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Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "RCW TRANSLOCATION DONOR POPULATION" (Funding Opportunity Number F14AS00419) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notice of intent to make a single-source award, meaning it is not a competitive funding opportunity and there is no full public solicitation for applications. In plain terms, the agency has already identified the recipient it plans to fund and is publishing this notice for transparency rather than to invite proposals. The award is planned as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency in coordinating or overseeing the work as it is carried out.

The proposed recipient is Witter Wildlife Consulting, LLC. The work focuses on RCW, which in this context refers to the red-cockaded woodpecker, a federally listed species with an established recovery plan. The project objective is to support recovery implementation by conducting monitoring consistent with the Service's RCW recovery plan and using that monitoring to identify and provide 20 suitable subadult birds from a donor population. Those subadults would then be used for translocation to smaller recipient populations that the Service has identified as needing reinforcement. This type of conservation action is commonly used to stabilize or boost small, vulnerable populations, improve genetic diversity, and accelerate recovery progress in places where natural dispersal is limited.

A key operational aspect of the project is that the recipient must plan and coordinate activities with Eglin Air Force Base, the Jackson Guard, and various military range control operations. That coordination requirement signals that fieldwork will occur on or near active military lands where access, timing, and safety constraints are significant, and where close scheduling and compliance with base procedures are necessary to conduct wildlife monitoring and capture/translocation activities effectively and safely.

Administratively, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and falls under the activity area of Natural Resources, Science and Technology, and other Research and Development. It is associated with CFDA (now commonly referenced as Assistance Listing) 15.657, "Endangered Species Conservation - Recovery Implementation Funds." The estimated total funding amount is $36,094, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The posting date and creation date are both August 29, 2014, with an original and current closing date of September 3, 2014, and an archive date of August 28, 2015. The listing notes "Expected Awards: 1," which aligns with the single-source intent.

Eligibility is shown as "unrestricted" in a generic sense, but the text makes clear that this is not a request for applications. The decision not to compete the award is cited as based on Departmental policy (505 DM 2.14, B.(2)) and is within the agency's discretion. Practically, that means other organizations are not being invited to apply, and the notice is serving as documentation of the agency's intent to proceed with the identified recipient.

For more information, the notice points to grants.gov as the additional information link, and it provides a direct contact for access issues or questions: Nijua Heard, Grant Specialist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, reachable at 404-679-4146 or via email at NijuaHeard@fws.gov.

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