Risk of Plague to Prairie Dog Population in Five Great Plains's Parks

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	Federal Grant Title:	Risk of Plague to Prairie Dog Population in Five Great Plains's Parks
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	National Park Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	Biological/Research
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	A6067090010
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Aug 31, 2009
	Creation Date:	Aug 31, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 25, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 02, 2009
	Archive Date:	Oct 25, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$91,432
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$0
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	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 single source award to University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota. The PI is uniquely qualified to conduct the study. He developed a novel DNA approach to identify the paque bacterium in the host fleas. His method can not only identify plaque in the environment, but they have the potential to predict plaque epizootics. The PI has also successfully amplified eight microsatellite loci in black-tailed prairie dogs and he has use microstatellite primers from the hen flea to amplify microsatellites in the prairie dog flea. The PI is currently the only one conducting this type of work and he has the baseline information, equipment and experience necessary to efficiently conduct the work in the parks in the proposed study. The PI has years of field experience in Montana conducting similar studies.
Grant Description: Conduct a baseline inventory and assessment of plague in five NPS units in the Northern Great Plains, identify the flea species present in those parks, the genetic variability of the fleas and prairie dogs in and near the parks, to assess the risk of plague epizootics in prairie dogs, and to identify management actions to reduce the risk of epizootics.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Tonya Bradley Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1656

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