Webless Migratory Game Bird Program Request for Proposals 2019

This announcement serves as a Request for Proposals for the Webless Migratory Game Bird Program (WMGBP) for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY2019). The primary purpose of the WMGBP is to support activities that will improve management of the 16 species of webless migratory game birds (WMGBs) in North America. The Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Support Task Force, organized through the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, developed a set of priority information needs by convening a series of workshops. The workshops included broad representation (i.e., federal and state agencies, conservation organizations, and university researchers) familiar with the research and management needs for WMGBs. Priorities identified at the workshops must be used to guide proposal development and will be used by the review committee to select projects that address these priority information needs. Priorities are available below and in full at or by contacting the program manager listed in Section IV. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will oversee the WMGBP including administration of grants, purchase orders, and contracts for projects. The USFWS is authorized to support the WMGBP through the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, as amended (16 U.S.C. 742a¿754); Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 (16 U.S.C. 661¿667e); Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act (16 U.S.C, 2901- 2911); Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 709a).