BLM CA AUGMENTING NATURAL DESERT TORTOISE POPULATION FERTILE ADULTS

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	Federal Grant Title:	BLM CA AUGMENTING NATURAL DESERT TORTOISE POPULATION FERTILE ADULTS
	CFDA Number:	15.231
	CFDA Description:	Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Land Management
	Category of Funding Activity:	Natural Resources
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	L10AS00361
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Sep 17, 2010
	Creation Date:	Sep 17, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 27, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Oct 27, 2010
	Archive Date:	Nov 30, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$900,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$90,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$1,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

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: APPLICANTS MUST BE A PARTNER WITH THE DESERT SOUTHWEST COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEM STUDIES UNIT
Grant Description: (1) to develop methods to speed the growth of hatchery-raised tortoises (mainly by extending food availability through irrigation of native plants within the pens used to protect the juveniles from predators), and to document the size and age at which hatchery-raised tortoises reach sexual maturity, (2) to determine whether generating hatchlings in hatcheries affects their gender (tortoise gender is determined by nest temperature and nesting inside hatchery pens may skew sex ratios one way or the other), and (3) to use hatchery-raised tortoises as a source of juveniles to restock areas depleted of wild desert tortoises, and to augment existing populations.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.grants.gov/
Grant Announcement Contact: Traci D Thaler, Grants and Agreements Specialist, 916-978-4529tthaler@blm.gov
tthaler@blm.gov [tthaler@blm.gov]
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