Biological control of noxious weeds on Federal installations in Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming.

Post Date

May 22nd 2014

Application Due Date

May 29th 2014

This Single Source Award is being awarded in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B (4) Unsolicited Proposal and Unique Qualifications.

Funding Opportunity Number

F14AS00199

CFDA Number(s)

15.608

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

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

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is a Notice of Intent to award a Single Source Cooperative agreement to Texas A&M AgriLife Research for the purpose of using biocontrols to control noxious weeds on Federal lands. This award is being made under the under the Gulf Coast CESU agreement.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $900000

• Award Range:

  $130166 - $199678

Grant Description

This project will reduce or eliminate infestations of federal and state listed noxious weeds, and control the spread of these weeds through the use of approved biocontrol agents on Federal lands. The objectives of this project include: 1. Establish approved insects and mites for biocontrol of federal and state listed noxious weeds at sites on Federal installations in Colorado and Wyoming. 2. Redistribute established insects and mites to additional weed infestations as necessary. 3. Monitor the reduction in weed infestations through GPS mapping of infestation perimeters and plant measurements that include density, height, and other parameters. 4. Monitor the ability of biocontrol agents to self-distribute from initial release sites to other weed infestations within an installation. This monitoring may include simple presence/absence sampling or more detailed data collected on biocontrol agent density or plant damage symptoms.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Pamela Sponholz, Project Officer, 303 236-4509
  pamela_sponholtz@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  pamela_sponholtz@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  pamela_sponholtz@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov