Opportunity Information: Apply for L16AS00166
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- The DOI-BLM in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM-Alaska, Forty-mile Caribou Habitat Relationships" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.231.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 07, 2016 and posted on Jun 07, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 08, 2016. (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 $220,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The BLM-Alaska, Forty-mile Caribou Habitat Relationships opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L16AS00166) is a Bureau of Land Management discretionary grant offered through a cooperative agreement to support natural resources research focused on the Fortymile Caribou Herd. The project is motivated by major changes in the herd over the past century: historically the herd ranged broadly from near Tanana, Alaska to Lake Laberge in Canada’s Yukon Territory, then declined to roughly 6,500 animals in 1973 before rebounding to about 22,000 in 1992 and more than doubling again to an estimated 51,000 by 2010. As numbers increased, the herd’s range began expanding back into historical use areas, highlighted by a sudden, large-scale movement of much of the herd into Yukon Territory in fall 2013 and the winter of 2013-2014. At the same time, managers are concerned the herd may be experiencing nutritional stress, with indicators such as reduced birth rates and lower calf weights at around four months of age.
The central purpose of the funding is to take advantage of newly available, high-quality movement data to answer practical management questions about how Fortymile caribou use habitat across seasons and how that use may shift in the future. A cooperative monitoring program that began in 2010 has produced extensive GPS radio-collar location datasets, creating an unusually strong foundation for rigorous habitat-use and resource-selection analysis. The opportunity also anticipates integrating additional landscape information to strengthen inference and prediction, including lichen cover mapping across the herd’s range and remote sensing products related to snow conditions (snow cover, depth, and quality) produced through NASA’s ABoVE Animals on the Move project. Together, these datasets are meant to help describe where caribou select habitat, how conditions like winter snow affect movement and foraging access, and what environmental constraints may be contributing to nutritional limitations.
A key theme is cross-border, international management. Because the Fortymile herd regularly uses landscapes in both Alaska and the Yukon and has recently shifted into Canadian wintering areas in large numbers, the project is framed as supporting management decisions that must consider the herd’s full historical range rather than a single jurisdiction. The work is intended to be directly relevant to ongoing collaborative management by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Yukon Department of Environment, the National Park Service, and BLM, including decisions tied to subsistence harvest management. The project also aims to inform broader land-use and conservation planning by clarifying where important seasonal habitats occur and how sensitive those areas may be to disturbance or environmental change.
The opportunity explicitly connects this work to several emerging pressures and decision points. These include potential industrial development in the region (notably proposals for several large mines in the Yukon), the effects of wildfire on lichen-rich forage habitats, and longer-term climate change impacts that may alter snow regimes, vegetation patterns, and access to food. By analyzing collar data alongside vegetation and snow remote sensing products, the project is expected to produce information that managers can use to anticipate habitat bottlenecks, identify high-value areas for different seasons, and evaluate how changes in land use or climate could affect caribou distribution, movement, and nutritional ecology.
Administratively, the grant is offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (DOI-BLM), under CFDA 15.231. It was posted June 7, 2016, with a closing date of August 8, 2016. The program anticipated a single award with a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $220,000. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it is open to a wide range of applicant types, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full announcement. The bottom-line deliverable implied by the notice is a timely, management-focused investigation of Fortymile caribou habitat relationships that leverages GPS telemetry and remote sensing to support coordinated Alaska-Yukon decision-making about conservation, development, harvest, fire, and climate-related habitat change.
FAQs: BLM-Alaska, Forty-mile Caribou Habitat Relationships (L16AS00166)
What is the name of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is titled BLM-Alaska, Forty-mile Caribou Habitat Relationships.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is L16AS00166.
Which federal agency is offering this grant?
This is offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
What type of funding instrument is used?
The notice describes the award as a discretionary grant offered through a cooperative agreement.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 15.231.
What is the main purpose of the project?
The central purpose is to use newly available, high-quality caribou movement data to answer practical, management-focused questions about how Fortymile caribou use habitat across seasons and how that use may shift in the future.
Which caribou population is the focus of the research?
The project focuses on the Fortymile Caribou Herd.
Why is this research being prioritized now?
The project is motivated by major changes in the Fortymile herd over the past century, including a historical decline (to roughly 6,500 animals in 1973), a rebound (about 22,000 in 1992), and continued growth (estimated about 51,000 by 2010), along with renewed expansion into historical range areas and concerns about possible nutritional stress.
What recent movement patterns are driving management interest?
A key example highlighted is a sudden, large-scale movement of much of the herd into Yukon Territory in fall 2013 and the winter of 2013-2014, reflecting the herd expanding back into historical use areas.
