2013 Cooperative Agreement for the Co-management of Polar Bears

The summary for the 2013 Cooperative Agreement for the Co-management of Polar Bears grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Fish and Wildlife Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

2013 Cooperative Agreement for the Co-management of Polar Bears: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Headquarters Region 7 (Service) intends to award a single source Cooperative Agreement as authorized by 505 DM 2.14 (B) to the Alaska Nanuuq Commission (Commission). This notice is not a request for proposals and the Government does not intend to accept proposals. Award will be made 5 days after this notice. The purposes of this Cooperative Agreement between the Service and the Commission are to: 1) conserve polar bears in Alaska; 2) encourage comanagement of polar bears by involvement of subsistence users through the Commission; and 3) exchange information on polar bear population harvest, status and trends for the development of sound management practices integral to fulfilling the Commissions mission and the Services species oversight responsibilities. The proposed Cooperative Agreement and specific projects will implement Section 119 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), as Amended (16 U.S.C. 1388) which calls for the Service to enter into marine mammal cooperative agreements with Alaska Native organizations. The Service will obtain reports and data pertaining to the implementation of specific projects identified in the Cooperative Agreement. The Commission will obtain information important to subsistence polar bear hunters.