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- Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Plains CESU [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: G13AS00046 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development CFDA Number: 15.808 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-USGS1 Closing Date: May 30, 2013 Award Ceiling: $0 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to support refinement of monitoring techniques for Interior Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) and Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) nests within the Missouri River Basin. Interior least terns and piping plovers are federally listed species nesting in the upper Missouri River system. Extensive annual monitoring of the reproduction and productivity of these two species is conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Such monitoring facilitates management of this dynamic river system which serves as an important breeding area for these listed species. Both species nest in open sand, gravel, or shell-covered substrates along rivers, coastal areas, and lake edges. Researchers conduct grid searches to locate nests and monitor them every 2-3 days to determine nest fate. Nest fates are classified using sign at the nest, but this method has not been rigorously evaluated to determine if misclassification occurs, and if so, how often for each species. - Recruitment Dynamics of Scleractinian Corals along the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: P13AS00066 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources CFDA Number: 15.944 Eligible Applicants State governments Agency Name: DOI-NPS Closing Date: This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project activities without competition. Award Ceiling: $150,000 Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project activities without competition. - GAP ANALYSIS PROGRAM - PAD US STATE GRANTS [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: G13AS00045 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development CFDA Number: 15.811 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-USGS1 Closing Date: Jun 07, 2013 Award Ceiling: $0 Expected Number of Awards: 4 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The Gap Analysis Program (GAP) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering grant and/or cooperative agreement opportunities to States, local governments, or other recipients for projects performed in partnership with USGS GAP. The GAP has developed project partnerships across the country for nearly twenty years. The program operates under the broad authorities of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 USC 661), the Land and Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (15 USC 5657a(2)) and the Organic Act of the U.S. Geological Survey (43 USC 36c). Project proposals must be consistent with the program¿s authorities, and with the specific program objectives and annual priorities itemized in this announcement and its addenda. - Pahranagat Valley Cooperative Recovery Initiiative [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: F13AS00178 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Environment CFDA Number: 15.608 Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: Jun 05, 2013 Award Ceiling: $90,000 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: This program is to correct the water supply that provides water flow to the Key Pittman refugium population of Pahranagat roundtail chub. - Systematic Metal Detector Survey - NOI, not a request for proposals [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: P13AC00426 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Education
EnvironmentCFDA Number: 15.945 Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-NPS Closing Date: May 29, 2013 Award Ceiling: $148,980 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The proposed project is a systematic, non-invasive metal detector survey of a 45-acre parcel at FOUN situated immediately southwest and southeast of the 1861-1863 FOUN Second Fort, the area where the 1st Colorado allegedly camped for 84 days in 1862. The survey will aim to identify, plot, and map the surviving physical remnants of the 1st Colorado encampment. Surviving physical remnants of the camp likely include such archeological features as tent depressions, cooking hearths, and latrines. The metal detector survey of the 1862 1st Colorado encampment will provide scholars crucial information about daily life and behavior among volunteer infantry regiments during the Civil War. Regular army officers (Union and Confederate) frequently criticized volunteer infantry regiments, complaining about their unprofessionalism and lack of military discipline. By examining the physical layout of the FOUNs 1862 1st Colorado encampment, scholars will be able to gauge the degree to which one particular volunteer regiment actually conformed to (or strayed from) established military regulations dictating camp design. - Missouri-Illinois Cooperative Big River Management. Notice of Intent to Award to a Single Source [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: F13AS00179 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources CFDA Number: 15.608 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: NA Award Ceiling: $750,000 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 23, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The USFWS Carterville Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office is working closely with the Missouri Department of Conservation Big Rivers and Wetlands Field Station to cooperatively assess pallid sturgeon populations in the Middle Mississippi River. We may also pursue projects addressing American eel habitat needs in the Mississippi River Basin and interactions between Asian carp and native planktivorous fish. - Water Conservation Field Services Program ? Phoenix Area Office [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: R13SF32001A Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Other Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources CFDA Number: 15.530 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-BOR-LC Closing Date: May 29, 2013 Award Ceiling: $100,000 Expected Number of Awards: 5 Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: