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Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G14AS00091) was issued by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), specifically through the Fort Collins Science Center (FORT), to support targeted research on grouse population demography and vulnerability. The core purpose is to generate practical, management-relevant science that helps explain why grouse populations have been declining across North America and how those declines may accelerate as landscapes become more fragmented and climate conditions continue to warm. By focusing on population persistence and the risk of local extirpations, the opportunity is centered on understanding not just current declines, but the mechanisms that could drive future losses and the conditions under which grouse populations might remain viable.

The research emphasis is on how climate change and habitat fragmentation influence grouse survival, reproduction, and long-term population dynamics. In plain terms, the work is meant to connect changing environmental conditions to measurable demographic outcomes, such as whether birds are producing enough offspring, whether adults are surviving from year to year, and how movement between habitat patches might help or fail to help populations persist. Another key element is adaptive capacity: the project is expected to explore whether grouse can adjust to new conditions, how quickly those adjustments could occur, and what ecological limits might prevent adaptation. This sort of information is often used to build or improve population models that can forecast future trends under different land-use and climate scenarios, which then supports more defensible and proactive conservation decisions.

A major reason the USGS is investing in this topic is that it directly aligns with high-priority management needs identified by multiple federal land and wildlife agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Those agencies manage large areas of grouse habitat and frequently need credible, up-to-date science to guide actions such as habitat protection, restoration planning, development siting, travel and recreation management, and species status assessments. The opportunity frames this work as a priority research need not only for those partner agencies, but also for the USGS itself, reflecting the expectation that results will be broadly useful across jurisdictions and land ownership boundaries.

Administratively, this was a discretionary funding opportunity offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning the USGS anticipated having substantial involvement during the project rather than simply issuing a hands-off grant. The funding activity category is Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the CFDA number listed is 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). The opportunity anticipated a single award, with an estimated total funding amount of $75,885. No cost sharing or matching was required, which reduces barriers for eligible applicants and places the financial responsibility primarily on the federal award.

Eligibility was limited to organizations that are official participating partners of the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are collaborative networks designed to connect federal agencies with universities, nonprofits, tribes, and other partners to deliver research, technical assistance, and education that address natural resource management challenges. In practice, that means the competition was not open to the general public or to organizations outside the Rocky Mountain CESU partnership, and applicants needed to confirm they were eligible under that specific CESU framework.

In terms of timing and status, the opportunity was posted and created on June 11, 2014, with an original and current closing date of July 25, 2014, and it was archived on September 11, 2014. The announcement directed applicants to grants.gov for the full posting and application materials. For assistance accessing the full announcement, the listed USGS contact was Faith Graves (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov).

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