Closed · L17AS00023 · CFDA 15.231 · Discretionary
BLM-AK, Monitoring Movements and Distribution of the Teshekpuk Caribou Herd
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Land Management, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $100-$500K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 3, 2017
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
BLM-AK, Monitoring Movements and Distribution of the Teshekpuk Caribou Herd is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Land Management that offered $100 -- $500,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 3,020 other opportunities from Bureau of Land Management.
- $100-$500K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.231
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
BLM-AK, Monitoring Movements and Distribution… is closed (last close March 3, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 15.231 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau of Land Management still indexes 3,020 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed March 3, 2017
Est. Total Funding
$500,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Teshekpuk caribou herd (TCH) calves and summers in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA, managed by the BLM) on Alaskas North Slope. The TCH is the most important caribou herd for subsistence in villages within the NPRA, but it is currently in a steep population decline. This will have significant adverse impacts on the social well-being of many NPRA residents. We need to continually update our knowledge of TCH range use in order to best manage this important population and to prevent any adverse consequences to the herd from BLMs management of oil and gas resources in the NPRA. Our need to estimate abundance, population trajectory and estimate harvestable surplus is critical at this time. A statistically robust sample of collared individuals is needed to monitor herd demographics. The TCH survey and inventory program is based on collaring young individuals with VHF collars, and beginning to replace those collars at 3-4 years of age, when most caribou in this herd become reproductive. This program allows for a known-aged sample of caribou, and the ability to follow most individuals from 12 months of age (or 2-3 days of age in some cases) until death, providing a great deal of information on age-specific fecundity, recruitment and mortality. Utilizing satellite collars allows us to accurately and quickly identify when and where individuals die, adding to our ability to investigate sources of mortality, and to better utilize costly flight resources when conducting focal animal sampling (i.e. parturition, composition and recruitment surveys). Additionally, a large sample of satellite collared bulls allows us to better approximate herd distribution and demography during extensive periods of the year when the degree of sexual segregation is high. Having a large sample of satellite collared individuals is also essential for monitoring herd mixture, and thereby estimating herd-specific harvest during times and in areas with multiple herds.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · L17AS00023
Grants.gov marks BLM-AK, Monitoring Movements and Distribution… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Natural Resources (NR). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of Land Management book (1,420 peers, 47% of 3,021).
- Code 99
- Unrestricted / see official listing
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Fish and Wildlife Service Research Grants
U.S. Department of the Interior
Agency Contact
Grants Specialist Betty Conlon (907) 271-2816 bconlon@blm.gov
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What to do next
BLM-AK, Monitoring Movements and Distribution… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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