Water Conservation Field Services Program Overview Reclamation established the Water Conservation Field Services Program (WCFSP) in 1996 with the purpose of fulfilling its water conservation-related obligation as outlined in Section 210 of the Reclamation Reform Act (RRA) of 1982 directing the Secretary to encourage and implement water conservation measures on Federal Reclamation projects. Directives and Standards (WTR 01-02) were developed for the program which outlined Reclamation's procedures for administering the WCFSP pursuant to the RRA and other existing authorities, including the provision of technical and financial assistance to non-Federal entities and the administration of water conservation plans. The primary purposes or four major components of the WCFSP are to: A. Assist in developing effective water management and conservation plans; B. Encourage and promote implementation of water efficiency measures; C. Demonstrate conservation technologies; and D. Promote and support water education and training. Please refer to Section III for additional information on these major components. Because of the strong support provided by the State of Arizona through the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the implementation of Arizonas Groundwater Management Code of 1980, no funding will be made available for water management and/or water conservation plans under Phoenix Area Office funding opportunities. Reclamation recognizes that the need to conserve water is critical in the arid Southwest. No single entity, acting independently, can meet the challenge of improving the efficiency of water use in this area without a combination of new technology and innovative management. Consequently, a key to meeting this challenge will be the continuation of the partnerships formed between Reclamation and all water users, other Federal and State agencies, educational and research institutions, and other interested parties. Objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite irrigation and water districts, states, local governments, water providers, universities, and other entities that have an association with a Reclamation project to leverage their money and resources, by cost sharing with Reclamation, on projects/activities that make more efficient use of existing water supplies through water conservation and efficiency in the Phoenix Area Office boundaries. Projects/Activities funded will be selected through a competitive process. - Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Management Plan Implementation [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-13-NERO-0030 Opportunity Category: Mandatory Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) CFDA Number: 15.939 Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-NPS Closing Date: May 26, 2013 Award Ceiling: $35,628 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: This is not a solicitation. This is a notice that the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Inc., has already been identified as an award recipient for work related to activity categories such as environment, natural resources, and education. In addition, The NFNHAI agrees to: 1. Provide staff for project management and implementation of the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Management Plan. Projects that are presently underway include, but are not limited to, are the NFNHA website, Junior Ranger development, map development, and quality standards development. 2. Develop a comprehensive network of partners within the heritage area and in adjacent counties to support and implement the management plan. 3. Dedicate NFNAI staff to implement the projects outlined in Attachment A Work Plan and Budget as well as additional efforts that serve to help implement the diverse programs, activities and projects necessary for achieving national heritage area purposes as described in the objectives of the agreement. 4. Comply with all applicable State and Federal laws, including, but not limited to, National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act. - Internship Training Program IMR, Historic Structures Inventory Program [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: P13AS00065 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Education CFDA Number: 15.915 Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-NPS Closing Date: Notification of Intent to Award. No applications will be accepted. Award Ceiling: $18,584 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: To create additional training opportunities for qualified students. Interns will assist Federal government professionals involved in historic preservation and allied field. - Partnership for Educational Grants and Interships [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: P13AS00064 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Education
Environment
Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.954 Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-NPS Closing Date: May 31, 2013 Award Ceiling: $75,600 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: Partnership to provide research and educational grants and internships in Natural and Cutlrual Resource Sciences. NPS, Southern California Research Leaning Center SCRLC, and Santa Monica Mountains Fund SMMF, will jointly implement a research and education grants and internship program for three national park units, Cabrillo National Monument, Santa Monica National Recreation Area, and Channel Islands National park. - Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: G13AS00048 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development CFDA Number: 15.808 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-USGS1 Closing Date: May 30, 2013 Award Ceiling: $0 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The Western Ecological Research Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to one partner of the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) Program. The project is titled ¿factors influencing reintroduction success of the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog.