Management Species Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Prey (Marine), Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska

Management Species Cook Inlet Beluga Prey (Marine) Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska This Cooperative Agreement will provide support to JBER’s marine ecology and marine mammal programs. The cooperating agency shall provide a Principal Investigator (PI) with demonstrated experience planning and executing beluga acoustics projects in upper Cook Inlet (preferentially Knik Arm). The PI will hold a PhD and preferably have experience working in Cook Inlet or working with belugas. This is intended as a three-year, iterative study (Base, Option Year 1 and Option Year 2) This SOW in the Funding Opportunity Announcement describes only the first year of the study. Option years should not be included in the budget submitted.