BLM WY Special Status Species Distribution and Habitat Data Collection

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	Federal Grant Title:	BLM WY Special Status Species Distribution and Habitat Data Collection
	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:	L10AS00180
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jul 23, 2010
	Creation Date:	Jul 23, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 05, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 05, 2010
	Archive Date:	Oct 30, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$10,000
	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: Eligible Applicants: University of Wyoming, Wyoming Natural Diversity Database This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Land Management's intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.
Grant Description: A.Project Background Information: Little is known about the distribution and status of bats in Wyoming. Wind energy development is projected to increase significantly in coming years with high numbers of wind turbines anticipated on BLM land in central and southwestern Wyoming. Several studies have shown that Wind turbines associated with wind energy development can negatively impact bats through direct collisions and barotrauma (GAO 2005, Kunz et al. 2007, Young et al. 2003). A lack of information about the distribution and habits of breeding and migratory bats currently hamper the BLM's ability to assess, prevent, and mitigate impacts to bats from proposed wind development projects. Basic information is needed regarding distribution, habitat use areas and relative abundance of various bat species for central and southwest Wyoming in order to be able to assess the potential impacts that energy development activities and in particular, wind energy development could have on bats and bat habitat on BLM public lands. The purpose of this proposal would be to use existing methods to acquire this basic biological information for bats throughout the proposed study area. This agreement may also be utilized to conduct additional monitoring and research to gain knowledge about other special status species occurring on BLM public lands as future funding allows. B. Project Objectives: Objective 1. Produce a bat observation database with geographic locations and species information from passive and active bat surveys throughout the study area. Objective 2. Generate a 'bat activity' model that incorporates point observations, landscape features, vegetation types, and bat foraging and migrating behavior. This predictive map will highlight areas of high bat use and p
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.grants.gov
Grant Announcement Contact: Ilze J Karklins-Powers, Grants Management Officer, 307-775-6293ipowers@blm.gov
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