¿ - Quagga-Mussel Containment in the West [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: FWS-R2-AIS-QUAGGA-FY13 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Natural Resources CFDA Number: 15.608 Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: Jun 14, 2013 Award Ceiling: $500,000 Expected Number of Awards: 5 Creation Date: May 23, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: Federal funds will be made available in fiscal year 2013 to prevent further spread of quagga and zebra mussels into the western united states. Approximately $900,000 is available for a limited number of projects that target containment of quagga or zebra mussels in areas already infested, e.g., the lower Colorado River, by ensuring that boats trailered from infested areas do not carry invasive mussels to other waters. - Notice of Intent to Award [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: FWS-R5-ES-13-003 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Environment CFDA Number: 15.658 Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: May 25, 2013 Award Ceiling: $34,000 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: THERE IS NO "FULL ANNOUNCEMENT" ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE, AS this is a Notice of Intent to award a Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Sudbury Valley Trustees, Inc. for the purpose of implementing a restoration project selected through the Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump Superfund Site. This single source award is being made in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B (4), which allows for award without competition to an applicant who is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based on a number of criteria, in this case including location, cost-sharing ability, property ownership, and technical expertise. The scope of work for the award was selected under the Restoration Plan and entails restoring grassland habitat on fields owned by the Sudbury Valley Trustees and the Town of Wayland, Massachusetts. . Substantial involvement on the part of the USFWS is anticipated for the successful completion of the objectives to be funded. The Service will work closely with SVT to promote and implement the restoration project. The Federal Project Officer, in combination with biologists from Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, are expected to provide guidance and technical assistance in the design and development of the project, and providing oversight and coordination with other restoration projects in the watershed. The Federal Project Officer will also assist with obtaining state and federal permits, as needed. Finally, the Service is required to expend funds from the natural resource damage settlement for the Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump Superfund Site for restoration purposes (Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump Superfund Site). Project success requires substantial involvement by the Service to ensure that restoration objectives are met. - BLM OR-WA: Restoration and Conservation Projects, Eugene District Oregon [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: L13AS00090 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources CFDA Number: 15.231 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-BLM Closing Date: Jun 19, 2013 Award Ceiling: $167,800 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 22, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: An estimated 99 percent of wet and upland prairies have been lost in the Willamette Valley from pre-settlement times. Consequently, many of the plant and animal species associated with these habitats have become threatened or endangered. Some of these rare habitats are protected and currently managed by the BLM. The BLM West Eugene Wetlands support populations of several US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) listed species, including the endangered Fender¿s blue butterfly, Bradshaw¿s lomatium, and Willamette daisy; and threatened Kincaid¿s lupine and Nelson¿s checkermallow. In 2005 the BLM developed a long term (10 year) land management implementation schedule for its parcels within the West Eugene Wetlands project area. This 10 year Environmental Assessment Schedule (EA) outlines targets for habitat conditions and provides guidance on the priority of work for maintenance, enhancement, and restoration projects. The objective of this program is to implement a variety of projects, including but not limited to, work involving BLM Special Status Species projects, native seed and plant projects, habitat restoration projects, invasive plant projects, and education and outreach projects. - Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Pacific Northwest CESU [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: G13AS00049 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development CFDA Number: 15.808 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-USGS1 Closing Date: May 30, 2013 Award Ceiling: $0 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: U.S. Geological Survey¿s (USGS) Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center is offering a funding opportunity for research on incorporating ecosystem services assessment and valuation into Federal decision making. - Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Salinity Control Projects [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: R13SS40022 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Environment CFDA Number: 15.509 Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" Agency Name: DOI-BOR-UC Closing Date: Jun 03, 2013 Award Ceiling: $2,233,810 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: Reclamation will work with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) to expend Basin States Program Salinity Funds for cost effective measures and associated works to reduce salinity from saline springs, leaking wells, irrigation sources, industrial sources, erosion of public and private land, or other sources; studies, planning, and administration of salinity control activities. - Tualatin Basin Fisheries Enhancement Activities [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: R13AS13005 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Grant Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources CFDA Number: 15.517 Eligible Applicants Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-BOR-PN Closing Date: Jun 03, 2013 Award Ceiling: $84,640 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Reclamations intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. To implement habitat projects indentified in the Lower Gales Creek restoration plan, further identify and prioritize projects throughout the Gales Creek sub-basin, and conduct landowner outreach and long-term monitoring activities. - Asian Carp Study - NOI, not a request for proposals [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: P13AC00425 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Education