What signs suggest the herd may be under nutritional stress?
The notice cites indicators such as reduced birth rates and lower calf weights at around four months of age.
What data sources are expected to be used in the research?
The opportunity emphasizes leveraging extensive GPS radio-collar location datasets from a cooperative monitoring program that began in 2010, and integrating additional landscape data such as lichen cover mapping and snow-related remote sensing products.
When did the cooperative monitoring program begin, and why does it matter?
The cooperative monitoring program began in 2010. It has produced extensive GPS collar datasets, described as an unusually strong foundation for rigorous habitat-use and resource-selection analysis.
What kinds of analyses does the opportunity anticipate?
It anticipates rigorous habitat-use and resource-selection analyses, using GPS telemetry alongside vegetation and snow remote sensing information to strengthen inference and prediction.
How does snow information factor into the project?
Snow conditions are expected to be analyzed because they can affect caribou movement and foraging access. The notice specifically references remote sensing products related to snow cover, depth, and quality.
What is NASA ABoVE Animals on the Move, and how is it relevant here?
The opportunity references NASA remote sensing products produced through the ABoVE Animals on the Move project, specifically for characterizing snow conditions that may influence caribou movement and habitat selection.
What is the role of lichen mapping in this project?
The notice anticipates using lichen cover mapping across the herd’s range to strengthen habitat-use inference and prediction, since lichen-rich areas are tied to forage habitat considerations mentioned in the opportunity (including wildfire impacts).
Why does the opportunity emphasize cross-border management?
The Fortymile herd uses landscapes in both Alaska and Canada’s Yukon Territory. Because recent movements include large numbers wintering in Canadian areas, the work is framed to support decisions that consider the herd’s full historical range rather than a single jurisdiction.
Which management organizations are mentioned as key collaborators or intended users of the results?
The notice states the work is intended to be directly relevant to collaborative management involving the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Yukon Department of Environment, the National Park Service, and BLM.
How is subsistence harvest management connected to this project?
The opportunity notes that results are meant to support ongoing collaborative management decisions, including decisions tied to subsistence harvest management.
How might this research inform land-use and conservation planning?
By clarifying where important seasonal habitats occur and how sensitive those areas may be to disturbance or environmental change, the project aims to inform broader land-use and conservation planning.
What emerging pressures and decision points does the opportunity connect to this work?
The notice explicitly connects the work to pressures including potential industrial development (with proposals for several large mines in the Yukon), wildfire effects on lichen-rich forage habitats, and longer-term climate change impacts that may alter snow regimes, vegetation patterns, and access to food.
How is industrial development addressed in the opportunity?
Industrial development is presented as a relevant management context, particularly potential large-scale mining proposals in the Yukon, where better understanding of seasonal habitat and movement could help evaluate how land use changes may affect caribou distribution and movement.
How is wildfire addressed in the opportunity?
Wildfire is identified as a concern because it can affect lichen-rich forage habitats. The project’s combined use of collar data and vegetation information is intended to help managers anticipate habitat bottlenecks and changes.
How is climate change addressed in the opportunity?
Climate change is discussed as a longer-term driver that may alter snow regimes, vegetation patterns, and access to food. The analysis is expected to help evaluate how these shifts could affect distribution, movement, and nutritional ecology.
What outcomes or products are implied by the notice?
The implied deliverable is a timely, management-focused investigation of Fortymile caribou habitat relationships that leverages GPS telemetry and remote sensing to support coordinated Alaska-Yukon decision-making about conservation, development, harvest, fire, and climate-related habitat change.
What is the anticipated number of awards?
The program anticipated a single award.
What is the maximum funding amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling listed in the notice is $220,000.
When was the opportunity posted?
The notice was posted on June 7, 2016.
What was the application closing date?
The closing date listed is August 8, 2016.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it is open to a wide range of applicant types, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full announcement.
Is the project strictly Alaska-focused, or does it include Canada?
It is explicitly framed as cross-border work. The Fortymile herd ranges across Alaska and Yukon Territory, and the notice stresses the importance of management across the herd’s broader historical range.
What seasonal questions is the project expected to address?
The opportunity highlights understanding how caribou use habitat across seasons, identifying important seasonal habitats, and assessing how winter conditions (like snow) influence movement and access to forage.
How are the results expected to help managers in practical terms?
The work is expected to help managers anticipate habitat bottlenecks, identify high-value areas for different seasons, and evaluate how changes in land use or climate could affect caribou distribution, movement, and nutritional ecology.
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