Bat Detection, Monitoring and Date Anaysis in Montana | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Bat Detection, Monitoring and Date Anaysis in Montana" is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cooperative agreement focused on expanding and maintaining a statewide bat acoustic monitoring network in Montana, with an emphasis on routine data retrieval and detailed analysis of bat activity patterns. The core work involves adding bat detectors to an existing statewide array and then downloading the acoustic data on a consistent schedule, described as monthly or every other month. Once collected, the recordings are expected to be processed and analyzed to produce a suite of practical monitoring metrics that help wildlife managers understand where bats are present, which species are being detected, and how bat activity shifts over time and in response to environmental conditions.

A major deliverable implied by the description is a structured analysis of bat detections that goes beyond simple presence or absence. The project is expected to summarize monthly bat species composition, meaning the recipient would likely classify recorded calls to species (or species groups where calls overlap) and report how the detected community changes month to month. In addition, the opportunity calls for measuring activity levels in relation to weather variables such as temperature, windspeed, and barometric pressure. That suggests the analyses should integrate acoustic detections with site-based or nearby meteorological data to quantify how nightly or seasonal activity rises and falls with changing conditions. The description also highlights timing of migrations, indicating the project should use detection trends across months to identify seasonal movement patterns, such as spring arrival, fall departure, or peak migration windows, depending on the species and regions monitored.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement, which typically signals substantial involvement by the federal agency during the project, such as coordination on monitoring design, protocols, data standards, or review of analytical products. The activity category is Natural Resources, and the CFDA listing is 15.231 (Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management). The posting date and creation date are both Feb 14, 2013, with an original and current closing date of Mar 20, 2013, and an archive date of May 1, 2013, indicating the announcement is historical rather than currently open. The opportunity anticipated a single award.

Financially, the announcement lists an estimated total funding amount of $150,000, with an award ceiling of $40,000 and an award floor of $2,500. No cost sharing or matching is required, which reduces barriers to participation and means applicants are not expected to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of the award. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is open to any type of entity as long as they meet any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full announcement package.

For applicants or partners, the practical scope implies the capability to manage field-deployed acoustic hardware, maintain consistent download schedules, organize and quality-check large volumes of acoustic data, and apply accepted bat call analysis methods to generate standardized outputs. The analysis emphasis on species composition, weather relationships, and migration timing suggests the project would favor teams with experience in bioacoustics, bat ecology, and statistical or time-series analysis, as well as the ability to deliver clear monthly and seasonal summaries that can be used for management decisions.

The point of contact listed for access issues and grants management questions is Lori Anderson, Grants Management Officer, reachable at 406 896 5196 and landerso@blm.gov. The announcement notes that full instructions and the application package were available via the application tab referenced in the original posting, with an additional information link pointing users to the location for the complete announcement materials.

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