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Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
Review Process for Letters of Intent
Deadline: 1 March 2002
The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Proposal Review Committee requests
letters of intent for review as the first step in applying for Fiscal Year 2002 financial
support under the U.S. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act. Letters of Intent
will be reviewed by one or more Lake Committees prior to consideration by the Review
Committee. Full proposals may subsequently be requested by the Review Committee
and sent for peer review. The Review Committee recommends selected proposals to
the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who makes the final selection, and
may request additional information.
Eligibility
Letters of intent may be submitted by research institutions (including federal
laboratories), management agencies, or Indian tribes. The Act provides that full
proposals may be submitted by state directors or Indian tribes. Because the Review
Committee represents state directors and Indian tribes, full proposals solicited by the
Review Committee are considered to be eligible for funding.
Entities or individuals represented on the Review Committee may submit proposals.
However, individuals associated with the proposal or with the submitting entity shall
recuse themselves when the proposal is being considered by the Review Committee.
Financial Limitations
In FY 2002, $575,000 is available for funding proposals.
A minimum of 25% of the cost of implementing a proposal shall be paid in cash or as inkind contributions by non-Federal sources. Contributions by Canadian partners and the
Great Lakes Fishery Commission are eligible for consideration.
The Review Committee may consider recommending proposals of exceptional merit
that include up to 5% in indirect costs.
Multiple year projects will be considered for funding, in particular when a graduate
stipend is listed.
Standard federal grant procedures will be followed.
Criteria
All proposals must be for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources in the Great Lakes
Basin, and shall be consistent with the goals (Appendix 1) of the
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Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, as revised in 1987,
the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries,
the Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries (Fish
Community Objectives),
the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990, and
the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and joint ventures established
under the plan.
The Review Committee encourages proposals that are based on results of the Great
Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study (Appendix 2). Support from one or more
of the lake committees greatly enhances the potential for funding: priorities by lake for
FY 2002 are listed in Appendix 3.
Format for Letters of Intent
A letter of intent should be no more than five pages. Attachments are permitted, but
may not be reviewed. A curriculum vitae for each investigator should be included. A
completed Applicant Information Cover Sheet (Appendix 4) should be attached to the
front of the letter of intent. A completed Budget Breakdown (Appendix 5) should be
included after the Cover Sheet. A letter of intent should include the following
components in the order shown and under the headings listed below:
1.
Relevance to purpose of the Act – Explain how the proposal supports goals of
aforementioned agreements and specific Study recommendations (Appendix 2).
2.
Problem statement -- Describe the issue that the project will resolve or address
and its relevance to the Great Lakes.
3.
Proposed work -- Outline what will be done, how, and under what timetable.
State how the project will advance progress on achievement of fish community
objectives. Projects of a research nature should use at least one to two pages to
describe proposed work.
4.
Deliverables -- Provide the anticipated, tangible end results or products of the
project. Examples of deliverables are theses/dissertations, models, published
reports, workshops, etc.
5.
Key personnel -- List the names of those who will undertake and oversee the
work, and briefly describe their experience and qualifications. Include a CV of
each investigator.
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6.
Other support -- Provide a list of support (financial and in-kind) which are being
pursued or have been committed to the project, by supporter and amount. The
required 25% non-federal match (funds or in-kind) should be clearly described.
7.
Plans for Future Use -- Describe commitments for future use of product, e.g.,
ownership and update of a database.
Deadline
Letters of intent and supporting information should be submitted both in hard copy and
as Word or WordPerfect attachment to an e-mail.
Send to:
Chairman, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Proposal Review
Committee
c/o Great Lakes Fishery Commission
2100 Commonwealth, Suite 209
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
PH: 734-662-3209 x 18
FAX: 734-741-2010
[email protected].
Letters of intent must be in the Commission's Office by 9:00 a.m. EST, 1 March 2002.
The Review Committee meets in mid-March. Full research proposals will be requested
of successful principal investigators and will be due in mid-April. These will be peer
reviewed full proposals and Committee reviews shall be forwarded to the Director of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for final selection. The Director shall advise on any
additional requirements, and shall select successful proposals before 1 October 2002.
USFWS Administration of Successful Proposals
Funds are granted through cooperative agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Service.
Funding for proposals recommended by the Review Committee may take up to 4
months to clear administrative processes and become available to the grantee.
Projects can run for more than one year but funds are usually granted one time covering
the entire period.
Annual progress reports and final reports are required.
NEPA and ESA Section 7 reviews are required for all Federal grants. These are
completed by the Service before granting funds, however, applicants should be aware
that information they provide may assist the Service in completing these requirements.
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Appendix I
Agreements and Legislation
Referred to in the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries (1954) Through convention, the United States and
Canada established the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to control sea lamprey, and
to study and advise on issues affecting fish stocks of common concern.
http://159.189.64.123/pubs/conv.htm
A Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries (1981, revised in 1997)
U.S. and Canadian federal, state, provincial and intertribal agencies agreed on
procedures to develop fish community and related environmental objectives for each
lake, to identify independent and collaborative plans for achieving these objectives, to
report on progress (annually and in state-of-the-lake reports), to make
recommendations to management agencies and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission,
and to share data, particularly through compatible, automated information systems.
Management agencies agreed that consensus must be achieved when management
will significantly influence the interests of more than one jurisdiction.
http://159.189.64.123/fishmgmt/sglfmp97.htm
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (as revised in 1987) The purpose of the
United States and Canada in signing this executive agreement is to restore and
maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes
Basin Ecosystem. They agree to eliminate or reduce to the maximum extent practicable
the discharge of pollutants into the Great Lakes System.
http://www.ijc.org/agree/quality.html
The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (1986) and joint ventures established
under the plan Recognizing the importance of waterfowl and wetlands to North
Americans and the need for international cooperation to help in the recovery of a shared
resource, the Canadian and United States governments developed a strategy to restore
waterfowl populations to levels seen in the 1970s through habitat protection, restoration,
and enhancement. The Plan was signed in 1986 by the Canadian Minister of the
Environment and the United States' Secretary of the Interior.
http://northamerican.fws.gov/nawmphp.html
The Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990. This U.S.
legislation authorizes management of ballast discharge in the Great Lakes.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/16/ch67.html
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Appendix 2
Summary of Recommendations from the
Great Lakes Fishery Resources Restoration Study
Numbering is for reference only and does not indicate priority.
1.
Develop and adopt aquatic community and habitat goals and objectives to
support ecosystem management.
2.
Fully implement the Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries.
3.
Conduct comprehensive and standardized ecological monitoring.
4.
Standardize fish community assessment data and establish comprehensive
fishery databases.
5.
Develop offshore capabilities.
6.
Fish community assessment program.
7.
Fish community modeling.
8.
Coordinate State and Native American tribal harvest monitoring and
management: measure commercial and recreational fish catches.
9.
Evaluate ecological effects of stocking and revise stocking strategies, as
necessary, to be consistent with proposed aquatic community and habitat goals
and objectives.
10.
Ecological information clearinghouse / geographic information system.
11.
Identify, inventory, protect and rehabilitate significant habitats.
12.
Develop and implement action, restoration and/or enhancement plans for
exploited, and/or declining indigenous aquatic species.
13.
Develop and implement action / restoration plans for forage fish.
14.
"Close the door" on nonindigenous species introductions.
15.
Implement and expand effective sea lamprey control.
16.
Great Lakes Fishery Commission line item funding for sea lamprey control efforts
in the St. Mary's River.
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17.
Fund implementation of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission's basin-wide Sea
Lamprey Barrier Plan.
18.
Prevent or delay the spread of ruffe.
19.
Determine the impacts of hydroelectric facilities and dam operations on fishery
resources.
20.
Increase involvement in the binational program to restore and protect Lake
Superior and expand this mechanism to Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario.
21.
Establish uniform tissue and sediment contaminant levels used by various
agencies for ecosystem health.
22.
Broaden the scope of current state antidegradation policies, regulations and
strategies.
23.
