Alaska Subsistence Management

 

To identify and provide information needed to sustain subsistence fisheries and wildlife management on Federal public lands, for rural Alaskans, through a multidisciplinary, collaborative program. Two programs are administered under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) to fulfill this objective. The Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program (Monitoring Program) funds approximately 40 studies annually to provide information on stock status and trends, harvests, and traditional ecological knowledge to manage and regulate Federal subsistence fisheries. The Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program (Partners Program) strengthens Alaska Native and rural involvement in subsistence fisheries management and research. The program provides funds directly to Alaska Native and rural organizations to hire fishery biologists, social scientists, and educators with the intent of increasing the organizations ability to participate in Federal Subsistence Management.

Active 15.636 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of The Interior B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2017 No new funding, 42 continuing projects. No new awards, 42 continuing projects.
Fiscal Year 2018 In FY18 the program received 54 applications and issued 23 awards in addition to funding 32 continuing projects from previous fiscal years.
Fiscal Year 2019 No new awards. Approximately 56 continuing projects will be funded.
Fiscal Year 2020 In FY20 the Program received 42 applications and issued twenty-one new awards. In addition, 36 continuing FRMP projects were funded.
Fiscal Year 2021 In FY21, the Monitoring Program received 43 applications for the FY22 funding cycle. Zero new awards and 38 continuing Monitoring Program and Partners Program awards were funded.
Fiscal Year 2022 In FY 22, the program received 43 Monitoring Program applications and funded 25 new awards. The program also funded 21 continuing Monitoring Program awards and 7 continuing Partners Program awards.
Fiscal Year 2023 In FY23, the program funded 40 continuing Monitoring Program awards and 7 continuing Partners Program awards. The program also received 15 Partners Program applications for awards that would begin in FY24, and anticipates awarding 6 awards from this call for proposals.
Fiscal Year 2024 In FY24, we anticipate funding 20 new Monitoring Program awards, 22 continuing Monitoring Program awards, and 6 Partners Program awards. Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C. §3119 and §3122; and Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. §§661 to 666. An individual/family, profit organization, other private institution/organization, public nonprofit institution/organization; an officer, employee, agent, department or instrumentality of the Federal government, of the State of Alaska, municipality or political subdivision of the State of Alaska; Federally recognized Indian Tribal Government (including any Native village as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act). An individual/Family, profit organization, other private institution/organization, public nonprofit institution/organization; an officer, employee, agent, department, or instrumentality of the Federal government, of the State of Alaska, municipality or political subdivision of the State of Alaska, or of any foreign government. Federal law mandates that all organizations applying for Federal financial assistance must have a valid Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal Number System (DUNS) number and have a current registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Applicants must submit the Application for Federal Assistance Form SF-424, Budget Non-Construction Form SF-424A, Project Abstract Summary, Project Narrative/Investigation Plan, Budget Narrative, Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, Conflict of Interest Disclosures, and an SF-LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Form. For the Monitoring Program, an interagency technical review committee evaluates proposals based on the criteria outlined in the request for federal assistance. The committee develops a draft monitoring plan from the highest priority projects, based on their technical review and available funding. The draft monitoring plan is reviewed by 10 regional advisory councils and the public. An interagency staff committee reviews all comments and provides recommendations. The Federal Subsistence Board reviews all comments and provides a recommendation. Final selection of projects is conducted by the Office of Subsistence Management (OSM) Assistant Regional Director based on recommendations and available funding. Funding of the Monitoring Plan is administered by OSM. For the Partners Program, an interagency review committee with external commentators is formed to evaluate proposals. The interagency committee members make recommendations for funding. The evaluations are based on the criteria outlined in the request for federal assistance. The proposals are ranked and the highest-ranking proposals are funded by OSM, based on available funding. Final selection of projects is conducted by the OSM Assistant Regional Director based on recommendations and available funding. Funding of the Partners Program is administered by OSM. OSM staff will notify applicants of review results by either issuing a fully executed Award either electronically or through the mail, or by sending written notification to the applicant that the application will not be funded. FY24 proposals for the Partners Program were due January 13, 2023, and FY24 Monitoring Program proposals were due February 24, 2023. FY26 proposals for the Partners Program are anticipated to be due by January 31, 2025, and FY26 proposals for the Monitoring Program are anticipated to be due by March 15, 2025. Not applicable. Not applicable. Monitoring projects and positions may be approved for one to four years duration. Applicants may re-apply during subsequent Request for Proposals. Criteria are outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Funds may be used for strengthening Alaska Native and rural involvement in subsistence fisheries management and research, and approved projects for subsistence fisheries management, fisheries monitoring, and research on traditional ecological knowledge. Performance Reports: Performance reports are required. Recipients must monitor and report on project performance in accordance with the requirements in 2 CFR 200.329. A final performance report is due within 120 calendar days of the award period of performance end date, unless the awarding program approves a due date extension. The FWS details all reporting requirements including frequency and due dates in Notices of Award. Not applicable. Recipients will maintain records in accordance with 2 CFR 200. Program-specific legislation/regulation may dictate additional records retention requirements. Program will detail all non-standard records retention requirements in the notice of award. