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Fish & Wildlife Service Programs
Quick Response Research
This program was established to assure that current, urgently needed research for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) was being addressed. Each fiscal year, the U. S. Geological Survey Central Region Biological Resources Discipline (BRD) Office (CRO) administers a total allocation of $150,000 to Quick Responce Research (QR), divided equally among FWS Regions 2, 3, and 6. FWS Region 4 is handled out of the BRD Eastern Region.
Each
FWS Region may submit one or more QR research requests, not to exceed $50,000
total per Region to the CRO. FWS Regions with a QR need that is shared
with another FWS Region may coordinate requests to leverage/increase the total
funding allocated to address that need.
FWS Science Support
In Fiscal Year 2001, Congress appropriated $3.4 million dollars to create the Science Support Program to be administered by the Biological Resources Discipline (BRD) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Under this program, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) posts its needs for research under the Endangered Species Act. Scientists within USGS prepare proposals that address those needs, and compete for the funds available under this program. Annually, a panel comprised of members of the FWS and the USGS (BRD) determine which proposals best meet the research needs of the FWS. In Fiscal Year 2002, the funds from the Species at Risk Program were added, making $4.1 available for research under the Science Support Program.
Species At Risk
Species at Risk (SAR) is a program that develops scientific information on the status of sensitive species, particularly with respect to the relationship of species abundance and distribution to habitat conditions and environmental stresses. The basic purpose of SAR is to generate sound biological information that allows development of conservation agreements, action plans, management alternatives, etc., to provide for the protection of species and their habitats and thereby reduce the need for listing species as threatened or endangered.
SAR provides an opportunity for scientists to participate through survey and research activities. Projects are specifically intended to be of short duration, and should seek to optimize partnerships with Federal agencies, states, universities, and the private sector. Successful SAR projects are often conducted to fill small but critical gaps in our biological knowledge. Projects provide resource managers, regulators and private landowners useable information for which prudent resource management decisions can be based. Projects must be new, self-contained work designed to be completed, including the final report, within 18 months.
In Fiscal Year 2002, the Species at Risk Program was absorbed by the Science Support Program (see above).
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