Environment
Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.944 Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-NPS Closing Date: May 29, 2013 Award Ceiling: $160,351 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: OVERVIEW: The St. Croix and Upper Mississippi Rivers are heavily used recreational areas because of their exceptional water quality and biological diversity and productivity. The rivers support nearly 40 mussel species and over 100 fish species including several that are threatened or endangered. The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway and Mississippi National River and Recreational Area are likely on the verge of being colonized by bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (hereafter Asian carp). Asian carp have established populations in the Upper Mississippi River near Keokuk, Iowa. In 1996, 2011 and 2012, individual bighead carp were caught in the St. Croix River. In 2011, environmental DNA sampling indicated that silver carp were present in SACN and MISS (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Press Release). Zooplankton are key primary consumers in aquatic systems, limiting algal blooms and in turn supplying food for higher invertebrates and fish. Both species of Hypophthalmichthys can decimate zooplankton populations, and in both natural and experimental systems this impact has been shown to increase algal blooms and harm other planktivorous fish and fish fry. STATEMENT OF JOINT OBJECTIVES/PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN: Test the null hypothesis that food web structure does not differ between the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers or between habitat types within rivers. Establish robust baseline data on pre-invasion food web structure to quantitatively evaluate future control and remediation efforts. Compare results with literature on Hypophthalmichthys spp. food preferences to identify habitats with food web structure most favorable to the growth and reproduction of invasive. Compare the St. Croix and Mississippi River Parks and identify rivers and/or habitat types with food web structure most dependent on pathways likely to be disrupted invasive carp. Results will be combined with known habitat preferences of the different carp species to direct removal and eradication policies and develop predictions about most likely impacts of carp on threatened and endangered species. Determine if gizzard shad are more dependent on planktonic (via zooplankton) or detrital carbon sources and if that varies in the presence of Asian carp (the latter portion of this objective depends on sampling in the Illinois River where Asian carp are abundant). Zooplankton were sampled in Lake St. Croix and above the dam at St. Croix Falls (WI) in 2010 and 2011. Results from analysis of the 2010 samples are complete and intriguing. This project is complete with one caveat: zooplankton richness and abundance was an order of magnitude higher than expected based on similar systems. Sample preparation and counting took nearly three times as long as expected, so only samples from 2010 were counted. Samples from 2011 were taken but will be counted in fall, 2013 pending further support. While crustacean plankton preserve well, the smaller plankton like rotifers do not. If the samples are not analyzed by the end of 2013 they will no longer be useful given the importance of rotifers and protists in river systems. RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT: The College will provide the qualified researcher to conduct the project to meet the objectives and established management plan. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVOLVEMENT: Participate and collaborate jointly with the Recipient in carrying out the scope of work. To provide a NPS technical representative to assist with specifics of the project as needed. Review and approve one stage of work before the next stage can begin. Review and approve proposed modifications or sub-grants, prior to award. Direct or redirect the work because of interrelationships with other projects. Immediately halt an activity if detailed performance specifications are not met. Oversee Recipient discretion with respect to scope of work, organizational structure, staffing, mode of operations and other management processes, combined with close monitoring or operational involvement during performance under this Task Agreement. - Notice of Intent to Award [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: FWS-R5-ES-13-002 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Environment CFDA Number: 15.658 Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: May 25, 2013 Award Ceiling: $209,880 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: THERE IS NO "FULL ANNOUNCEMENT" ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT, AS this is a Notice of Intent to award a Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc., for the purpose of implementing restoration projects selected through the Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump Superfund Site. This single source award is being made in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B (4), which allows for award without competition to an applicant who is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based on a number of criteria, in this case including location, cost-sharing ability, unique role as fiscal agent for cooperative organization with more than 22 members, and technical expertise. The scope of work for the award was selected under the Restoration Plan and includes: 1) Purple Loosestrife mapping and monitoring (Sudbury River, Massachusetts) 2) Water Chestnut mapping, removal and monitoring (Sudbury, Concord and Assabet Rivers, Massachusetts) 3) Sudbury RiverSchools Program development and implementation in five Sudbury River communities, including in-class and