BLM AZ Tucson Field Office Youth Natural Resource Conservation and Monitoring Interns (TFO)

Funding Opportunity Number: L16AS00158 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.231Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOI-BLMClosing Date: Aug 01, 2016Award Ceiling: $400,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jun 03, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: Description of Program and/or Project a. Background: There are multiple active conservation and restoration efforts occurring within the Tucson Field Office (TFO) jurisdiction. These efforts involve multiple partners, state and federal agencies, private landowners, and non-profit organizations. Conservation efforts include watershed, Sonoran desert, grassland, and riparian restoration. Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and associated Biological Opinions (BOs) with the TFO require a variety of monitoring and assessment activities for Federally Listed and Special Status Species and their habitats. In addition implementation of the RMPs require collection of resource specific information on plant communities, fish and wildlife species and habitats, rangelands, watersheds, water sources and climate, as well as responses of these resources to various land treatments and uses. TFO has worked extensively with several Public Land Corps or...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding