• More Information:

  www.grants.gov