Modeling Fisher Habitat Relationships in the Northern Sierra Nevada, Klamath National Forest, and Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in California | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Modeling Fisher Habitat Relationships in the Northern Sierra Nevada, Klamath National Forest, and Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in California" was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) discretionary funding action issued as a cooperative agreement under CFDA 15.608, Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance. The overall purpose was to fund work supporting research and monitoring focused on the fisher, a forest-dependent carnivore, with an emphasis on understanding how the species uses habitat across a mix of ownerships and management contexts in northern California, including the northern Sierra Nevada, portions of the Klamath National Forest, and the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. The central theme of the project is habitat relationship modeling, meaning the study is oriented toward linking fisher detections, occupancy, or other monitoring information to environmental and habitat variables so partners can better predict where suitable conditions occur and how management actions may affect the species.

The award was structured specifically to provide funding to Oregon State University (OSU) to partially support an Administrative Principal Investigator role for a cooperative, multi-partner fisher research and monitoring project. In practice, this type of support typically helps ensure the scientific and administrative coordination needed to keep a multi-institution effort running smoothly, such as aligning field and analytical methods, maintaining data management and reporting standards, coordinating partner communication, and ensuring deliverables are produced on schedule. The cooperative nature of the agreement also signals that USFWS anticipated an active role in the project beyond simply issuing funds, which is common when the agency is collaborating directly on study design, implementation, interpretation, and application to management decisions.

The work was explicitly collaborative, with cooperators listed as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the USFWS, Sierra Pacific Industries, and North Carolina State University (NCSU). That partner list reflects a blend of state wildlife management responsibility (CDFW), federal conservation and listing responsibilities plus technical support (USFWS), private industrial timberland management interests (Sierra Pacific Industries), and additional academic research capacity (NCSU). Bringing these entities together suggests the project was designed to produce habitat modeling results that are relevant across jurisdictions and land types, and that can inform real-world management, monitoring strategies, and potentially conservation planning for fisher populations in a landscape influenced by forestry practices, protected areas, and tribal lands.

Administratively, this posting functioned as a notice of intent rather than a competitive solicitation. No applications were accepted because the opportunity had already been awarded to Oregon State University. The posting date and creation date were July 30, 2015, with a stated current closing date of August 1, 2015 and an archive date of August 2, 2015, all consistent with a short public notice window after an award decision. The opportunity anticipated a single award, and the funding amount was fixed: an estimated total funding level of $163,450, with the award ceiling and floor both set at $163,450. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement. While the eligible applicant category listed was "Public and State controlled institutions of higher education," the eligibility information clarifies that OSU was the intended and selected recipient.

For anyone seeking official documentation or needing assistance accessing the announcement, the listing referenced Grants.gov as the source and provided a point of contact at USFWS: Misty Bradford, agreements assistant, reachable at 530-841-3110 and mistybradford@fws.gov.

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