field-based activities. Substantial involvement on the part of the USFWS is anticipated for the successful completion of the objectives to be funded. The Service will work closely with the Massachusetts Audubon Society to promote and implement the restoration project. The Federal Project Officer, in combination with biologists from Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, are expected to provide guidance and technical assistance in the design and development of the project, reviewing, analyzing and interpreting data, and providing oversight and coordination with other restoration projects in the watershed. The Federal Project Officer will also assist with obtaining state and federal permits, as needed. Finally, the Service is required to expend funds from the natural resource damage settlement for the Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump Superfund Site for restoration purposes (Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump Superfund Site). Project success requires substantial involvement by the Service to ensure that restoration objectives are met. - Pacific Coast Joint Venture [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: F13AS00181 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Education
Environment
Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 15.637 Eligible Applicants Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: Jun 11, 2013 Award Ceiling: $664,473 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 23, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: Administration of the Pacific Coast Joint Venture - Lewiston Orchards Project Pilot Water Exchange [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: R13AS11008 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.517 Eligible Applicants Special district governments Agency Name: DOI-BOR-PN Closing Date: Jun 06, 2013 Award Ceiling: $2,679,375 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Reclamations intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. It is Reclamations intent to award financial assistance to the Lewistoin Orchards Irrigation District (LOID) to complete design and construction activities for a pilot project to further investigate the practicality of the well field alternative as an alternative water supply. The objective of the new groundwater well is to exchange a portion of the Lewiston Orchards Projects current surface water source for groundwater from the new well, to partially resolve impacts to endangered steelhead and their habitat caused by surface withdrawals of irrigation water. This project will carry out the public purpose of funding projects that will lead to habitat improvements within the Lapwai Basin, which will benefit endangered steelhead in Sweetwater, Webb, and Lapwai Creeks. - Wildlife Road Mortality Estimation at Gulf Islands National Seashore [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-13-NERO-0031 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) CFDA Number: 15.945 Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-NPS Closing Date: May 25, 2013 Award Ceiling: $30,000 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: In addition to the draft reports and final submission, the Cooperator will: Conduct field seasons in summer 2013 between 15 May and 15 July. Conduct daytime road transect surveys by car three times per week in late May and early June during daylight and nighttime surveys twice per week. Survey approximately every 3 4 hours. Identify and count all other migratory bird, small mammal, and reptile carcasses encountered on the roadway to facilitate recordkeeping of such mortalities for GUIS. Place adult and juvenile quail carcasses (received frozen from raptor food suppliers) on the road at random locations during each survey, to increase our sample size for estimating carcass scavenging rates. Conduct band resighting surveys, three times/week, in all potential Snowy Plover habitat to search for Snowy Plovers banded in previous years at GUIS and other sites in the Panhandle. Capture any unmarked adult SNPL on nests and uniquely mark them with 2 colored plastic bands. - Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast CESU [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: G13AS00050 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development CFDA Number: 15.808 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-USGS1 Closing Date: May 30, 2013 Award Ceiling: $0 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity for research investigating the challenges involved with international data discovery and sharing specific to invasive species and of existing automated visualizations which operate in a spatial context. This research should generally contribute to the improvement of ecological modeling tools and their user interfaces. - Zooplankton Distributions on a Scale Relevant to Feeding by Delta Smelt [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: R13AS20015 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Grant Category of Funding Activity: Environment CFDA Number: 15.512 Eligible Applicants State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Individuals
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Small businessesAgency Name: DOI-BOR-MP Closing Date: Jun 06, 2013 Award Ceiling: $220,684 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 23, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intends to issue a grant agreement to San Francisco State University under the authority of catalog for domestic assistance (CFDA) 15.512, Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Public Law 102-575, Section 3406(b)(1) and 3407(e). Estimated total amount of agreement is $220,684.00, with Reclamation providing $220,684.00. The purpose of this project is to conduct a study to understand how distribution of the copepod prey of delta smelt varies within and between deep and shallow areas in the low salinity zone of the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary. The principal objectives of this experiment are to: (1) Investigate how zooplankton abundance and distribution varies between deep channels and shallow shoals at fine temporal and spatial scale in the low salinity zone of the estuary, (2) Utilize the above information to determine if long-term monitoring programs are adequately characterizing