UPPER MISSOURI RIVER PALLID STURGEON TAGGING

Post Date

June 28th 2013

Application Due Date

July 15th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

R13SS60018

CFDA Number(s)

15.517

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $40000

• Award Range:

  $40000 - $40000

Grant Description

Activities for this project will include the following: Capturing and tagging the PS-97 year class, taking blood samples to check reproductive status, and tracking sexually active fish in the upper Missouri River. Efforts will also focus on pallid and shovelnose response to Tiber outflows. Recapture radio-tagged PS-97 and adult wild pallid sturgeon for blood samples to check sexual condition. Radio tag up to 30 new PS-97 to be tracked this year and in subsequent years. Maintain existing radio telemetry stations and organize data into existing spreadsheet/data base. Download stations at least monthly from July п October. Manually track and located radio tagged pallid sturgeon over the entire study area once a month from April п October. During the optimal spawning time (June) pallid sturgeon will be tracked more thoroughly. Track radio-tagged fish to monitor movement activities and evaluate habitat preferences for sturgeon spawning and staging.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Reclamation

• Agency Contact:

  Leisa Philbin
  Grants Officer
  Phone 406-247-7606

• Agency Mailing Address:

  office

• Agency Email Address:

  lphilbin@usbr.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Reclamation - Great Plains Region