OpportunityTitle: Desert Tortoise Surveys in the Tonopah Field Office
Description: This is a new project of one-year duration that will provide baseline distribution and status information on the Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) within the jurisdiction of the Tonopah Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This project will provide comparative information to regularly surveyed parts of the desert tortoise&#191;s range (e.g., within designated critical habitat), which will help determine the importance of tortoises in this area to recovery of the species. Information from the project will also be useful in assessing tortoise habitat models at the northern periphery of the species&#191; range.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: FWS Email
GrantorContactText: Administrative Officer Mark Fabes 775-861-6389&lt;br/&gt;mark_fabes@fws.gov
CloseDateExplanation: This is a notice of intent to make an Award to the Great Basin Institute. No competition is expected. Do not respond.