OpportunityTitle: Brook Trout Suppression in High Lake - Upper Malheur River
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications.  This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Reclamation&#146;s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.
Description: Experimental brook trout suppression plans include several sequential and/or simultaneous objectives (gill-netting, angling, and electro shocking) that will be completed with funding assistance from Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation. In addition under another Reclamation agreement , biologists study to monitor relative abundance of brook trout as a result of removal efforts. Removal of the non-native brook trout and the ensuing monitoring study will increase opportunities for the Tribe to better manage and protect their water and fish and wildlife resources. Reclamation and the public benefit from this project by gaining knowledge of reducing a non-native fish which poses a serious threat to federally threatened bull trout.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: mritacco@usbr.gov
GrantorContactText: Melinda Ritacco &lt;br/&gt;Financial Assistance Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 208-378-5103