Cooperative Agreement for Tracking Bighorn Sheep in Yosemite National Park | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Agreement for Tracking Bighorn Sheep in Yosemite National Park (Funding Opportunity Number NPS NOIYOSEH8813110001) was a National Park Service natural resources initiative focused on improving the protection and long-term viability of the Yosemite Herd of Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. This herd is described as the smallest, most northerly, and most vulnerable of the remaining Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep populations, which makes it a high priority for focused monitoring and management. The project was structured as a cooperative agreement rather than an open competitive grant, reflecting a planned partnership approach to accomplish specific conservation and public education outcomes.

The core purpose of the agreement was to generate reliable, long-term movement and habitat-use information by deploying GPS satellite collars on as many bighorn sheep in the Yosemite Herd as practical. The intent was not just short-term tracking, but building a dataset robust enough to support analysis over a three-year project period and continue providing value beyond the formal project window. By increasing the number of collared animals, managers could obtain broader coverage of the herd across seasons and varying environmental conditions, which is important for understanding migration routes, key foraging areas, lambing and wintering habitats, and responses to weather, predators, and human activity.

A second major objective was to use the collected tracking data to guide concrete management actions aimed at maximizing protection and encouraging population growth. In practice, this kind of data typically supports decisions such as where and when to reduce disturbance, how to prioritize habitat protection or restoration, how to manage potential conflicts with recreation or infrastructure, and how to target monitoring or intervention efforts during especially vulnerable periods. The opportunity description emphasizes “long term data” specifically, signaling that the project was meant to support ongoing, evidence-based management rather than a one-time research snapshot.

A third objective focused on public outreach and transparency: increasing public awareness and advocacy by developing a publicly accessible website where bighorn movements could be viewed. This component suggests an effort to connect the public to the conservation story in a direct, visual way, using modern wildlife telemetry to make the animals’ range, seasonal movements, and habitat needs easier to understand. Public-facing movement maps are often designed with safeguards (such as time delays or reduced location precision) to avoid increasing risks to wildlife, but the stated goal here was clearly to strengthen support for protection by making the project tangible and accessible.

Administratively, this was categorized as a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement funding instrument, under the Natural Resources activity category, with no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The award ceiling was listed as $178,930. Key dates show it was posted and created on November 22, 2010, with an original and current closing date of November 25, 2010, and an archive date of December 25, 2010, indicating a short administrative window consistent with a pre-identified partner action rather than a competitive solicitation.

Eligibility was limited in practice: although “Eligible Applicants” is listed as state governments, the notice explicitly states it was a notice of intent to award to the California Department of Fish and Game and that the agency was not seeking applications. In other words, it functioned as a formal public notice documenting the planned award to a specific state partner rather than an invitation for other entities to apply.

For access issues or questions about the announcement, the listed contact was Cameron Reed, Contract Specialist, reachable by phone at 510-817-1331.

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