BLM CA Evaluate Mohave Ground Squirrel (MGS) Populations and Their Viability

The summary for the BLM CA Evaluate Mohave Ground Squirrel (MGS) Populations and Their Viability 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 Bureau of Land Management, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
BLM CA Evaluate Mohave Ground Squirrel (MGS) Populations and Their Viability: The development of utility-scale solar energy in the Desert Southwest brings with it policy concerns over impacts to protected species such as the Mohave Ground Squirrel. Listed by the state of California and identified as a BLM Sensitive Species, the squirrel is threatened by the loss of habitat, habitat degradation, climate change, and displacement by or hybridization with the Round-tailed ground squirrel (RTG).
Federal Grant Title: BLM CA Evaluate Mohave Ground Squirrel (MGS) Populations and Their Viability
Federal Agency Name: Bureau of Land Management
Grant Categories: Other
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: L16AS00219
Type of Funding: Information not provided
CFDA Numbers: 326893
CFDA Descriptions: Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management
Current Application Deadline: Aug 24, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Aug 24, 2016
Posted Date: Jun 24, 2016
Creation Date: Jun 24, 2016
Archive Date: Oct 1, 2016
Total Program Funding: $500,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $500
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Information not provided
Additional Information on Eligibility
This financial assistance opportunity is also open to all partners under any Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. If a cooperative agreement is awarded to a CESU partner under a formally negotiated Master CESU agreement, indirect costs are limited to a rate of no more than 17.5% of the indirect cost base recognized in the partner's Federal Agency-approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA).
Grant Announcement Contact
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