Rocky Mountain Sandhill Crane over-winter survival and resource selection within the Middle Rio Grande River Valley, NM

Funding Opportunity Number: F13AS00283 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.655Eligible 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-FWSClosing Date: Aug 09, 2013Award Ceiling: $100,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jul 30, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: The MRGV is the principal wintering area for RMP sandhill cranes in west central New Mexico, mainly from Albuquerque south to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge BdA. The valley has long been recognized as an important wintering area for cranes Central Flyway Plan. Most winter on BdA or New Mexico Game and Fish property Bernardo Wildlife Area. These two areas alone are the single most important wintering areas for RMP cranes Drewien and Bizeau 1974. Smaller numbers of RMP cranes winter in southwestern New Mexico, including the hatch and Uvas valley in Sierra and Dona Ana counties, the Deming Columbus area in Luna County, and the upper Gila River, near Cliff in Grant County Drewien et al. 1995 along with a small number in Sulphur Springs Valley in Cochise County, Arizona specifically the Wilcox Playa and surrounding area. Historically, about 10 percent of the population winters in Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico Drewien et al. 1996...

Source: Grants.gov - July 31, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding