Developing and Deploying a Landscape Conservation Design for the Green River Basin

The tasks to be performed under this agreement are as follows: 1) Identify/validate conservation opportunity areas for land protection, restoration and/or manipulation 2) Evaluate the existing conservation lands in relation to their purposes and the anticipated effects of climate change and other drivers 3) Collaborate with a diverse number of conservation partners on data acquisition,synthesis and analysis at the landscape scale 4) Assist resource managers to develop coordinated mult9-scale action plans in appropriate geographic context by delivering clear, interpretable data and maps; and 5) Promote conservation at the ecosystem level and increase the efficiency of conservation delivery across multiple jurisdictions.

This Single Source Award is being awarded in accordance with Department of the Interior Policy 505 DM 2.14 B (4) Unique Qualifications- The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as location, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, cost-sharing ability, if applicable, technical expertise, or other such unique qualifications, which allows for award without competition to an applicant.

Kevin Johnson, Project Officer, 303 236-4404 kevin_m_johnson@fws.gov Jennifer Turkington, Administrative Officer jennifer_turkington@fws.gov