Sage Grouse Initiative Strategic Watershed Action Team II (SGI SWAT II)

Post Date

June 23rd 2015

Application Due Date

June 29th 2015

This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement in accordance with Department of Interior Policy 505 DM2 Section 2.14 B (2) Continuation and (4) Unique Qualifications

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00288

CFDA Number(s)

15.637

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement in accordance with Department of Interior Policy 505 DM2 Section 2.14 B (2) Continuation and (4) Unique Qualifications

Number of Awards

5

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement in accordance with Department of Interior Policy 505 DM2 Section 2.14 B (2) Continuation and (4) Unique Qualifications

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $7500000

• Award Range:

  $150000 - $5000000

Grant Description

Objectives of SGI SWAT 2.0 will include: ___Maintaining specialized human skill sets at critical geographic ___pinch points___ to secure SGI benefits. ___Maintaining science capacity to better focus SGI implementation, assess biological outcomes, and continually improve program delivery. ___Maintaining and enhancing outreach and communication strategies to increase partner buy-in and SGI participation from landowners. ___Expanding the SGI partnership to further leverage NRCS contributions resulting in increased outcomes and participation. ___Increasing the understanding and promoting the benefits of sage grouse conservation to the sagebrush steppe ecosystem and sagebrush obligate species. ___Fully deploying the SGI SWAT model to conservation of the sagebrush steppe ecosystem.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Dave Smith, 406-549-0287
  dave_w_smith@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  dave_w_smith@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  dave_w_smith@fws.gov

• More Information:

  None