Submit a Sandhill Crane Application Sandhill Crane Winter 2023-2024 Program Bid Form i Sandhill Crane Winter 2023-2024 Program Bid Form [formassembly formid=5085381] Bids are due by noon on Monday, October 16, 2023. Winter 2023-2024 BirdReturns-Sandhill Crane Program Bid Form Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Please submit your bid(s) below for the Winter 2023-2024 Program by noon on October 16, 2023. Questions about this form or the bidding process can be directed to: Billy Abbott Julia Barfield Avian Field Science Manager Program Manager The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy william.abbott@tnc.org(530) 228-1862 jbarfield@tnc.org(916) 449-2852 For this bid you will need to attach an aerial or online map or maps, such as a Google maps, that include each of the fields proposed in your bid. Contracting Party Name Organization's legal name CorporationPartnershipLLCIndividualOther Mailing Street Mailing City Mailing State Mailing Zip County Please select... Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Humbolt/Mendocino Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Sonoma/Napa Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo YubaCounty where the fields included in this bid are located. If your fields span multiple counties, choose the one where most of your fields are located. x Primary Contact Information Contact First Name Contact Last Name Title Email Phone Street Address City State Zip Are you authorized to sign contracts on behalf of the contracting party?YesNo Contract Representative First Name Last Name Title Email Phone Street Address City State Zip Property Details Property Name Name of the property that the fields are on. Describe Property Location Include as much detail as possible and attach a map (below). Bid Details The Sandhill Crane Program is designed to create new Sandhill Crane roosting and foraging sites and provide habitat for other waterbirds. This program requires at least 50 acres flooded to a depth of 3-9 inches for at least eight weeks for roosting habitat, followed by a two-week gradual drawdown and at least 150 acres on harvested small grains fields that must remain unflooded until at least the sixth week and thereafter may be flooded no higher than 2 inches for the remainder of the enrollment between Nov. 6, 2023 and March 15, 2024. Are you applying with multiple fields in the same bid (more than 1 Roosting and 1 Foraging)? YesNo Since you are applying with multiple fields in the same bid, are you willing to accept an enrollment option that does not include all of the fields? This may improve your chances of being selected:YesNo Roosting Habitat Click the “Add another roosting habitat" link at the end of this section to include an additional roosting habitat in this bid. Field Name(s) Include these field name(s) on your attached map. Bid Price Per Acre Bid Price Per Acre for this Flooded Roosting Habitat. Include all the costs required to deliver and flood this habitat. This price is separate from the bid price per acre for the foraging acreage. Field Start Date Please select... November 6, 2023 November 13, 2023 November 20, 2023 November 24, 2023 December 4, 2023 December 11, 2023 December 18, 2023 December 25, 2023 January 1, 2024 January 8, 2024 January 15, 2024 January 22, 2024Date by which required field depths are achieved. Field End Date Minimum 8-week commitment. Number of Acres 50 contiguous acres minimum Have you ever maintained flooding on this field in the past?YesNo What was the most recent crop grown in the proposed roosting area? Please separate multiple crops with a semi-colon (e.g., barley; wheat; oats; etc.). Production TypeConventionalOrganic Water Source Surface - districtSurface - riparianGroundwaterSource of water to be used for this program. You can select multiple options. Maintenance Water Source Surface - districtSurface - riparianGroundwaterSource of water to be used for maintaining the flooding. You can select multiple options. Field Preparation Chisel Chop Disc Burn Bale Roll Stomp Other Post-harvest management practices for the site. You can select multiple options. If other, please describe: Please separate multiple preparation types with a semi-colon. (ex: Type 1; Type 2) Foraging Habitat Click the “Add another foraging habitat" link at the end of this section to include an additional foraging habitat in this bid. Field Name(s) Include these field name(s) on your attached map. Bid Price Per Acre Bid Price Per Acre for this Unflooded Foraging Habitat. Include all the costs required to deliver this habitat. This price is separate from the price per acre for the roosting acreage. Field Start Date Please select... November 6, 2023 November 13, 2023 November 20, 2023 November 24, 2023 December 4, 2023 December 11, 2023 December 18, 2023 December 25, 2023 January 1, 2024 January 8, 2024 January 15, 2024 January 22, 2024Date by which required foraging conditions are achieved. Field End Date Minimum 6-week commitment Do you plan to gradually flood the foraging habitat after the six-week requirement is fulfilled? YesNo Number of Acres 150 acres minimum of unflooded habitat for at least six weeks What was the most recent crop grown in the proposed foraging area this year? Please separate multiple crops with a semi-colon: harvested rice, corn, or cereal grain fields (e.g., barley; wheat; oats, etc.). Production TypeConventionalOrganic Field Preparation Chisel Chop Disc Burn Bale Roll Stomp Other Post-harvest management practices for the site. You can select multiple options. If other, please describe: Please separate multiple preparation types with a semi-colon. (ex: Type 1; Type 2) Attach Roosting/Foraging Habitat Maps Please attach an image or pdf file that clearly shows a map of the field(s) corresponding to this bid. Click 'Attach Another Map' below to attach more than one file. Aerial or online maps, such as Google maps, are preferred. The map must be labeled as follows: Label the field(s) with their name(s)Label 1-2 nearby roads Click here for an example mapNote: the attachment must be no larger than 5MB in size. Description of Attachment Please include any additional information that will help us to understand your attached map(s). Signature Please check each of these boxes and enter your full name below (required): I represent and warrant that the acres included in this bid are not currently enrolled in any flooding programs (such as NRCS EQIP) for which I am not receiving any incentive payment to provide flooded habitat. By signing below, I acknowledge that I have read the Sandhill Crane Program requirements on the BirdReturns.org website. I understand that typing my name in the box below is the electronic equivalent of a written signature. By signing below, I acknowledge that the information I am providing in this bid is accurate. I understand that selection or rejection of any bid is at the sole and absolute discretion of the Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership and if the Partnership selects my bid, I will be provided a contract to execute setting forth the terms under which I would implement the above specified flooding on the above named acres in exchange for payment at least equal to my bid. Unless the Partnership and I both execute the contract in the requested timeframe, neither I or any member of the Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership shall have any obligations regarding this bid. Full Name You're almost done! Only three steps remain:1) Click the checkbox to confirm you are not a robot.2) Carefully review your above bid(s).3) Select the Submit button below. reCAPTCHA helps prevent automated form spam. The submit button will be disabled until you complete the CAPTCHA. Contact Information Bids are due by noon on Monday, October 16, 2023.
