Habitat Assessment and Accounting Infrastructure

Post Date

April 20th 2010

Application Due Date

May 2nd 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

FWS-10-ES-GLRI-35

CFDA Number(s)

15.608

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

The goal of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is to target the most significant environmental problems in the Great Lakes ecosystem by funding and implementing federal and cooperator projects that address these problems. One needs to better understand the past, present and future conditions of habitat within and surrounding the Great Lakes System in order to strategically assess where to target resources. Geospatially assessing habitats over time also addresses how to account for changes in the landscape systems. Geospatial tools such as digital maps and remote sensing imagery provide the approach for describing where to target resources across the basin in order to protect, restore and maintain critical habitats. Proposals are requested target the following geospatial information needs. Cooperative grant funding requested should be primarily targeted for those information needs listed as well as an associated geographic area for the Great Lakes Basin. You do not have to address all needs; just those your organization wishes to apply for. The Service may increase or decrease grant amounts awarded depending on the scale and priority of needs based on proposals received. These information needs are not listed in any order. Experience with past and current geospatial projects with partners in the Great Lakes region will receive higher consideration.

Number of Awards

8

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
Special District Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Non-Profits Without 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1600000

• Award Range:

  $10000 - $500000

Grant Description

Preference will be given to proposals through documentation of past Great Lakes projects, websites, references, and partnerships with other Great Lakes international, federal, state, local, tribal and non-profit conservation partners. Knowledge of remote sensing, geospatial systems, OGC compliant datasets, open source geospatial software applications, massive data archiving and distribution over the web, geospatial habitat assessment, wetland mapping approaches/standards in the Great Lakes region, conversion of Wisconsin Wetland Inventory data to National Wetland Inventory format, are needed to address many of the information needs listed.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Brian Huberty
  Phone 612/713-5332

• Agency Mailing Address:

  USFWS Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  brian_huberty@fws.gov

• Location:

  Region 3