Kiva Biological Consulting

Kiva Biological Consulting is a sole proprietorship registered to receive federal awards in SAM.gov since 2002. It is a for-profit organization that appears to specialize in providing field surveys and monitoring services related to threatened desert tortoise populations and habitat in the American Southwest.

Kiva Biological Consulting has received multiple cooperative agreement awards from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657). These awards have funded activities such as conducting line distance transect surveys to estimate desert tortoise population density, capture-recapture demographic studies, maintaining focal groups of tracked tortoises fitted with transmitters, and processing field data. The work requires adhering to strict field methods stipulated by the Desert Tortoise Recovery Office and involves providing trained teams to survey when tortoises are most active. Key deliverables include submitting data in electronic and paper formats, attending training, providing qualified personnel, and producing reports. Funding amounts have ranged from around $190,000 to over $340,000 for multi-year projects spanning regions like Inyo County, California and various critical desert tortoise habitat units across the species' range.