Intervention to Stop an Epidemic of Sarcoptic Mange in San Joaquin Kit Foxes

Post Date

September 23rd 2015

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

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

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00471

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:

  $49925

• Award Range:

  $49925 - $49925

Grant Description

Funds under this award are to be used to place mange-preventive collars on at-risk kit foxes and perform follow-up monitoring to detect differences in mange incidence as a result of the intervention. University of California, Davis (UCD) staff will monitor mange incidence in the surrounding two study sites with remote cameras at bait stations and Sarcoptes mite PCR in feces near bait stations, and telemetry. This award is made under the authority of: Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531 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.gov