THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS- Conduct Baseline Bat Survey in Effigy Mounds National Monument-THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-NOIP14AC1003 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EnvironmentNatural ResourcesScience and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 15.944Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOI-NPSClosing Date: Mar 26, 2016Award Ceiling: $200,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Mar 16, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The immediate goals of this project are 1) to assess the bat community at Effigy Mounds National Monument for evidence of exposure to Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes White-Nose Syndrome (WNS), 2) to determine whether Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), a Federally Endangered species, occur within Effigy Mounds National Monument, 3) to document and describe the temporal diversity of the bat assemblage that occurs within Effigy Mounds National Monument, 4) identify habitats/areas within the park important for providing summer maternal roosting sites and 5) to create a baseline against which any future bat surveys in eastern Iowa may be compared. The project includes mist-net and acoustic surveys. Individual bats caught in mist-nets will be identified to species; sex, weight, body condition, and other vital information will be collected before being released. Individuals will also be swabbed to test for ...

Source: Grants.gov - March 17, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding