BLM Utah Special Status Species and Other Special Wildlife Inventories in the Color Country District

Funding Opportunity ID: 286294 Opportunity Number: L16AS00258 Opportunity Title: BLM Utah Special Status Species and Other Special Wildlife Inventories in the Color Country DistrictOpportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCategory Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 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"Additional Information on Eligibility: Agency Code: DOI-BLMAgency Name: Department of the InteriorBureau of Land ManagementPosted Date: Jul 19, 2016Close Date: Aug 19, 2016 Last Updated Date: Jul 19, 2016Award Ceiling: $80,000Award Floor: $10,000Estimated Total Program Funding: $80,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Description: Background: Climate and land use change are the major drivers of biodiversity loss and speciesâ¿¿ range contractions in sagebrush ecosystems (Anderson and Inouye 2001). Climate projections for the Intermountain West indicate a warming and drying trend over the coming century (Seager et al. 2012), combined with expansion of water, mineral, and transportation development (Leu et al. 2008, MacDonald 2010). A number of BLM sensitive species, including Sage Grouse, are of economic and intrinsic concern as they are sensitive to climatic...

Source: Grants.gov - July 19, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding