Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Efforts

Post Date

March 20th 2015

Application Due Date

March 27th 2015

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00140

CFDA Number(s)

15.657

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment
Other

Parrot conditioning in release cage, platform and blind constructions, installations of artificial nest structures, monitoring released birds. provide recommendations on the design and construction of the support facilities for the Puerto Rican parrot at the Maricao Fish Hatchery.

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

This opportunity is not a request for applications. The determination not to compete is based on Departmental policy (505 DM 2.14,B. (2) and is within the discretion of the Agency.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $175000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE, AND THERE IS NO FULL ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to award a cooperative agreement to Funds under this award are to carryout priority recovery for the endangered Puerto Rican Parrot. In accordance with this agreement, funds will used to cover the re-habilitation of existing facilities at the Maricao Fish Hatchery where Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER) and the Service will co-manage a new third population site. Funds will also cover the construction of a flight cage and a hurricane shelter at the Jos_ Vivaldi Aviary in the R_o Abajo Commonwealth Forest.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Kerri Heywood, Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Efforts, 404-679-4066
  kerri_heywood@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  kerri_heywood@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  kerri_heywood@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://grants.gov