Aerial Surveys for Rock Springs Field Office

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	Federal Grant Title:	Aerial Surveys for Rock Springs Field Office
	CFDA Number:	15.231
	CFDA Description:	Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Land Management
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	Aerial surveys/inventories sage grouse habitat for the BLM Rock Springs Field Office.
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	WY-RFA07-9008
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Apr 13, 2007
	Creation Date:	Apr 13, 2007
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 26, 2007
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	May 26, 2007
	Expected Number of Awards:	5
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$125,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$25,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$20,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Information not provided
Grant Description: The recipient will provide a qualified aerial survey team including a qualified biologist to perform flights each year this money is available. Flight schedules will be coordinated with the BLM to assure the flight will occur during suitable weather and season to obtain data that is needed. The BLM will meet with the recipient to assign priority flight areas, and data goals within the boundary of the Rock Springs Field Office each fall no later than September 30 of each year. Flights should be flown between the months of October and June. The recipient will provide an annual report and associated shapefiles of the data collected and the number of sage-grouse at each lek/winter location observed that year by July 1 (shapefiles will be to a 3 meter or less accuracy, compatible with the ArcMap 9.0 GIS program and in the NAD 83 datum, Zone 12N). An annual report will be prepared by the recipient and sent to the BLM no later than September 15 of each year, before the annual meeting in September for resource staff to review.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Ilze Karklins-Powers
Grants & Agreements Specialist
Phone 307-775-6293 Ilze_Karklins-Powers@blm.gov Administrative contact
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