Treatment and Prevention of Infection by Bd in two species of mountain yellow-legged frogs

Post Date

September 22nd 2015

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

This is a Notice of Intent for a Single Source Award. The recipient has already been selected.

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00469

CFDA Number(s)

15.657

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $140000

• Award Range:

  $140000 - $140000

Grant Description

The study requires University of California, Santa Barbara staff to: 1) Visit two-thirds (14-16) of the R. sierrae and R. muscosa populations in the Sierra Nevada that remain Bd-na__ve to confirm disease status, 2) capture, PIT tag, swab, and treat up to 500 adult frogs from the affected sites, then release infected frogs post-treatment back into the sites from which they were collected, and 3) if conditions in certain populations warrant it, collection of some early life stages for transportation to a zoo for captive rearing. These frogs would be raised to adulthood, infected with Bd to immunize them, cleared of infection, and then reintroduced into the population from which they were collected. This award is made under the authority of: Endangered Species Act of 1973 et. seq. as amended.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Patrick Schulze, Grants Management Specialist, 503-736-4471
  patrick_schulze@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  patrick_schulze@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  patrick_schulze@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gpv