Our project fills a key GAP in knowledge that is needed by land managers to proactively assess where best to focus recovery efforts for wood bison in alaska
Active Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- L24AC00587
- Recipient
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Wildlife Conservation Society UEI CDM5TJGLBED8
- Awarding agency
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Alaska Region
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
- Obligated
- $248,000
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 15.246 Threatened and Endangered Species
- Completion date 71% complete
- Place of performance
- Alaska, USA
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Description
- Activities
- We will work with alaska department of fish and game (data for the innoko wood bison herd), colorado state university (snowmodel), and local communities and managers to bring together the best available data on habitat suitability for wood bison. We improve the resolution of current geospatial layers from 3 KM to 10 m which will greatly benefit model performance and relevance for extrapolating across alaska to other prospective release sites. Methods include modeling, local expert and indigenous knowledge interviews (under IRB social safeguards), and field ground-truthing. The work parallels other DOI efforts (e.g., in the wrangell ST. Elias national park and tetlin national wildlife refuge) and are coordinated to a) avoid duplication of any efforts, and b) to provide synergies where possible.outputs deliverables: habitat selection data for wood bison that is extrapolated across potential release sites in alaska. We envision a technical report(s), geospatial files, and a peer-reviewed manuscript(s).
- Intended beneficiaries
- Outputs of this work most directly benefit federal, state, and alaska native land managers. However, they also inform public engagement (e.g., through subsistence advisory committees) that can benefit the social acceptability of embracing bison in new areas.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $48,000 | |
| Original award | $200,000 |
Subawards
| Subrecipient | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado State University | $46,288 |
Quick answers
Who received award L24AC00587?
L24AC00587 was awarded to Wildlife Conservation Society by Alaska Region (Bureau of Land Management) on September 10, 2024.
How much is award L24AC00587 worth?
$248,000 has been obligated on L24AC00587.
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