New Jersey Fish & Wildlife, Endangered Species-Eastern Copperhead Survey Technique Development

Purpose of Funding 

  • Primary objective: Design, test, and evaluate the efficacy and cost of methods, other than radio-telemetry, to successfully identify and
    Photo of a Copperhead snake
    Photo by MacKenzie Hall, ENSP, 2008

    confirm New Jersey’s eastern copperheads’ winter dens and birthing rookeries.

  • Alternative objective: Design, test, and evaluate the efficacy and cost of methods, other than radio-telemetry, to accurately reduce the target survey area for standard Phase I and II surveys to identify New Jersey’s eastern copperheads’ winter dens and birthing rookeries.

Application
Copperhead Critical Features Survey Techniques NOFO

Application Deadline
5:00 PM on Friday, August 2, 2024

Notification Date
Approximately October 18, 2024

Source of Funding
Mitigation funds secured during the 2010 – 2016 construction of a gas pipeline through conserved lands within the New Jersey Skylands region.

Statutory Citation
N/A

Who is Eligible                                                                                                                   
Any person or organization (academia, non-profit, private, government) meeting the eligibility requirements described in section 4.3 of the NOFO and working to satisfy the objectives (Purpose of Funding).

Qualifications Required for Consideration

  • Proposal and accompanying documents must be submitted by the deadline.
  • The proposed technique must be replicable and reproducible by others.
  • Project must be completed within five (5) years of the agreed upon start date unless otherwise authorized by the Endangered and Nongame Species Program (section 4.2 of NOFO).

Grant Limitations
One or more grants may be awarded for a maximum of $500,000 total.

Submittal of and Response to Questions
In the interest of keeping the grant process open and fair, NJ Fish & Wildlife solicited and compiled questions received from prospective applicants by the previously identified deadline. NJ Fish & Wildlife’s responses to these questions (FAQs) can be found here: Copperhead Survey Techniques 2024 FAQs

Please note, the deadline to submit questions has passed.

Submitting a Proposal
To be considered for this grant, please submit one (1) electronic copy of a complete proposal and associated documentation no later than 5:00 PM on Friday, August 2, 2024 to the ENSP (kris.schantz@njdepwptest.net) with a subject heading of “Eastern Copperhead Survey Technique.”

Additional Information: 
This is a competitive grant.

Contact Information
Kris Schantz
Kris.schantz@njdepwptest.net