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Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "BLM CA CCESU Population Viability Analysis of Humboldt Bay wallflower" is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cooperative agreement focused on improving the conservation and recovery planning for the endangered Humboldt Bay wallflower, Erysimum menziesii ssp. eurekense. The central purpose is to conduct a population viability analysis (PVA) to estimate the species ability to persist over time under different conditions, identify the biggest risks to survival, and clarify which management actions are most likely to stabilize or increase populations. The results are intended to directly support on-the-ground restoration and impact planning, guide prioritization of recovery actions, and provide information that can be used across different land ownerships where the plant occurs.

A key component of the work is building a stronger scientific basis for management decisions by linking demographic data, threats, and management responses into an analytical framework. Population viability analysis typically integrates factors such as survival rates, reproduction, recruitment, population size and structure, environmental variability, and the influence of threats (for example habitat disturbance or disease). In this case, the opportunity explicitly emphasizes becoming familiar with the species disease system, understanding how disease and other impacts are affecting existing populations, and evaluating how populations respond to management. This indicates the project is meant to be practical and decision-oriented, producing outputs that can inform restoration design, monitoring priorities, and how to manage or mitigate activities that could affect the species.

The project also requires field assessment of current Humboldt Bay wallflower populations on the Samoa Peninsula. That fieldwork is meant to ground-truth conditions and ensure the analysis reflects current realities, including where populations remain, their apparent health and trends, and what stressors are present. By combining field observations with demographic and threat information, the resulting PVA should help managers decide where to focus limited conservation resources, which populations are most vulnerable, and what actions might yield the greatest benefit.

Another explicit objective is to assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) with a status review of this endangered species. Status reviews rely on the best available scientific and commercial data to assess extinction risk, population trajectory, and the adequacy of existing conservation measures. A well-constructed PVA and updated field assessment can provide a transparent, quantitative basis for evaluating risk, documenting current conditions, and identifying data gaps that should be addressed in future monitoring or research.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity issued by the Bureau of Land Management under a cooperative agreement mechanism, meaning BLM expects substantial involvement or collaboration during the project rather than simply issuing a hands-off grant. The opportunity falls under the Natural Resources activity category and is associated with CFDA 15.231, Fish, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Resource Management. The program anticipates a single award with an estimated total funding amount of $75,000, which is also listed as the award ceiling (with an award floor of $500). There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligible applicants are limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, consistent with a research-and-analysis project that combines field ecology with quantitative modeling.

Key dates included a posted date of May 30, 2012, with a closing date of June 18, 2012, and an archive date of September 30, 2013. Additional details were provided through Grants.gov, and the listed contact for access issues or questions was Leona B. Parker, Grants Management Officer, reachable at 530-252-5338 and lparker@blm.gov.

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