Notice of Intent to Award
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Notice of Intent to Award: There is no "Full Announcement" associated with this opportunity, as This is a Notice of Intent to Award a Grant Agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and West Virginia University Research Corporation (WVU) for the purpose of supporting of research to quantify how the size, shape, age and placement of gas well pads and pipelines in the landscape impact abundance and diversity of forest songbirds across the Marcellus shale region. This research will help to identify thresholds of habitat and landscape metrics beyond which birds are negatively impacted and quantify how far edge effects from well pads extend into the surrounding forest. The results will also be used to develop management recommendations regarding pad shape, size, and placement that minimize impacts to forest interior birds and will inform restoration of pipelines to maximize habitat improvement for the early successional suite of species. In accordance with 505DM2, WVU is uniquely qualified for this project, possessing the expertise, personnel, experience and capacity necessary to carry out work throughout the Marcellus shale region. For the past 15 years, WVU has been a leader in research on effects of forest management, energy development (including coal mining and natural gas drilling), and landscape configuration on birds within the Appalachian region, often through collaborative efforts with other researchers. WVU has a long and successful record of carrying out studies on birds in the region of interest for this project, including a recent study of impacts of gas well development in Wetzel Co., West Virginia, and is ready and capable of carrying out this current project. FWS knows of no other organization with the combination of high level of qualifications, long history of experience with bird research in this region, readiness to carry out the proposed project, and cost effectiveness. Specific tasks that WVU will perform include: characterize landscapes within the Marcellus shale region as either high or low with regard to the level of gas well development; develop a survey design to select study sites in a stratified manner within high and low gas development landscapes; establish sampling points within each selected study site; conduct bird surveys (10-min point counts) and habitat sampling at each sampling point; complete statistical analyses of the field data to model relationships between bird abundance/diversity and landscape metrics and local habitat characteristics; use results from this project to validate models that have been developed using coarser scale data in Pennsylvania; using results from this project, suggest management recommendations regarding pad shape, size, and placement that minimize impacts to forest interior birds and inform restoration of pipelines to maximize habitat improvement for the early successional suite of species.
Federal Grant Title: | Notice of Intent to Award |
Federal Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
Grant Categories: | Environment |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | FWS-R5-MB-13-005 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 15.655 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation |
Current Application Deadline: | Jul 22, 2013 |
Original Application Deadline: | Jul 22, 2013 |
Posted Date: | Jul 15, 2013 |
Creation Date: | Jul 15, 2013 |
Archive Date: | Jul 23, 2013 |
Total Program Funding: | |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $170,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $170,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Christal Cutler Grants Officer Phone 413-253-8233
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