Conversion of Degraded Grasslands on the Cannery Hill Unit

Post Date

May 11th 2011

Application Due Date

June 13th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

FWS-R1-BJ057

CFDA Number(s)

15.664

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $20719

• Award Range:

  $0 - $20719

Grant Description

This project is a partnership between the Service and the Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE) to convert degraded grasslands on the Cannery Hill Unit of Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) from non-native pasture grasses to native coastal grasses and forbs with an emphasis on the species and structure required to support the federally listed threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene hippolyta). IAE will develop and guide implementation of a scientifically sound restoration, management and monitoring plan that results in restoration of coastal prairie at Nestucca Bay NWR while minimizing both up-front and long-term restoration costs. IAE will provide labor, contracts, technical expertise, and oversight to ensure accomplishment of all activities under this project. This project will benefit the public by restoring a habitat type that is currently rare and declining, and by providing suitable habitat for a potential experimental release of a threatened species which could contribute to its recovery.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Rebecca Chuck
  Project Manager
  (541) 876-4550

• Agency Mailing Address:

  work

• Agency Email Address:

  Rebecca_Chuck@fws.gov