Opportunity Information: Apply for BOR UC 18 N021
The grant opportunity titled "Operation and Maintenance of the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Program in the Aquatic Conservation Facility" is a continuation grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, focused on sustaining captive propagation and augmentation work for the Rio Grande silvery minnow (RGSM). The central aim is to keep the City of Albuquerque BioPark Aquatic Conservation Facility operating as a key production and management site for the species, which is at risk in the Middle Rio Grande. The work described is positioned as essential to preventing extinction in the wild while supporting efforts to rebuild self-sustaining populations within the minnow's historical range.
The funded activities center on full lifecycle propagation and release support. This includes monitoring for and collecting RGSM eggs, maintaining and managing broodstock over time, and conducting spawning and rearing operations within the facility. The program also covers tagging fish (to track survival, movement, and contribution to the population) and distributing both juvenile and adult minnows for augmentation efforts, meaning the release of hatchery-produced fish to bolster wild populations. Taken together, these tasks reflect a long-term, operationally intensive program that requires consistent staffing, facility capacity, and coordinated production planning rather than a short-term research project.
This opportunity is explicitly tied to federal recovery and compliance frameworks. The notice states that the activities directly address the recovery goals and objectives in the revised U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rio Grande silvery minnow Recovery Plan, emphasizing that propagation and augmentation are necessary steps toward reestablishing viable, self-sustaining populations. It also notes that the work supports and aligns with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2016 Biological Opinion, which typically outlines required conservation measures associated with federal actions that may affect listed species. In practical terms, that linkage signals that the propagation and release program is part of a broader, mandated strategy to offset ongoing risks to the species and to meet interagency conservation commitments.
Administratively, this is a grant (funding instrument type: Grant) categorized under Natural Resources, with CFDA number 15.537. The opportunity number is BOR UC 18 N021 and it was posted as a continuation opportunity, with an anticipated single award (ExpectedAwards: 1). The award ceiling is listed at $971,053, indicating the maximum expected funding amount for the award. Eligibility is limited to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), suggesting the funding was structured for a specific qualified partner arrangement rather than open competition across all applicant types.
The principal place of performance is the City of Albuquerque BioPark, located at 2601 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, underscoring that the work is facility-based and operational in nature. The identified principal investigators are Holly Casman and Kathy Lang, indicating named leadership for technical execution and oversight of the propagation, fish culture, tagging, and distribution components. The opportunity was created on August 6, 2018, with an original closing date of August 20, 2018, reflecting a relatively short application window consistent with continuation funding for an ongoing, established program.Apply for BOR UC 18 N021
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Operation and Maintenance of the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Program in the Aquatic Conservation Facility" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.537.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 06, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 20, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $971,053.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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