Develop and implement an action plan to analyze contaminant level effects on
aquatic resources.
24.
Participate in Remedial Action Plans, Lakewide Management Plans, and the
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program.
25.
Salmonine egg viability.
26.
Establish an isolation or quarantine facility.
27.
Develop and epizootic epitheliotrophic disease (EEDV) diagnostic test.
28.
Fish health.
29.
Fish genetics.
30.
Lethality of sea lamprey attacks.
31.
Develop aquatic resource education programs.
32.
Conduct a cormorant fishery predation study.
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Appendix 3
Great Lakes Fisheries Research Priorities
Order of listing does not imply relative ranking of Lake Committee priorities:
I.
Basinwide Priorities
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Native species rehabilitation, with emphasis on lake trout (LOC, LMC, LHC, LSC)
Fish habitat assessment, rehabilitation and enhancement (LOC, LMC, LHC, LSC)
Lower trophic level and food web dynamics, with emphasis on the effects of invasive
species (LOC, LEC, LMC, LHC)
Fish community assessment with hydroacoustic technology (LEC, LHC, LSC)
Use of simulation modeling to evaluate bioenergetics, predator-prey dynamics and
potential fishery management actions (LHC, LSC)
Lake Sturgeon rehabilitation; genetics and habitat requirements (LHC, LMC, LSC)
Fishery economics (LSC)
Development on new fish sampling tools (LSC)
Genetic studies for walleye, steelhead, chinook salmon and lake whitefish to
document reproduction and discriminate among stocks (LSC)
Pheromone research on lake trout and exotic species (LSC)
Other proposals relevant to Great Lakes fisheries but not specifically addressed in the
preceding list
Lake-specific Priorities
A.
Lake Ontario
 American eel studies
 Syntheses for “state of the lake” reporting
B.
Lake Erie
 History of the Lake Erie Committee
 Botulism studies
 Second Decision Analysis Workshop
 Stock discrimination study of walleye
 Wild steelhead studies
 A GIS habitat inventory of Lake Erie
C.
Lake Huron
 Microelemental analysis of unmarked chinook salmon to verify natural
reproduction
 Continuation of bathymetric / thermal archival tag study of chinook
salmon and possibly other species
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Cormorant / yellow perch / smallmouth bass interaction modeling
study
Lipid monitoring for whitefish and other species
St. Mary’s River habitat inventory
Inventory of streams with respect to sturgeon production
Microelemental analysis of walleye in Saginaw Bay to determine
origin
Sea lamprey induced blood removal estimates in salmonines
Utilization of historic spawning reefs by whitefish and lake trout
Round goby predation on whitefish and lake trout
Refinement of stocking strategies based on findings of the “no-name”
model
Modeling of TFM treatments and lake sturgeon recruitment relative to
sturgeon fishing mortality
Diporeia monitoring and trends in Lake Huron; possibly other lower
trophic level indicators
Lakewide hydroacoustic forage survey
Investigate impediments to lake trout rehabilitation associated with
indigenous aquatic species and associated factors
Conduct lakewide substrate survey and mapping to include lake trout
spawning reefs to evaluate current quality and use by various stocks
Expand “no-name” predator – prey / bioenergetics model to Georgian
Bay and North Channel of Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
 Lake trout early life stage studies on mid-lake reefs
 Lake trout age validation
 Lake trout m/r tagging to determine survival rates, spawning
populations
 Comparison of lake trout and burbot catchability
 Lake trout rehabilitation plan – revision and support
 Lake trout pheremone research
 Lake trout early life stage stocking research
 Lethality of sea lamprey attacks on chinook salmon
 Steelhead stock separation
 Relationship between pathogenic disease (BKD) and fish mortality
 Determination of whitefish stock structure in Green Bay
 Whitefish bioenergetics
 Ecoregion classification (GIS platform, data gathering, classification
analysis)
 Bottom mapping – nearshore and reef structures
 Harvest policy analysis
 Lake physical processes related to yellow perch recruitment
 Decision analysis and yellow perch recruitment
 Sturgeon – lakewide rehabilitation and management plan
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Lower trophic level assessment (biomass, production)
System primary productivity (starting C and Ecosystem / Ecopath
support)
Wetland / watershed / Lake Michigan connections
Lake Superior
 Hydroacoustic sampling of the nearshore and offshore waters of Lake
Superior to determine biomass and composition of the fish community
 Development of a lakewide lake trout population model for Lake
Superior to evaluate management strategies
 Habitat supply analysis to evaluate the appropriateness of fish
community objectives and to understand the linkage between habitat
and fish production
 Brook trout and lake sturgeon habitat requirements
 Analysis of mark-recapture information for lake trout
 Genetic identification of the northern brook lamprey
 Brook trout genetics
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Appendix 4
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
Applicant Information Cover Sheet for Letter of Intent
Authorized Representative: Original contracts and amendments will be sent to this individual
for review and acceptance, unless otherwise indicated.
