South Spit Cooperative Management Area Western Snowy Plover Habitat Restoration & Expansion Project

Post Date

January 15th 2008

Application Due Date

January 30th 2008

Funding Opportunity Number

CA-RFA08-2001

CFDA Number(s)

15.231

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $160000

• Award Range:

  $20000 - $160000

Grant Description

The South Spit is currently in a severely degraded vegetative condition with the majority of the area consisting of invasive, non-native plant species. European beachgrass, iceplant, and yellow bush lupine now dominate the foredunes where once they were absent. Native species were present on the South Spit in the 1940’s but not uniformly distributed or abundant due to wave over-wash events that maintained the sands in an actively moving state over much of the area. The establishment of these invasive plant species has interrupted the functioning of natural systems on the South Spit, causing the stabilization of foredunes by beachgrass and eliminated low-gradient shifting dunes.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Land Management

• Agency Contact:

  Traci Thaler
  Grants and Agmts Specialist
  Phone 916-978-4529

• Agency Mailing Address:

  tthaler@blm.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  tthaler@blm.gov