FY 2015 Polar Bear Co-management
The summary for the FY 2015 Polar Bear Co-management grant is detailed below.
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FY 2015 Polar Bear Co-management: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7 intends to award a single source financial assistance 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 approximately 15 days after this notice.
This project involves: 1 ensuring that the Commission has adequate funding to participate in the operations necessary for comanagement of polar bears, including maintaining an office and staff, and conducting annual meetings and travel related to polar bear conservation; and 2 continuation of the process for implementing the U.S and Russia Agreement on the Conservation and Management of the Shared Alaska Chukotka Polar Bear Population.
Under this award, direct involvement by the Commission in comanagement of polar bears will help fulfill the Commissions mission to represent Alaska Natives on matters related to the subsistence use of polar bears, as well as to fulfill the Services species oversight responsibilities, including managing harvest. Specifically, the Commission will work with the Service to develop the Shared Harvest Management Plan and build awareness throughout the state and internationally regarding the protection and conservation of polar bears, as well as the importance of aboriginal subsistence hunting to the survival of Inupiat and Yupik Eskimos. This agreement is entered into under the authority of section 119 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Amendments of 1994 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1388).
This project involves: 1 ensuring that the Commission has adequate funding to participate in the operations necessary for comanagement of polar bears, including maintaining an office and staff, and conducting annual meetings and travel related to polar bear conservation; and 2 continuation of the process for implementing the U.S and Russia Agreement on the Conservation and Management of the Shared Alaska Chukotka Polar Bear Population.
Under this award, direct involvement by the Commission in comanagement of polar bears will help fulfill the Commissions mission to represent Alaska Natives on matters related to the subsistence use of polar bears, as well as to fulfill the Services species oversight responsibilities, including managing harvest. Specifically, the Commission will work with the Service to develop the Shared Harvest Management Plan and build awareness throughout the state and internationally regarding the protection and conservation of polar bears, as well as the importance of aboriginal subsistence hunting to the survival of Inupiat and Yupik Eskimos. This agreement is entered into under the authority of section 119 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Amendments of 1994 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1388).
Federal Grant Title: | FY 2015 Polar Bear Co-management |
Federal Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
Grant Categories: | Education Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | F15AS00050 |
Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
CFDA Numbers: | 15.608 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance |
Current Application Deadline: | Dec 29, 2014 |
Original Application Deadline: | Dec 29, 2014 |
Posted Date: | Dec 12, 2014 |
Creation Date: | Dec 12, 2014 |
Archive Date: | Jan 30, 2015 |
Total Program Funding: | $600,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $600,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $600,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Link to Full Grant Announcement
- http://www.fws.gov/alaska/funding_opportunity.htm
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Charles Hamilton, , Acting Polar Bear Project Leader, 907-786-3804
[email protected]
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