OpportunityTitle: BLM-Alaska, Invasive, Rare Species and Vegetation Monitoring
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 (NICRA).
Description: Resource Management Plans in the BLM Anchorage District Office have numerous goals and monitoring objectives for sensitive plant species, invasive species, and general vegetation management issues. By partnering with an organization that has such capacity, BLM is better positioned to meet management goals and objectives, while also providing academic opportunity for young professionals and furthering the mission of partner organizations in the North and West Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). Previously, the invasive species occurrences and rare plant occurrences have been catalogued statewide by a CESU organization &#226;&#191;&#191; the Alaska Center for Conservation Science, an institute at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. The four Resource Management Plans that guide management decisions in the Anchorage District Office (Bay, Kobuk-Seward, Ring of Fire, and East Alaska) each describe management and monitoring goals for BLM sensitive plant species, invasive species, and overall vegetation management.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: L16AC00159 BLM-AK Invasive, Rare Speicies &amp; Vegetation Monitoring
GrantorContactText: Grants Specialist Betty Conlon (907) 271-2816&lt;br/&gt;bconlon@blm.gov&lt;br/&gt;