BLM WY Sage Grouse Habitat Assessment Using High Resolution Aerial Images (CESU)

Post Date

August 2nd 2010

Application Due Date

August 16th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

L10AS00239

CFDA Number(s)

15.231

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Eligible Applicants: University of Wyoming This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Land Management's intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $45000

• Award Range:

  $15000 - $45000

Grant Description

A. Project Background Information: This is a cooperative study among BLM, USDA ARS and the Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming (UW). BLM has an existing agreement with ARS for this project and this document will establish a similar agreement between and the BLM and UW. B. Project Objective: A total of 1080 ground photos and over 3,000 aerial photos were taken in June 2010 with high- resolution digital cameras. The aerial photos were taken along pre-determined flight lines that covered the sage-grouse trapping focus area for the western Natrona County Sage-grouse Distribution Project (Cooperative University of Wyoming, BLM and Wyoming Game and Fish Department Research Project). The aerial photos covered an area of approximately 138,000 acres. The ground photos locations were identified using stratified randomly selected sites among the aerial photo target sites. No target location used for ground photography was within less than 50 m from a road. Ground and aerial photos will be analyzed under the direction the University of Wyoming, for ground cover (percentage bare ground, litter, grass, and shrubs and forbs by species and shadow and unknown). C. Period of Agreement: August 2010 thru December 2012

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Land Management

• Agency Contact:

  Ilze J Karklins-Powers, Grants Management Officer, 307-775-6293
  ipowers@blm.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  ipowers@blm.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  ipowers@blm.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov