Beach-Nesting Bird Protection, Monitoring, and Stewardship at Bon Secour NWR, Alabama

Post Date

April 30th 2015

Application Due Date

May 6th 2015

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR POLICY 505 DM 2.14 B (2) CONTINUATION AND (4) UNIQUE QUALIFCATIONS AND THERE IS NO FULL ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00204

CFDA Number(s)

15.658

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

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 (4) and is within the discretion of the Agency.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $0

• Award Range:

  $151594 - $151594

Grant Description

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE AND THERE IS NO FULL ANNOUCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE. This is a notice of intent to award a Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and American Bird Conservancy for the purpose of providing protection, monitoring, and public engagement opportunities centered on beach-nesting bird species, such as the Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) and Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), at BSNWR (including Little Dauphin Island/LDI) in Alabama. The activities funded via the cooperative agreement through the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Phase II Early Restoration Plan and Environmental Review, December 2012. Final Selection: Enhanced Management of Avian Breeding Habitat Injured by Response in the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, and Mississippi. Further, the scope of this project directly relates to the mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) to protect and recover Federal Trust Species (threatened and endangered species, migratory birds, marine mammals, state listed species and species of concern, and interjurisdictional fisheries) by supporting voluntary restoration, enhancement and protection of high priority habitats.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Artela Jacobs, Contracting Officer, 404-679-7197
  Artela_Jacobs@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Artela_jacobs@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Artela_Jacobs@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov