The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following
this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this
document that have been posted as of
07/25/2009
. If
updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information
is provided below the synopsis.
If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant
opportunity click
send
me change notification emails
.
The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email
address. No other information is requested.
Any inconsistency between the original printed document and the disk
or electronic document shall be resolved by giving precedence to the
printed document.
Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
MBM-R9-PHAB0901
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jul 25, 2009
Creation Date:
Jul 24, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Aug 01, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Aug 01, 2009
Archive Date:
Aug 31, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Natural Resources
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
1
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$10,000
Award Ceiling:
$10,000
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
15.655
--
Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
This advertisement is an announcement of intent to award a single-source cooperative agreement to Audobon Society New York. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is not seeking proposals from other applicants for this project.
Agency Name
Fish and Wildlife Service
Description
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Division of Migratory Bird Management intends to award a cooperative agreement with the Audubon Society New York to improve surveys of landbirds in grasslands managed and not managed under the Land Incentive Program (LIP).OverviewThe anticipated length of the project is a 15 month period. The FWS will consider continued funding for the project upon (a) the recipient showing progress satisfactory to the FWS toward program goals and the determination by the FWS that continuation of the program would be in the best interest of the Government or (b) the availability of funds. The total project period for this award will not exceed 15 months.RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENTAudubon Society NY will conduct landbird surveys in grasslands managed and not managed under LIP. Surveys will cover on-road (BBS routes) and off-road habitats using a combination of multiple-covariate distance sampling and removal-based repeated-count sampling methods. Since 2005, the Adubon Soceity of NY has been conducting grassland bird surveys in New York to assess the success of state and federal land incentive programs. The recipient is providing approximately 2:1 match funds for this project.FWS INVOLVEMENTSubstantial involvement on the part of FWS is anticipated for the successful completion of the objectives to be funded by this award. In particular, FWS staff will provide guidance on survey design and count methodology. FWS will also provide training and participate in data collection and analysis to model and estimate detection probability, occupancy, abundance, and density in the surveyed area and region
