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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 05, 2004 FBO #0983
SOURCES SOUGHT

B -- GIS Analysis of Moose Distribution

Notice Date

8/3/2004
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541690 — Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
 

Contracting Office

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-10 Tongass National Forest, Federal Building, 648 Mission St. Acquisition Management, Ketchikan, AK, 99901
 

ZIP Code

99901
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-43-0114-4-0048
 

Point of Contact

Kay Steffey, Purchasing Agent, Phone 907-747-4273, Fax 907-747-4289,
 

E-Mail Address

ksteffey@fs.fed.us
 

Description

Question to be answered: Does motorized access affect moose habitat use on the Yakutat Forelands? If so, how much habitat is effectively lost due to altered distribution? What is Needed: By the end of the fiscal year (30 September), I need a monitoring report that answers the above question with a degree of reliability suitable for education and management purposes. Further, the report has to disclose the level of uncertainty and additional work needed to resolve any significant weaknesses in the data and related analysis. The report must be written in active tense, generally use proper nouns and follow CBE style manual conventions. Data Currently Available: The Yakutat Ranger District, in cooperation with the University of Alaska and the Alaska Fish and Game is currently developing a moose sightability index. As a part of this effort we collared 57 individual moose (36 Cows and 21 bulls) beginning in the spring of 2002. This includes a number of animals who died or were killed during the study and whose collars were redeployed onto other moose. Both standard VHF and GPS collars are in use. From these animals we collected 356 VHF locations and approximately 24,000 GPS locations. Currently there are 23 cows and 17 bulls collared in the study area. Forest Service GIS personnel mapped the study area using ArcINFO by compiling existing cartography and aerial images. I did a preliminary assessment using ArcMAP. We mapped all routinely used OHV roads using a helicopter carrying a GPS unit. These routes could be qualitatively categorized by Yakutat District personnel or qualitatively categorized using measurements such as width, area of disturbed soil and/or rut depth. To date neither categorization has been undertaken. Study area: The Study Area is 815 square miles in size. General latitude is 59? N, elevation is between 0 and 500 msl and topography is best described as flat. Plant communities range from beach rye to willow/alder swamp to spruce/hemlock forest. Additional Study Opportunities: (1) Security Area: Is there a buffer width and area size beyond which disturbance along the perimeter no longer affects distribution? (2) Gender specific effects: Is there a difference in the way bulls and cows respond to disturbance? (3) Vulnerability: Does proximity to motorized access routes affect likelihood of mortality? If so how much?
 

Place of Performance

Address: Yakutat Ranger Station, PO Box 327, Yakutat, Alaska

Zip Code: 99689

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00635488-W 20040805/040803211749 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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