Designing Herbicide-Based Manangement Strategies for Use in Endangered Butterfly Habitats

Post Date

August 30th 2011

Application Due Date

September 6th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

FWS-R1-OFWO-2011

CFDA Number(s)

15.650

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:

  $37978

• Award Range:

  $37978 - $37978

Grant Description

This project is an investigation of the effects of herbicide application on Fender•À_s blue butterfly and native and non-native vegetation at Baskett Slough NWR. The objectives of this study are to: quantify the impact of different herbicides on a common butterfly species under controlled conditions; assess herbicide effects on Fender•À_s blue butterfly and native and non-native vegetation; model the effects of a suite of herbicide-based management strategies on Fender•À_s blue butterfly population dynamics using field and laboratory-based data to parameterize the demographic model; and implement larger-scale applications to compare estimates of risk from the modeling effort to actual herbicide effects in large-scale, on-the ground treatments. Results of this study will be used to design an invasive species management strategy for the refuge, which ultimately will help to recover this imperiled butterfly species to the benefit of the American people.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Angie Chapman
  Administrative Officer
  Phone 360-484-3482

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Administrative Officer

• Agency Email Address:

  angie_chapman@fws.gov