OpportunityTitle: Assessment of Threatened Cave Bat Populations at Cumberland Gap NHP
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The United States Department of the Interior, The National Park Service (NPS), The National Park Service is announcing a notice of intent to award to award a cooperative agreement; this is not a request for applications. This funding opportunity is to provide public notice of NPS&apos;s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition, under Cooperative Agreement P13AC00443 with Indiana State University, a partner under the Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, for a project titled; Assessment of Threatened Cave Bat Populations at Cumberland Gap NHP.
Description: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (CUGA) contains over 30 caves and is home to at least six species of cave dwelling bats, including the federally endangered Indiana bat and the federally threatened northern long-eared bat. Currently the park has very limited information on the status and distribution of these cave dwelling bats. Today, white nose syndrome (WNS), documented in the park in January of 2013, threatens all six of these cave dwelling bat species. The park proposes to complete an intensive inventory of bat populations; mist net surveys, harp trapping, and radio telemetry surveys. This information will be critical in order to make informed management decisions about actions that might impact these populations and to protect these threatened vulnerable species into the future.
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GrantorContactText: Brian Straka 8654361217&lt;br/&gt;Brian_Straka@nps.gov&lt;br/&gt;