Regulate Shorebird Hunting in the Caribbean and South America Intent to award CFDA 15.663

Post Date

July 31st 2014

Application Due Date

August 5th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

F14AS00361

CFDA Number(s)

15.663

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

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

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $88380

• Award Range:

  $88380 - $88380

Grant Description

This intent of the award is to Regulate Shorebird Hunting in the Caribbean and South America. The award is issued to provide financial assistance: Understand shorebird harvest policies, determine harvest sustainability, and provide mitigation measures for shorebird hunting among the jurisdictions of the Caribbean Sea and northern South America. Providing shooting-free reserves in the area where the shorebird harvest occurs is a viable strategy to reduce mortality. Shooting-free reserves provide alternative feeding and resting refugia to migratory birds. The greatest challenge (and cost) at the refugia is to prevent flooding of the кfeeding trayк which make it near useless for shorebirds. Current management is labor intensive and involves extensive annual maintenance and monitoring. Funds will pay for salaries to maintain the refugia and equipment rental for maintenance and improvements.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Annelee Motta, 413-253-8539
  annelee_motta@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  annelee_motta@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  annelee_motta@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov