Migratory Bird Project Support: Monitoring, Assessment, Conservation

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	Federal Grant Title:	Migratory Bird Project Support: Monitoring, Assessment, Conservation
	CFDA Number:	15.655
	CFDA Description:	Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation
	Federal Agency Name:	Migratory Birds
	Category of Funding Activity:	Environment Natural Resources
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	FWSR2-MBP-LEAD-FY2010
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	May 06, 2010
	Creation Date:	May 06, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 14, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 14, 2010
	Archive Date:	Jun 13, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE; THERE IS NO "FULL ANNOUNCEMENT" ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE. This Notice is NOT a request for competitive proposals. In accordance with Department of the Interior guidance (505 DM 2.14) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to make a single-source award of $30,000.00 to Stephen F. Austin State University under a modification to an existing cooperative agreement between the recipient and the Service. This award will increase the total funds for this agreement to $155,000.00. The objective of the existing cooperative agreement with Stephen F. Austin State University is an investigation into the occurrence, availability, and ecosystem-related stress of lead on the Texas Chenier Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex. During the past two decades, lead exposure has remained constantly high for mottled ducks, a nonmigratory waterfowl species dependent on coastal marsh for its entire life cycle, despite the elimination of lead shot for waterfowl harvest since the early 1980s. It is suspected that effects of lead exposure are contributing to the declining population trends of mottled ducks in Texas since the mid 1990s. The original agreement was to isolate potential sources of lead in the environment, determine where and when lead exposure occurs in mottled ducks, and evaluate effects of management practices on lead availability. The purpose of the modification to the existing cooperative agreement is to (1) develop a condition model for mottled ducks to allow for rapid assessment of body condition and (2) assess waterbirds other than mottled ducks for lead exposure. Testing other waterbirds for lead exposure will allow further isolation of the extent of lead contamination on the Complex.
Grant Description: This project is part of an investigation into the occurrence, availability, and ecosystem-related stress of lead on the Texas Chenier Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex. During the past two decades, lead exposure has remained constantly high for mottled ducks, a nonmigratory waterfowl species dependent on coastal marsh for its entire life cycle, despite the elimination of lead shot for waterfowl harvest since the early 1980s. It is suspected that effects of lead exposure are contributing to the declining population trends of mottled ducks in Texas since the mid 1990s. The purpose of this award is to support (1) the development of a condition model for mottled ducks to allow for rapid assessment of body condition and (2) the assessment of waterbirds other than mottled ducks for lead exposure. Testing other waterbirds for lead exposure will allow further isolation of the extent of lead contamination on the Complex. This will supplement previous activities of the investigation directed at isolating potential sources of lead in the environment, determining where and when lead exposure occurs in mottled ducks, and evaluating effects of management practices on lead availability on the Complex.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: David Haukos Migratory Birds Mngmt Specialist Phone 806-742-2140

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