BLM OR/WA: National Landscape Conservation System/Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area Seabird Study

Post Date

August 12th 2010

Application Due Date

August 31st 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

L10AS00271

CFDA Number(s)

15.231

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $27000

• Award Range:

  $1 - $27000

Grant Description

This study will investigate the ecological mechanisms affecting productivity and population dynamics of seabirds at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (YHONA). The recipient will study the reproductive biology, foraging ecology, population dynamics of breeding seabirds nesting at YHONA, as well as the impacts of seabird predators such as increasing populations of bald eagles. The recipient will work closely with YHONA staff and USFWS personnel from the Oregon Coast Refuge Complex (who have jurisdiction over most seabird colonies in Oregon) to understand why remarkable population changes have taken place and what future changes might be expected. These strategic partnerships also will ensure that results are communicated to key resource management entities in a timely fashion. Field staff working on this project will provide weekly research updates to BLM and USFWS interpreters at the lighthouse and directly to the public through regular interactions.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Land Management

• Agency Contact:

  Walter Ullrey, Agreements Specialist, 503-808-6230
  wullrey@blm.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  YHONA Seabird Study

• Agency Email Address:

  wullrey@blm.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.Grants.gov