| Funding Opportunity ID: | 296937 |
| Opportunity Number: | NOIP17AC01135 |
| Opportunity Title: | Surveillance for the White-nose Syndrome Fungus in Multiple Northern Great Plains Parks |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | This announcement is not a request for applications.
This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention
to award financial assistance for the following project activities without competition. |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Other |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | This announcement is not a request for applications.
This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention
to award financial assistance for the following project activities without competition. |
| CFDA Number(s): | 15.945 |
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible member of a Coordinated Ecosystems Studies Unit |
| Agency Code: | DOI-NPS |
| Agency Name: | Department of the Interior
National Park Service |
| Posted Date: | Aug 29, 2017 |
| Close Date: | Sep 06, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 29, 2017 |
| Award Ceiling: | $300,000 |
| Award Floor: | $174,338 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $300,000 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Description: | OVERVIEW White-nose syndrome (WNS) is approaching the Northern Great Plains (NGP) and could be in the region already. NGP parks are already conducting acoustic surveys with the University of Wyoming and parks are taking management actions. However, the status of the disease in the region is poorly known. This project will swab bats collected in caves and in the field via spring mist-netting. We would also collect environmental samples from caves. The samples would be tested for presence of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). The work would be conducted at all 13 Network parks in Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming in the winter and spring of 2017-19. STATEMENT OF JOINT OBJECTIVES/PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN Objectives: The goals and objectives, in general order of importance, are: 1. Assess and document the distribution of Pd and disease status of bats in NGP parks. 2. Develop species lists of bats in NGP parks from mis tnet captures. 3. Collect demographic information on captured bats in NGP parks. 4. Develop a catalog of acoustic calls from NGP parks for testing and calibration of acoustic monitoring. 5. Continue long-term acoustic monitoring at NGP parks initiated in 2015. 6. Provide parks critical and current information for education and outreach efforts. |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
