OpportunityTitle: Monitoring secretive marsh birds, focusing on two Species at Risk including Black Rail and Seaside Sparrow on 21 coastal National Wildlife Refuges
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This opportunity is not a request for applications. The determination not to compete is based on Departmental policy (505 DM 2.14,B. (2) and is within the discretion of the Agency.
Description: THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE, AND THERE IS NO FULL ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to award a cooperative agreement to East Carolina State University to conduct/provide refuge distribution and, as data permit, habitat associations and abundance estimates for Black Rail and Seaside Sparrow and other secretive marsh bird species. The Black Rail portion of this project will complement a recently initiated Black Rail inventory projects conducted by state wildlife agencies from North Carolina to Florida and supported by Endangered Species Act Section 6 money.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: kerri_heywood@fws.gov
GrantorContactText: Grants Management Specialist Kerri Heywood 404 679-4066&lt;br/&gt;kerri_heywood@fws.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.