Walker Basin Fish-Eating Bird Survey

Post Date

July 17th 2012

Application Due Date

July 31st 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

F12AS00294

CFDA Number(s)

15.655

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

This funding announcement is a Notice of Intent to Award (NOI): PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. Federal regulations require that all funding opportunities be posted on Grants.gov. This posting is intended to comply with those regulations. This is a single source opportunity.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $150000

• Award Range:

  $150000 - $150000

Grant Description

In recent decades, the number of fish-eating birds stopping over at Nevada's Walker Lake during the spring and fall migration periods has declined substantially as the lake recedes and becomes increasingly saline. This project represents an effort to develop and implement an expanded monitoring protocol that will produce reliable population estimates and trend analyses. Specifically, this scope will expand the existing survey program geographically, and replicate efforts over expanded time periods within a given survey season in order to identify and capture information about migration peaks. GBBO previously determined that aerial photography surveys were not practical for these study areas, so the methods employed will be a combination of established ground and boat based surveys.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Dwight (Ike) Luginbill
  Grants/Agreements Assistant
  Phone 209-334-2968 x340

• Agency Mailing Address:

  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Email Address:

  Dwight_Luginbill@fws.gov