OpportunityTitle: Review and Revision of the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council Subsistence Harvest Survey
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: All qualified members of a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (http://www.cesu.psu.edu/) are eligible to apply  The successful applicant is expected to have: (i) demonstrated professional experience, expertise, and education in human dimensions and social sciences related to the design and implementation of scientific surveys to assess natural resource questions in Alaska or a similar geographic region; (ii) education and demonstrated ability  in analyzing scientific survey data including statistical expertise; (iii) knowledge and understanding of subsistence hunting, sport hunting, and wildlife management in Alaska or a similar geographic region; (iv) knowledge and/or experience working in rural Alaska and with its Native peoples or comparable experience from a similar geographic region; and (v) demonstrated professional experience, expertise, and education in decision analysis and facilitation.
Description: Funds under this cooperative agreement award are to be used to review the current Alaska migratory bird subsistence harvest survey design and survey methods; if necessary, develop and test alternate methods and recommend a preferred strategy; scientifically defensible, practicable, and culturally acceptable survey instrument, process, methods, analyses, and reporting format. This would involve: 1) identifying and describing important factors regarding cost, bias, accuracy, precision, implementation and use of the current migratory bird subsistence harvest survey; 2) developing and evaluating of alternative approaches and designs for a migratory bird subsistence harvest survey(s); and 3) recommending a preferred alternative that best meets survey objectives.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Katherine_Smiley@fws.gov
GrantorContactText: Katherine Smiley, Contracting Officer, 907-786-3412&lt;br/&gt;Katherine_Smiley@fws.gov&lt;br/&gt;