Department of the Interior, United States (U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Birds, Southwest Region

The mottled duck is a resident dabbling duck that is distributed throughout the western Gulf Coast, primarily in Louisiana and Texas (WGC population), and also in a second population in peninsular Florida (Florida population). The Service intends to issue a single cooperative agreement award under this Notice of Funding Opportunity. Because of the specialized combination of skills required (expertise in Capture-Recapture modeling, expertise in adaptive resource management, and experience with population dynamic models for migratory birds), we intend to accomplish this through a sole-source award to Colorado State University (CSU).