zooplankton abundances and distributions at a scale relevant to feeding by delta smelt, and (3) Assess the information about the value of shallow and deep habitats to understand how to promote future restoration designs. (Refer to the Notice of Intent to Award Announcement No. R13AS20015 for additional information) A Determination by the Government not to compete this proposed financial assistance based upon Departmental Manual 505 DM 2, paragraph 2.14(B)(2) & (4) is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to Megan Bryant/Grants Management Specialist, by e-mail at mbryant@usbr.gov - JFSP [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: L13AS00094 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development CFDA Number: 15.232 Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-BLM Closing Date: Jun 03, 2013 Award Ceiling: $299,313 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 23, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: Fire Science Network and Delivery System for Fire Dependent Ecosystems of the Northern Lake States. - Construction of a school ship dock and fishing pier at the Refuge Gateway. [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: F13AS00177 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Community Development
Education
Environment
Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.658 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: NA Award Ceiling: $0 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: A school ship dock and world-class fishing pier will be constructed at the Refuge Gateway in Trenton, Michigan. As the future site of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge's (Detroit River IWR) Visitors Center, the Refuge Gateway will welcome thousands of projected annual visitors to the Refuge. This project is led by Wayne County, the International Wildlife Refuge Alliance (IWRA), and US Fish and Wildlife Service along with numerous other partners. The boat dock and fishing pier will extend 775' into the Detroit River to provide a free, universally accessible, shore-based fishing experience. The project includes a boardwalk, fishing pier, floating dock, seating areas, shade structures, and interpretive signage. Areas accessible from the boardwalk include shallow waters rich with panfish for youth and family fishing, and deepwater access for experienced fishermen. The shore-based entrance to the boat dock and fishing pier will allow the public to fish in water depths currently only available to those with a personal watercraft. This facility will also give the Michigan Sea Grant's Great Lakes school ship a docking location on the river, allowing for educational programming to use river and Refuge as a living laboratory for metropolitan area school children. - Shoal Bass Study - NOI Not a Request for Proposals [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: P13AC00235 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Education
EnvironmentCFDA Number: 15.944 Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Agency Name: DOI-NPS Closing Date: May 30, 2013 Award Ceiling: $125,840 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 23, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: OVERVIEW: This project seeks to elucidate the role of fragmentation as a result of dams and impoundments in the upper Chattahoochee River basin by genetically assessing isolated populations of shoal bass. STATEMENT OF JOINT OBJECTIVES/PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN: Determine effective population size and other measures of genetic diversity by genotyping individuals from each of three populations using up to 17 microsatellite DNA markers. Estimate age and mortality through analysis of scale samples taken from individuals in each population. Determine the variables influencing recruitment through catch-curve residual analysis. In the Big Creek population, additional research will include: Estimate the actual population size through mark-recapture over a three year period. Determine the potential for shoal bass emigration. Develop management recommendations. RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT: a. Complete application procedures to obtain park research permits and abide by all conditions of research permits (including submitting an Investigators Annual Report online as part of the requirements). NPS permits shall be applied for online at https://science1.nature.nps.gov/research/ac/ResearchIndex. b. Meet with park representatives, in the form of conference call if necessary, to review and discuss project scope of work. c. Conduct the research and manage the project. d. Provide equipment needed for the project, including: backpack electrofisher, visible implant tagging supplies, submersible ultrasonic receiver, ultrasonic receiver, and directional hydrophone. e. Provide written quarterly progress briefs to NPS. f. Provide any tabular, graphic, or spatial data (including derived data) to the NPS in a mutually-agreed upon digital format with standard metadata where appropriate. g. Provide a completion report conforming to the standards of NPS Natural Resource Technical Report (NRTR) series format. h. Acknowledge NPS, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit, Chattahoochee Coldwater Fishery Foundation, and appropriate contributing NPS staff members in any thesis or peer-reviewed manuscript resulting from this work. - Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: G13AS00047 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development CFDA Number: 15.808 Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Agency Name: DOI-USGS1 Closing Date: May 30, 2013 Award Ceiling: $0 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for the study of ecosystem and wildlife health, and natural resource impacts due to the Tsunami Scenario, which affects the west coast of California. The Tsunami Scenario, generated from a hypothetical but realistic M~9.0 earthquake in the Eastern Aleutian Islands, is being developed for emergency planning. As with each prior MHDP scenario, the USGS is partnering with a variety of agencies to explore the most important implications of a distant tsunami disaster and opportunities to better prepare them and reduce their vulnerability.
Recently Modified Opportunities from the Department of Interior, U.S.