Name: _______________________
Email: _____________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________
Phone Number: _______________________
Fax: ______________________________
Payee: Individual authorized to accept payments (Can be same as above)
Name: _______________________
Email: _____________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________
Phone Number: _______________________
Fax: ______________________________
Administrative Contact: Individual from Sponsored Programs Office to contact concerning
administrative matters (i.e., indirect cost rate computation, re-budgeting requests etc. Can be
same as above)
Name: _______________________
Email: _____________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________
Phone Number: _______________________
Fax: ______________________________
Principal Investigator: Individual responsible for the technical completion of the proposed work.
Name: _______________________
Email: _____________________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Phone Number: _______________________
Fax: _____________________________
Support
Requested
$__________
Begin Date:___________
End Date:__________
Title of proposed
project:_____________________________________________________________________________
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Study recommendation (Appendix 2) supported by this proposal:
____________________________________________________________________________________
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Non-federal match ( source, amount, funds or in-kind):
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Appendix 5
BUDGET BREAKDOWN
I.
Direct Costs
A.
B.
C.
II.
Amounts
Years
Subtotal
Salaries and Wages (retrieval of PI salary
is discouraged and must be justified)
1.
Salaries (names, title, time on project)
2.
Hourly wages (time)
Maintenance and Operation (specify)
1.
Supplies
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2.
Travel
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3.
Communications
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4.
Other
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Equipment (Justify purchase;
rent whenever possible and economical.)
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Indirect Costs and Overhead
(Review Committee may recommend proposals
with up to 5% indirect costs or overhead.)
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Grand Total ________________________
III. Non-federal match (source, amount, funds or in-kind) ________________________
Reviewed by (signature of administrative official)
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(Name, title, address) ____________________________________________________
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____________________________________________(Date)___________________
Signature of principal investigator
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(Date)___________________
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Appendix 6
Projects Funded by the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act
FY 1998*
Development of a lakewide lake trout population model for Lake Superior - coordination
phase. (Year 1 of 3). Lake Superior Committee. Mark Ebener (COTFMA) $1,500 plus
$4,500 from the USFWS.
DNA-based Markers for Assessment of Genetic Population Structure in Yellow Perch.
Lake Michigan Committee. Anne Kapuscinski (UMN) $10,000 plus $30,000 from the
USFWS.
FY 1999
Development of a lake-wide lake trout population model for Lake Superior - database
standardization. COTFMA, MDNR, and the Lake Superior Committee. Mike Hansen
(UOW) and Sean Sitar (MDNR) $31,000 for FY 99 and $13,000 for FY00
Assessment of Genetic Population Structure in Yellow Perch. Lake Michigan Committee
and IDNR. Anne Kapuscinski and Loren Miller (UMN). $30,000 for FY99.
Questionnaire regarding Fish Community Objectives for the St. Lawrence River. Alastair
Mathers for Lake Ontario Committee. Tommy Brown (Cornell U.) $2,300 for FY99.
FY 2000
Development of a management plan for lake sturgeon within the Great Lakes basin
based on population genetic structure. Phase 1. Task 1. Subtask 1b (microsatellites).
Bernard May (U of California Davis) and Kim Scribner (MSU). $83,000.
