FY 2015 Polar Bear Co-management

Post Date

December 12th 2014

Application Due Date

December 29th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00050

CFDA Number(s)

15.608

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Environment
Natural Resources
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $600000

• Award Range:

  $600000 - $600000

Grant Description

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7 intends to award a single source financial assistance agreement as authorized by 505 DM 2.14 (B) to the Alaska Nanuuq Commission (Commission). This notice is not a request for proposals and the Government does not intend to accept proposals. Award will be made approximately 15 days after this notice. This project involves: 1 ensuring that the Commission has adequate funding to participate in the operations necessary for comanagement of polar bears, including maintaining an office and staff, and conducting annual meetings and travel related to polar bear conservation; and 2 continuation of the process for implementing the U.S and Russia Agreement on the Conservation and Management of the Shared Alaska Chukotka Polar Bear Population. Under this award, direct involvement by the Commission in comanagement of polar bears will help fulfill the Commissions mission to represent Alaska Natives on matters related to the subsistence use of polar bears, as well as to fulfill the Services species oversight responsibilities, including managing harvest. Specifically, the Commission will work with the Service to develop the Shared Harvest Management Plan and build awareness throughout the state and internationally regarding the protection and conservation of polar bears, as well as the importance of aboriginal subsistence hunting to the survival of Inupiat and Yupik Eskimos. This agreement is entered into under the authority of section 119 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Amendments of 1994 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1388).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Charles Hamilton, , Acting Polar Bear Project Leader, 907-786-3804
  charles_hamilton@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Work

• Agency Email Address:

  charles_hamilton@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.fws.gov/alaska/funding_opportunity.htm