OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.&#160; CESU&#8217;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.&#160;Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.&#160;
Description: The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research on risk from turbines to bald and golden eagles crossing the Great Lakes.Development of wind energy can have negative consequences for wildlife, especially via fatalities caused by collision with turbine blades. A hotspot for wind energy development is the offshore and near-shore environment, including the Great Lakes. However, many species of migratory birds, including eagles protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, cross the Great Lakes. As such, there is a strong interest to understand how flight behavior of eagles may expose them to risk from collision with wind energy facilities built in the Great Lakes. USGS is offering a funding opportunity to CESU partners for assistance with analysis and publication of these data.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: FAITH GRAVES&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.