Development of a management plan for lake sturgeon within the Great Lakes basin
based on population genetic structure (mitochondrial DNA development and analysis).
Kim Scribner (MSU) and Bernard May (U. of California Davis). $30,000.
Development of an age-structured yellow perch population model for Lake Michigan.
James Bence (MSU). $58,499.
Evaluation and population-based modeling of steelhead smolt production in the lower
Cattaraugus Creek, New York watershed. David Orvos and Robert Roth (SUNY
Fredonia). $15,443.50.
Restoration of deepwater cisco (Coregonus hoyi) in Lake Ontario. Steve Lapan
(NYDEC), Tom Stewart (OMNR), Randy Eshenroder (GLFC), Glenn Hooper (OMNR),
Henry Buell (NYDEC), and Richard Colesante (NYDEC). $37,590.
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Environmental issues and the restoration of river and nearshore habitats and dependent
fish stocks in eastern Lake Erie. Todd Howell (OMEE), Brian Shuter (OMNR), Chris
Wilson (OMEE), Don Einhouse (NYDEC), Phil Ryan (OMNR), Larry Halyk (OMNR), and
Warren Yerex . $97,500.
Lake Huron aquatic habitat geographic information system. Troy Zorn (MDNR),
Edward Rutherford (U. of Michigan), James Johnson (MDNR), Robert Haas
(MDNR), Les Stanfield (OMNR), and Michelle DePhilip (TNC). $114,500
Development of a lakewide acoustic monitoring program for Lake Superior pelagic
fishes, phase 1: in situ relations of target strength to fish size and target classification.
Michael Hoff (USGS) and Doran Mason (NOAA). $45,867.50 plus $15,032.50 from
USGS.
FY 2001
Development of a lake-wide acoustic monitoring program for Lake Superior pelagic
fishes, phase I: in situ relations of target strength to fish size and target classification –
Michael Hoff (USFWS) and Doran M. Mason (NOAA). $16,032.50
Development of a lakewide lake trout population model for Lake Superior – database
standardization. Year 2 of 2. $13,000. Mike Hansen (U. of Wisconsin) and Sean Sitar
(MDNR).
In situ determination of the depth and thermal habitat used by Chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Ray L. Argyle (USGS). $37,897.50
Little Silver Creek habitat proposal. Michael Donofrio (Keweenew Bay Nat. Res. Dept.).
$20,000 (partial funding).
Effect of thiamine deficiency on spawning migration of salmonids in the Great Lakes
Basin and development of thiamine treatment protocols for adults and eggs. John
Fitzsimons (DFO). $43,500
Cesium 137 based estimates of gross energy conversion by siscowet, humper, and lean
lake trout in Lake Superior. Bryan A. Henderson (OMNR), Stephen Schram (WI DNR),
and Donald Schreiner (MN DNR). $11,000.
Thermal and depth distribution of lake trout in MI-4. Bill Mattes (GLIFWC) and Roger
Bergstedt (USGS). $55,800.
Estimating survival rates of Lake Superior lake trout. Kenneth H. Pollock (N. Carolina
State U.) and Mary C. Fabrizio (NOAA). $35,900.
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Genetic assessment of wild hatchery contributions to steelhead recruitment and to
harvests in open water Lake Michigan fisheries: effects of historical and contemporary
management practices. Kim T. Scribner (Mich. State U.). $88,070.
Analysis and modeling of the spatial and temporal dynamics of the Lake Erie walleye
fishery. Patrick J. Sullivan (Cornell U.). $64,000.
Lake Huron aquatic habitat geographic information system (GIS). Troy Zorn (MI DNR).
$92,800.
Restoration of deepwater ciscoe (Coregonus hoyi) in Lake Ontario. Tom Stewart
(OMNR), Randy Eshenroder (GLFC), and Glenn Hooper (OMNR). $8,000. This project
is a repeat of last year’s work when they were unable to collect deepwater ciscoe due to
adverse weather conditions.
* The USFWS provided funds for these grants in anticipation of the Restoration Act.
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