OpportunityTitle: Addressing Vulnerability, Relevant Science, and Management Needs for Natural and Cultural Resources in the Rio Grande and Four Corners Geographic Focus Areas
CategoryExplanation: This announcement is to provide public notice of the Service&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. This is a single source award to Colorado State University: Colorado Natural Heritage Program, a public/state controlled institution of higher education and a partner member of the Colorado Plateau Ecosystems Study Unit.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Service&#65533;&#65533;&#65533;s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. This is a single source award to Colorado State University: Colorado Natural Heritage Program, a public/state controlled institution of higher education and a partner member of the Colorado Plateau Ecosystems Study Unit.  See attached Notice of Intent to Award.
Description: The Recipient will: - Identify and contact appropriate workshop representatives of the target audiences (i.e., researchers addressing science in the geographies of interest, resource managers who use the science to make conservation delivery decisions). Original Points of Contact to be provided by SRLCC staff. - Develop workshop agendas, solicit key presenters and resource managers, and advertise/promote attendance. - Obtain venues and organize logistics for hosting workshops. - Document discussions, decisions, and outcomes of each workshop. - Based on the results of the Connections Workshops, identify and collate the existing management/conservation objectives of specific SRLCC partners for resources identified in the workshops (resources and partners to be identified collaboratively by SRLCC and CNHP staff). - Identify and collate specific conservation delivery capabilities and actions of targeted entities. - Identify and collate opportunities for the SRLCC to complement other partners&#65533;&#65533;&#65533; research and fill crucial gaps. - Provide deliverables in the form of: o Two workshops: one in the Rio Grande focal area and one in the Four Corners focal area. o Written report summarizing each Connections Workshops&#65533;&#65533;&#65533; methods, discussions, decisions and outcomes. o Compilation of SRLCC partners&#65533;&#65533;&#65533; stated management objectives for Focal Resources within each Focal Area
GrantorContactEmailDescription: kevin_m_johnson@fws.gov
GrantorContactText: Kevin Johnson, Project Officer, 303 236-4404&lt;br/&gt;kevin_m_johnson@fws.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: This Single Source Award is being awarded in accordance with DOI Policy 505 DM2. (4) Unique Qualifications (See Additional Information of Eligibility Section).