Closed · P18AS00269 · CFDA 15.945 · Discretionary
Identifying Structure of the Yellowstone Bison Population
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $33K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 10, 2018
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Identifying Structure of the Yellowstone Bison Population is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered Up to $33,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 8,506 other opportunities from National Park Service.
- up to $33K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.945
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Identifying Structure of the Yellowstone Biso… is closed (last close June 10, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Park Service still indexes 8,506 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 June 10, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$33,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Yellowstone bison population is thought to exist in at least two separate breeding herds that use northern and central areas of Yellowstone National Park. Recent and dramatic increases in bison using northern areas and decreases in bison using central areas has raised concern that management removals have had different effects throughout the bison population. Bison are managed under an Interagency Management Plan that limits population abundance and distribution. Under this plan, limited numbers of bison are allowed to migrate out of the park during winter with the remainder lethally removed when migrating beyond park boundaries. Based on counts during 2017, numbers of bison using central areas of the park may no longer be sufficient for long-term genetic conservation. However, there is some indication that the herd structure has broken down over time and bison now use both northern and central areas of the park. If this is the case, with bison conforming to a single, intermixing population, then the current bison population is likely sufficiently large for long-term genetic conservation â¿¿ although there are substantially fewer bison observed in central areas of the park.
Campus applicant desk · Natural Resources
Grants.gov prints only higher-education applicant doors for Identifying Structure of the Yellowstone Biso… (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education). This reads as a campus competition desk, not a civic or commercial open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Natural Resources (NR). 1,235 other National Park Service listings share this eligibility-code string (15% of 8,507).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
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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Agency Contact
Grants Management Specialist Kelly Adams Kelly_Adams@nps.gov
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