OpportunityTitle: BLM CA Vya Sage Grouse Habitat Use and Fitness
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is also open to all partners under any Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program.  CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  If a cooperative agreement is awarded to a CESU partner under a formally negotiated Master CESU agreement, indirect costs are limited to a rate of no more than 17.5% of the indirect cost base recognized in the partner&apos;s Federal Agency-approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement .
Description: The Bureau of Land Management, Applegate Field Office will collaborate with a partner to monitor sage-grouse habitat use and demographic structure in relation to on-going habitat improvement projects -juniper removal- within the Vya Project Planning Area. A hierarchical assessment will consist of the following components: 1. quantifying sage-grouse population-level responses -habitat use and demographics) at local and landscape scales; 2. monitoring changes in vegetation within areas where juniper removal occurs; and 3. measuring the fitness response of individual birds to juniper removal. This project will allow BLM to determine treatment effectiveness and to design and prioritize future treatments within high-priority habitats. This project will also contribute to public understanding of population dynamics and trend within the Vya Project Planning Area.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: kjlaw@blm.gov
GrantorContactText: GMS Karen Law (916) 978-4322&lt;br/&gt;kjlaw@blm.gov&lt;br/&gt;