Avian Utilization of Mojave National Preserve to Map Important Bird Habitats | P24AS00239

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The National Park Service (NPS) is offering a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Avian Utilization of Mojave National Preserve to Map Important Bird Habitats" (Funding Opportunity Number P24AS00239). It will be funded through a cooperative agreement, which generally means the NPS expects to have substantial involvement during the project, such as coordinating on methods, reviewing interim products, and helping guide how findings are applied to park planning needs. The work falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category and is associated with CFDA number 15.945.

The purpose of the project is to pull together and make usable sense of existing information on bird distribution and abundance in Mojave National Preserve. Rather than commissioning entirely new field surveys, the NPS is asking applicants to synthesize, analyze, and summarize multiple sources: existing datasets and files, published and unpublished literature, agency records, university records, and records held by nongovernmental organizations. The end goal is to support revisions to the preserve's fire management plan by improving the park's understanding of where important bird habitats are located and which bird species are using which areas, in what numbers, and under what conditions. In practice, this kind of synthesis is meant to translate scattered, inconsistent, and differently formatted information into a clearer picture that managers can use when evaluating fire risk reduction activities, prescribed fire planning (where applicable), post-fire restoration priorities, and the potential wildlife impacts of different fire management actions.

The funding ceiling for the award is $57,000. The opportunity was created on January 12, 2024, with an original application closing date of March 15, 2024. While the notice does not specify the exact number of anticipated awards in the provided text, the scale and structure suggest a relatively focused project suitable for a single lead organization or a small partnership team capable of data compilation, geospatial analysis, and technical reporting.

Eligibility is restricted in a specific way: although the eligible applicant types listed include state, county, and local governments; special districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, the announcement explicitly limits competition to non-federal partners of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network. In other words, an organization must be part of the CESU Network as a partner (and cannot be a federal entity) to apply, even if it otherwise fits one of the general applicant categories.

Overall, the opportunity is aimed at producing a management-relevant synthesis that maps and characterizes important bird habitats across Mojave National Preserve by consolidating and analyzing existing knowledge. The expected value to the NPS is a defensible, well-documented summary of what is known (and where key gaps remain) so that fire management planning can better account for bird populations and habitat use patterns in this desert park landscape.

• The National Park Service in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Avian Utilization of Mojave National Preserve to Map Important Bird Habitats" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-12.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-03-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $57,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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