OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.  CESU&#8217;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forests Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Description: The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in the development of a surveillance plan for White-nose syndrome (WNS), and specifically to develop a tool that can be used by managers to guide and optimize surveillance activities. WNS is a devastating fungal disease that has caused severe declines in cave-hibernating bat species in the Eastern United States. The fungal pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome has continued its spread westward into the central plains. USGS NWHC has been tasked with developing a surveillance plan for white-nose syndrome in the western United States.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contract Specialist
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves 703-648-7356 &lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov &lt;br/&gt;