- Request for Capability Statements for Environmental Monitoring for Post Hurricane Sandy Beach Re-nourishment Projects [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: M13RCS00001 Opportunity Category: Other Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Environment CFDA Number: 15.424 Eligible Applicants State governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-MMS Closing Date: May 31, 2013 Award Ceiling: $2,000,000 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 23, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: This is a request for capability statements only. No applications will be accepted at this time. The Division of Environmental Assessment (DEA) of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is offering a cooperative agreement through the Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast CESU network only to conduct research in topics that serve the public interest in safe and environmentally sound marine mineral development on the nations Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). BOEM, through its Marine Minerals Program (MMP), conveys the rights to OCS sand, gravel, or shell resources for in shore protection projects. BOEM must analyze and minimize to the extent practicable the effects of these activities under the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other environmental laws, such as the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Section 1346 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) mandates the conduct of environmental and socioeconomic studies needed for the assessment and management of environmental impacts on the human, marine, and coastal environments which may be affected by mineral development. [The following sentence has been modified]: Following Hurricane Sandy, storm damage assessments indicated there were several critically-eroded areas in Virginia, Florida and other areas that would need access to BOEM managed OCS sand resources for beach nourishment and coastal restoration. Environmental monitoring of benthic and demersal fish habitat, resident biological communities, geomorphology, and other sensitive resources in the vicinity of the borrow area is necessary to ensure environmental risks from the use of these sources are well documented and, if needed, adaptively managed through subsequent stewardship actions, without causing undue delay in the start of dredging and construction. The source of the project funding is the post-Hurricane Sandy Authorization. Study Objectives: E-Mail Kathleen.Craig@bsee.gov for further details. Other Needs: The applicant needs to demonstrate the ability to respond quickly and begin work prior to the expected dredge operations, which will likely occur October, 2013 to January, 2014. Submissions to this Request for Capability Statements should be no more than 5 pages. A full Notice of Funding Availability will be posted on or about June 7, 2013. Selectees from this Request for Capability Statements will submit a full proposal at that time. Interested members of the Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast CESU shall submit their capability statements no later than May 31, 2013 via email to: Dominique Bruce, Contract Specialist, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, E-Mail: Dominique.Bruce@bsee.gov, phone (703) 787-1342. - Fisheries and Ecological Services [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: F13AS00166 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Grant Category of Funding Activity: Environment
Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.608 Eligible Applicants State governments Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: Jun 04, 2013 Award Ceiling: $400,000 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 21, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, Region 7 intends to transfer funds (award a single source Grant Agreement) to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to allow them to collect information for meeting conservation and management commitments made to Canada under the Yukon River Salmon Agreement. In December 2002 representatives from the United States and Canada signed the Yukon River Salmon Agreement. The Agreement, which is an annex to the Pacific Salmon Treaty, obligates the United States to certain financial, conservation, and management commitments regarding Canadian-origin, Yukon River salmon. The Yukon River Salmon Act (16 USC 5724) recognizes the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as the responsible management entity for the United States for the purposes of any agreement with Canada regarding management of salmon stocks originating from the Yukon River in Canada. Fulfilling U.S. conservation and management commitments of the Agreement requires an enhanced knowledge of Yukon River salmon stocks to ensure that the agreed to passage of salmon to the Canadian border is achieved without unnecessarily foregoing harvests of salmon in U.S. waters. The Yukon Salmon Act (16 USC 5727) authorizes funding to the Department of the Interior for obtaining such information. Funds for Yukon River Treaty (i.e., Yukon River Salmon Agreement) implementation as authorized under the Yukon River Salmon Act are appropriated annually to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to meet financial obligations under the Agreement and to bolster knowledge of Canadian-origin salmon to meet conservation and management commitments to Canada. The most recent agreement expires June 30, 2013. - Cooperative Landscape Conservation and Adaptive Science [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: F12AS00184 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Environment
Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.669
15.670Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: Sep 30, 2014 Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 Expected Number of Awards: 250 Creation Date: May 20, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The USFWS uses a science-based, adaptive framework for setting and achieving cross-program conservation objectives that strategically address the problems fish and wildlife will face in the future. This framework, called Strategic Habitat Conservation, is based on the principles of adaptive management and uses population and habitat data, ecological models, and focused monitoring and assessment efforts to develop and implement strategies that result in measurable fish and wildlife population outcomes. In addition, by leveraging resources and strategically targeting science to inform conservation decisions and actions, Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC) are being established to create a network of partners working in unison to ensure the sustainability of America¿s land, water, wildlife and cultural resources.Financial assistance will be awarded for science projects and LCC-prioritized biological planning, conservation design and adaptive management projects to include: research; inventory