Submit a Sandhill Crane Application BirdReturns-Sandhill Crane 2024-2025 Program Application Form i BirdReturns-Sandhill Crane 2024-2025 Program Application Form [formassembly formid=5136676] Applications are due by end of day, August 20, 2024. BirdReturns-Sandhill Crane Program Application Form 2024-2025 Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Please submit your application below for the 2024-2025 Program by August 20, 2024. Questions about this form or the application process can be directed to: Billy Abbott Bekka Rosenkrantz Avian Field Science Manager Project Associate The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy william.abbott@tnc.org(530) 228-1862 bekka.rosenkrantz@tnc.org(916) 243-0428 For this application 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 application. How did you hear about this program?Email solicitationFlyerOther Please list other 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. Please provide the coordinates to one of your fields to help us locate the general area; these simple instructions will walk you through how to determine the latitude/longitude. Note: Your application will be ON HOLD until sufficient information is received for staff to locate your property. After trying the instructions were you able to determine the coordinates? YesNo Latitude Enter in decimals (not degrees). Example: 37.80686382997122 Longitude Enter in decimals (not degrees). Example: -122.26563866441742 Please enter the nearest road intersection: Road 1 Road 2 Nearest Town Additional Property Location Information application 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 participants to provide roost habitat (30 acres minimum), forage habitat (50 acres minimum), or a combination of both. Detailed field requirements are listed on birdreturns.org/program/sandhillcranes/. Habitats must be maintained for a period of at least 8 weeks between October 1, 2024 and March 15, 2025. Are you applying with multiple fields in the same application? YesNo Since you are applying with multiple fields in the same application, 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 Are you applying with Roosting Habitat? YesNo Are you applying with Foraging Habitat? YesNo Roosting Habitat Click the “Add another roosting habitat" link at the end of this section to include an additional roosting habitat in this application. 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... 10/01/2024 10/07/2024 10/14/2024 10/21/2024 10/28/2024 11/04/2024 11/11/2024 11/18/2024 11/25/2024 12/02/2024 12/09/2024 12/16/2024 12/23/2024 12/30/2024 01/06/2025 01/13/2025 01/20/2025 01/27/2025 02/03/2025Date by which required field depths are achieved. Field End Date Minimum 8-week commitment. Number of Acres 30 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) FieldPrepRoost Foraging Habitat Click the “Add another foraging habitat" link at the end of this section to include an additional foraging habitat in this application. 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... 10/01/2024 10/07/2024 10/14/2024 10/21/2024 10/28/2024 11/04/2024 11/11/2024 11/18/2024 11/25/2024 12/02/2024 12/09/2024 12/16/2024 12/23/2024 12/30/2024 01/06/2025 01/13/2025 01/20/2025 01/27/2025 02/03/2025Date 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 50 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) FieldPrepForage Attach Roosting/Foraging Habitat Maps Please attach an image or pdf file that clearly shows a map of the field(s) corresponding to this application. 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 application 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 application is accurate. I understand that selection or rejection of any application is at the sole and absolute discretion of the Migratory Bird Conservation Partnership and if the Partnership selects my application, 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 application. 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 application. By submitting this form, I consent to providing my contact data to The Nature Conservancy ("TNC"). I understand that TNC will use my contact data for purposes of administering this program and communicating with me about this program. I also understand that my contact data may be provided to TNC's partners for administration of this project. For more information on TNC's privacy practices, please visit nature.org/privacy. 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 application.3) Select the Submit button below. Contact Information Applications are due by end of day, August 20, 2024.
