Sea Duck Migration Study - Lake Ontario

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	Federal Grant Title:	Sea Duck Migration Study - Lake Ontario
	CFDA Number:	15.637
	CFDA Description:	Migratory Bird Joint Ventures
	Federal Agency Name:	Fish and Wildlife Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Environment Natural Resources
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	FP11PS00367
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Feb 04, 2011
	Creation Date:	Feb 04, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 21, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 21, 2011
	Archive Date:	Mar 23, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	64,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	64,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	64,000
	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: Information not provided
Grant Description: The US Fish and Wildlife Service, Headquarters Region 7 intends to award a single source Cooperative Agreement as authorized by 505 DM 2.14 (B) to Bird Studies Canada Long Point Waterfowl (Long Point Waterfowl). This notice is not a request for proposals and the Government does not intend to accept proposals. Award will be made 15 days after this notice. PURPOSE: The primary purpose of this award is to facilitate the acquisition, analysis, and dissemination of information for sea ducks marked with satellite transmitters in the Great Lakes as part of the SDJV's Atlantic and Great Lakes Sea Duck Migration Study. Specifically, this award provides funding to Long Point Waterfowl to capture and mark sea ducks with satellite transmitters and to acquire and process the Argos satellite data from those ducks. OBJECTIVES: Primary objectives of the overall SDJV research project are to: - Fully describe the annual migration patterns for four species of sea ducks (surf scoter, black scoter, white-winged scoter, long-tailed duck) in the Atlantic flyway and Great Lakes by 2014. - Map local movements and estimate length-of-stay during winter for individual radio-marked ducks in areas proposed for placement of wind turbines (e.g., Maine-Penobscot Bay, Nantucket Sound, Great Lakes, and coastal Rhode Island). - Identify near- and offshore areas of high significance to sea ducks to help inform habitat conservation efforts. - Estimate rates of annual site fidelity to wintering areas, breeding areas, and molting areas for all four focal species in the Atlantic flyway BACKGROUND The Service and Long Point Waterfowl are partners in the Sea Duck Joint Venture (SDJV), a conservation partnership to improve our knowledge of sea ducks to facilitate more effective management and conservation. The SDJV and partners have embarked on a large scale, multi-year, collaborative project that will use satellite telemetry to document annual migration patterns, and to assess risk to sea ducks in specific areas in eastern North America where offshore wind projects are planned. During winter 2010-2011, Long Point Waterfowl will capture and mark sea ducks with satellite transmitters in Lake Ontario and nearby wetlands and waterways to address habitat use and population delineation of these species, as outlined in the Sea Duck Joint Venture (SDJV) Implementation Plan 2010-13 (SDJV 2010). This study is a part of the larger scale SDJV project #130: Atlantic and Great Lakes Sea Duck Migration Study. REASON FOR SINGLE SOURCE: Unique Qualifications - Work at this site requires intimate knowledge of the Great Lakes study area and its wildlife, and in particular, sea ducks. Long Point Waterfowl has established the locations of sea duck capture sites and figured out on-site field logistics in Lake Ontario. Long Point Waterfowl staff are considered experts in the study of birds in the Great Lakes and have a proven track record of successful studies of this nature, including waterfowl satellite telemetry studies. Long Point Waterfowl also has experience capturing sea ducks with floating mist nets, and therefore possesses the specialized equipment needed. The only other entities that currently possess this specialized knowledge and equipment are a few USFWS, USGS, BioDiversity Research Institute, and Canadian Wildlife Service employees, none of whom are available to conduct the work in the Great Lakes. Long Point Waterfowl is based in close proximity to the proposed sea duck capture sites in Lake Ontario making the cost to Service reasonable. Long Point Waterfowl is the only entity that would be appropriate, and authorized, to manage Argos accounts for those birds they have marked with satellite transmitters.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Richard Primmer Contract Specialist Phone 907-786-3611

Work [rich_primmer@fws.gov]
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