BLM WY Vegetation and Climate Change Workshops

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	Federal Grant Title:	BLM WY Vegetation and Climate Change Workshops
	CFDA Number:	15.233
	CFDA Description:	Forests and Woodlands 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:	L10AS00102
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	May 24, 2010
	Creation Date:	May 24, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 10, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 10, 2010
	Archive Date:	Aug 15, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$10,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$10,000
	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: 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. Awarded will be made to the University of Wyoming.
Grant Description: A. Project Background Information: The University of Wyoming is in the process of developing climate change workshops to give public land managers better knowledge and understanding of the impacts of climate change on vegetative resources in Wyoming. This essential information will be conveyed thru a series of workshops set up for land managers in the upcoming year. B. Project Objective: Provide training in climate change impacts on vegetation management by developing and presenting the following workshops: 1-Two Living on the Edge integrating science into management of range-margin populations workshops to be co-sponsored with the Society of American Foresters. The workshops will discuss plant species ranges and potential changes due to changing climate to be held in Laramie and Cody/Thermopolis in November. 2- One mountain pine beetle workshop to be co-sponsored by multiple agencies which will deal with this widespread and insect infestation and management options in a changing. C. Period of Agreement: July 1, 2010 thru June 30, 2011
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.grants.gov
Grant Announcement Contact: Ilze J Karklins-Powers, Grants Management Officer, 307-775-6293ipowers@blm.gov
ipowers@blm.gov [ipowers@blm.gov]
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