OpportunityTitle: BLM CA Evaluate Mohave Ground Squirrel (MGS) Populations and Their Viability
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: The development of utility-scale solar energy in the Desert Southwest brings with it policy concerns over impacts to protected species such as the Mohave Ground Squirrel. Listed by the state of California and identified as a BLM Sensitive Species, the squirrel is threatened by the loss of habitat, habitat degradation, climate change, and displacement by or hybridization with the Round-tailed ground squirrel (RTG).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: BLM
GrantorContactText: GMO Leona Parker (530) 252-5338&lt;br/&gt;leona_parker@blm.gov&lt;br/&gt;