Flint Hills Spring Migration Shorebird Survey

Post Date

May 4th 2012

Application Due Date

June 4th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

F12AS00152

CFDA Number(s)

15.655

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment
Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Special District Governments
Independent School Districts
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Public Housing Authorities or Indian Housing Authorities
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Individuals
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $20000

• Award Range:

  $1000 - $20000

Grant Description

This is a Notice of Intent to award a Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy, for the purpose of surveying spring migrating shorebirds in the Flint Hills region of KS and OK according to USFWS protocol. Description: The tasks to be performed under this agreement are as follows: TNC will maintain overall lead of project; TNC will provide direction and technical assistance to develop survey protocol; TNC will be responsible for implementing the survey; TNV will be responsible for contacting other partners to assist in implementation survey and organizing their efforts; USFWS will provide assistance in survey design; USFWS will provide assistance in development of sampling designs; USFWS will provide assistance in development of mapping and other survey related products; USFWS will provide assistance in implementation of surveys; USFWS will provide assistance in data analysis; USFWS will provide assistance in report writing and distribution. This Single Source Award is being made in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14B Unsolicited Proposal (1), Continuation (2), and Unique Qualifications (3), which allows for award without competition to an applicant. This is an unsolicited proposal by TNC to the USFWS and meets our priority species needs. In 2011, TNC undertook a test survey of migrating shorebirds. Technical assistance by USFWS was enlisted to improve the survey and sampling design of this survey. TNC personnel have unique qualifications including access, staff capacity, technical expertise and responsibility in the area.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Dung Pham, 303-236-4495
  Dung_Pham@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Dung_Pham@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Dung_Pham@fws.gov

• More Information:

  N/A