Spatial and Movement Dynamics of Elk Using the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming

Post Date

November 26th 2014

Application Due Date

December 5th 2014

This is a Notice of Intent to award a Single Source Cooperative Agreement to University of Arizona through the Desert Southwest CESU in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B (2) Continuation and (4) Unique Qualifications.

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00033

CFDA Number(s)

15.650

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

This is a Notice of Intent to award a Single Source Cooperative Agreement to University of Arizona through the Desert Southwest CESU in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B (2) Continuation and (4) Unique Qualifications.

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is a Notice of Intent to award a Single Source Cooperative Agreement to University of Arizona through the Desert Southwest CESU in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B (2) Continuation and (4) Unique Qualifications.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $15866

• Award Range:

  $1000 - $15866

Grant Description

The tasks to be performed under this agreement are as follows: 1) Processing the existing elk GPS collar data set to exclude pre-deployment fixes, erroneous fixes, and post mortality or post collar drop fixes. NER will provide metadata that includes deployment and offair dates that should facilitate this process. 2) Creating a merged geodatabase or shapfile that includes elk ID as a field 3) Descriptive summaries for each elk documenting summer range, NER arrival and departure times etc. This information is useful for planning hunt seasons and assessing the timing of seasonal closures on the bike path that is adjacent to the refuge.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Eric Cole, 307-201-5432
  eric_cole@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  eric_cole@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  eric_cole@fws.gov

• More Information:

  None