Monitoring Cave and Forest Habitat Use by Bats at Jewel Cave National Monument

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Monitoring Cave and Forest Habitat Use by Bats at Jewel Cave National Monument: This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications.
This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS)
intention to fund a Task Agreement against an existing Master Agreement.

Title: Monitoring Cave and Forest Habitat Use by Bats at Jewel Cave National Monument.

The Recipient is a member of the Great Plains CESU who was awarded a Master Cooperative Agreement P16AC00011 (Master Agreement Number) allowing the University of Wyoming to participate in specific tasks, and can provide the necessary activities involved in this particular task while providing an effective outcome for NPS and the objectives of this research/educational project.

The Wyoming Natural Diversity Database (WYNDD), University of Wyoming (UW), in partnership with the National Park Service proposes to initiate a study to better understand bats at Jewel Cave National Monument. Specifically, the project plan is to individually mark bats to better understand daily, seasonal, and inter-annual use of Jewel Cave by bats. Additionally, bats will be fitted with radio transmitters in order to identify and characterize summer day roost structures and surrounding habitat.
Project data and findings will be share with the larger scientific community and resource managers through peer reviewed publications and reports outlining results. Outreach materials will be developed to inform visitors to the Monument about bats, WNS, and the how these components relate to the Monument.
Jewel Cave represents the largest known bat hibernacula in the Black Hills, supporting approximately 1,200 bats of seven species on an annual basis. At least three bat species known to hibernate at Jewel Cave are known to be affected by WNS including the Threatened northern long-eared bat and the little brown myotis, which has been petitioned for ESA protections on an emergency basis. Additionally, the Black Hills, including Jewel Cave, are known to support a large and diverse bat population. While the Monument has periodically conducted winter counts of hibernating bats and is now conducting acoustic monitoring to evaluate spring and fall bat activity, such efforts fail to answer important questions with management implications, such as daily and seasonal use of the cave and daytime roosting habitat requirements. The purpose for the proposed project is twofold. First, to better understand the use of habitat by bats in and around the Monument, we will fit bats with radio transmitters, track them to day roost sites, and characterize roost structures and surrounding habitat that may influence roost selection. This will inform management actions such as fuel load reduction projects that may degrade bat roosting habitat. Secondly, we will individually mark each captured bat and quantify movement patterns into and and out of Jewel Cave. This will allow us to understand daily and seasonal use patterns as well estimate vital rates.
Federal Grant Title: Monitoring Cave and Forest Habitat Use by Bats at Jewel Cave National Monument
Federal Agency Name: Other Agency
Grant Categories: Other
Type of Opportunity: Other
Funding Opportunity Number: NOIP-P16AC00679
Type of Funding: Information not provided
CFDA Numbers: 326807
CFDA Descriptions: Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System
Current Application Deadline: Jul 2, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Jul 2, 2016
Posted Date: Jun 22, 2016
Creation Date: Jun 22, 2016
Archive Date: Aug 1, 2016
Total Program Funding: $200,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $200,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Information not provided
Additional Information on Eligibility
This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications.
This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS)
intention to fund a Task Agreement against an existing Master Agreement.
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