OpportunityTitle: Estimating greater prairie chicken population size and sampling of aquatic habitats in the Fint Hills of Kansas
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This is a Notice of Intent to award a Single Source Cooperative agreement to Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) for the purpose of estimating greater prairie-chicken population size and sampling of aquatic habitats in the Flint Hills of Kansas. This Single Source Award is being awarded in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B (4) Unique Qualifications, which allows for award without competition to an applicant.
Description: Collect baseline data on terrestrial and aquatic species that can be used to evaluate the Surrogate Species conservation approach in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Survey Greater prairie-chicken in the Flint Hills using the same methods McDonald et al. (2014) used to estimate the range-wide lesser prairie-chicken population. A helicopter with 3 observers and a pilot will be used to survey 70 15x15km cells for prairie chicken leks. When a lek is found, the number of birds present will be counted. These data will be used to (1) develop population estimates for GPC in the Flint Hills and (2) collect data for use in development of landscape models and decision support tools for GPC. These products will allow development of population goals and decision support tools as well as baseline data needed to test the surrogate species approach for the first R6 surrogate species project area in the Flint Hills of Kansas.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: greg_watson@fws.gov
GrantorContactText: Greg Watson, Project Officer, 303 236-8155&lt;br/&gt;greg_watson@fws.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: This Single Source Award is being awarded in accordance with DOI Policy 505 DM2.14B. (See Additional Information of Eligibility Section.