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is voluntary. There is no requirement for cost sharing, matching, or cost participation. However, applicants are encouraged to document matching contributions. Proposals with substantial cost sharing will be ranked higher than similar proposals with no identified cost sharing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. For the Monitoring and Partners Programs, upon approval, the project may be extended or the agreement modified for a period not to exceed five years from initial award. Awarded funds must be spent during the approved Period of Performance of the award, and in accordance with financial and reporting procedures specified in the award. Program obligates funds and sends a notice of award to successful applicants. Recipients request funds in accordance with 2 CFR 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles, unless otherwise dictated by program-specific legislation or special award terms. Program will include any special payment terms and conditions in the notice of award. None/Not specified. Scott Ayers
Office of Subsistence Management
1011 E. Tudor Road, MS 121
Anchorage, AK 99503 USA
scott_ayers@fws.gov
Phone: 907-744-3824 https://www.doi.gov/subsistence 14-1611-0-1-302 (Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)) FY 22$6,040,000.00; FY 23 est $4,774,998.00; FY 24 est $4,500,000.00; FY 21$3,554,495.00; FY 20$4,897,560.00; FY 19$4,766,217.00; FY 18$3,531,430.00; FY 17$3,565,180.00; - Monitoring Program and Partners Program. Variable amounts. Monitoring Program awards range from $60,000 to $860,000 for up to a 4-year project period. Partners Program awards range from $120,000 to $680,000 over a 4- year period. Not applicable. Fiscal Year 2017 Project 16-351 Middle Kuskokwim River In-season Subsistence Salmon Harvest Monitoring and Estimation. Funds under this award are to be used to provide an index of relative abundance of salmon in a stretch of the middle Kuskokwim River, and further, investigate the feasibility of estimating the in-season Chinook Salmon harvest. Project 16-302 Salmon River of the Pitka Fork Weir. Funds under this award are used to operate a weir on the Salmon River of the Pitka Fork in the Kuskokwim River basin to index Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) escapement into the headwaters of the Kuskokwim River, upriver from McGrath.
Fiscal Year 2018 Bethel Subsistence Harvest Surveys. Award funding used to document subsistence harvest and age-sex-length (ASL) of chinook, chum, and sockeye salmon in the Bethel area. Data collected using surveys and voluntary sampling methods.
Fiscal Year 2019 Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program project. Collect local knowledge and subsistence harvest information, evaluate Chinook salmon stock, and further contribute to reliable estimates of Chinook salmon escapement in the Copper River.
Fiscal Year 2020 Eight Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program (Partners) awards and 40 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program (FRMP) projects were funded for FY20. Qawalanglin Tribe of Unalaska PFMP project: build capacity to create, design and solve long term subsistence resource management functions for the Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, Alaska region. The funded FRMP projects provide information needed to sustain subsistence fisheries on Federal public lands, for rural Alaskans, through a multidisciplinary, collaborative program. Yukon River Subsistence Salmon Survey Program FRMP project: locally hired surveyors collect weekly in-season Yukon River Subsistence Chinook Salmon harvest information from local fishers, as well as other observations and reports about concerns, and share this information among village representatives, and State and Federal managers for making fisheries management decisions and to build capacity for participation by rural communities and organizations.
Fiscal Year 2021 Seven ongoing Partners Program awards and 31 ongoing Monitoring Program projects were funded in FY21. The funded Monitoring Program projects provide information on stock status and trends, harvests, and traditional ecological knowledge to sustain subsistence fisheries on Federal public lands, for rural Alaskans, through a multidisciplinary, collaborative program. An example Monitoring Program project is Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Dolly Varden and whitefish species in Northwest Alaska, which monitors the subsistence harvest of Dolly Varden and Whitefish in NW Alaska to document the effects of climate change on areas of traditional harvests.
Fiscal Year 2022 Seven ongoing Partners Program awards, 44 ongoing Monitoring Program projects. The funded Monitoring Program projects provide information on stock status and trends, harvests, and traditional ecological knowledge to sustain subsistence fisheries on Federal public lands, for rural Alaskans, through a multidisciplinary, collaborative program. An example Monitoring Program project is George River Weir, which collects data through monitoring fish passage and collection of biological samples to provide an index of salmon escapement for use in management of subsistence, sport, and commercial fisheries.
Fiscal Year 2023 Seven ongoing Partners Program awards and 38 ongoing Monitoring Program projects were funded in FY23.
Fiscal Year 2024 The Program anticipates funding 25 new Monitoring Program awards in FY24 to provide information needed to sustain subsistence fisheries on Federal public lands, for rural Alaskans, through a multidisciplinary, collaborative program. The Program also anticipates funding 6 new Partner Program awards in FY24 to strengthen Alaska Native and rural involvement in subsistence fisheries management and research.