design and implementation; monitoring; goal and priority setting associated with efficient and effective conservation; development of implementation strategies; and projects supporting all other FWS organizational efforts, including planning, establishment maintenance, and general business operationsA determination of award instrument (grant or cooperative agreement) will be based on the level of Federal involvement . A cooperative agreement award should only be used when substantial Federal involvement is expected. Per 505 DM 2, Section 2.9 substantial involvement is expected when FWS: ¿ Participates and collaborates jointly with the recipient partner, volunteer, scientist, technician or other personnel, in carrying out the scope of work, training recipient personnel, or detailing Federal personnel to work on the project effort;¿ Reviews and approves one stage of work before the next stage can begin;¿ Reviews and approves proposed modifications or sub-grants, prior to award;¿ Helps select project staff or trainees;¿ Directs or redirects the work because of interrelationships with other projects;¿ Has power to immediately halt an activity if detailed performance specifications are not met;¿ Limits recipient discretion with respect to scope of work, organization structure, staffing, mode of operations and other management processes, coupled with close monitoring or operational involvement during performance under the award.¿ If indirect costs are included in budget proposal, a copy of the organization¿s current approved indirect cost rate agreement or pending proposal - Applied Science Grants and Cooperative Agreements for the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: F13AS00164 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Environment
Information and Statistics
Natural Resources
Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 15.669
15.670Eligible Applicants State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Individuals
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: Jun 07, 2013 Award Ceiling: $100,000 Expected Number of Awards: 4 Creation Date: May 22, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) is an applied science and conservation partnership that supports the strategic, science-based conservation of natural and cultural resources in the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts and the montane "sky islands" within this region in the U.S. and Mexico; see http://www.usbr.gov/dlcc/resources/map.cfm for a map of the Desert LCC geographic area. On behalf of the Desert LCC, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is soliciting proposals for applied scientific work to inform resource management decisions that address landscape-scale stressors. The Desert LCC anticipates awarding up to $350,000 in grants and/or cooperative agreements to support projects that address aspects of the Critical Management Questions described below through new applied science or science-based decision support tools. - Cumberland Island National Seashore Educational Partnership [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: P13AS00067 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
OtherCategory of Funding Activity: Education CFDA Number: 15.954 Eligible Applicants State governments
County governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-NPS Closing Date: Jun 24, 2013 Award Ceiling: $0 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Creation Date: May 23, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The National Park Service at Cumberland Island National Seashore is seeking a partner to make use of park resources and facilities to expand its educational programs to schools and students in the area through a residential educational program. - Region 6 Aquatic Invasive Species [...]
View on Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Number: F13AS00171 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Environment
Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.608 Eligible Applicants State governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-FWS Closing Date: Jun 15, 2013 Award Ceiling: $100,000 Expected Number of Awards: 6 Creation Date: May 23, 2013 Funding Opportunity Description: The Region 6 US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program and its partners recognize that we share responsibilities for preventing and controlling the impacts of aquatic invasive species on fish and other aquatic resources, and success is contingent on partnerships that cut across jurisdictions. Region 6 covers the states of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Proposals will only be considered for extensions of previously funded grant projects and projects with the following priorities: within R6 states which address the management and/or control of quagga/zebra mussels, Asian carps, or New Zealand mudsnails; related to the 100th Meridian Initiative; related to the Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species; and/or which meet the goals of 'An Action Plan to Implement Legal and Regulatory Efforts to Minimize Expansion of Invasive Mussels Through Watercraft Movements in the Western United States' or the 2010 Quagga-Zebra Mussel Action Plan for Western U.S. Waters; and which are coordinated in part by Region 6 Fish and Aquatic Conservation. Proposals may include but are not limited to: assessment, planning and coordination; prevention and control programs; research to understand or determine Aquatic Invasive Species effects, risk or spread; research to develop control or eradication tools; and Outreach and Education efforts intended to produce a change in behavior that will curtail spread of invasive species. This includes a process to fund State Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Management Plans officially approved by the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force and authorized by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990. Project ranking criteria include: ecological benefits for Federal trust species, minimizing or removing impacts of aquatic species posing highest risks to native species or ecosystems, current scientific knowledge and proven technology, and addressing objectives outlined in approved federal, state, regional, tribal or species aquatic nuisance species control and management plans. Projects will also be evaluated for their biological and statistical soundness, feasibility, geographic scope of applicability, and cost effectiveness. Benefits of collaborative interagency efforts and partnerships for aquatic resources will be: reduced impacts of invasive species and/or reduced invasive species populations, and improved partnerships and decreased duplication of efforts. Activities will be consistent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fisheries Program Vision. Please click on the Full Announcement tab to review the FY13 Proposal Guidelines prior to application submission.
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