BLM-Alaska, Forty-mile Caribou Habitat Relationships

Funding Opportunity Number: L16AS00166 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 08, 2016Award Ceiling: $220,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jun 07, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: During the early 1900s the Fortymile Caribou herd once ranged from near Tanana, Alaska to Lake Laberge, Yukon Territory. After declining to a population low of about 6,500 in 1973, the Fortymile herd increased slowly to 22,000 in 1992 and has since more than doubled in numbers (51,000 in 2010). The herd range is expanding into areas used historically (most notably with an abrupt movement of most of the herd into Yukon Territory in fall of 2013). However, the herd may be showing signs of nutritional stress (Boertje et al 2012), including reduced birth rates, and lower 4 month old calf weights. State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game (ADFG), the Yukon Governmentâ¿¿s Department of Environment (YE), National Park Service (NPS), and the Bureau of Land Management, have long been cooperating in management of the Fortymile Caribou Herd, including management of subsistence harvest. With the implementation of a cooperative program...
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