Remote Sensing and GIS to Estimate Pinyon Juniper Tree Density and Cover CESU Project

Post Date

July 11th 2009

Application Due Date

August 20th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

BLM-NV-NOI-09-1300

CFDA Number(s)

15.233

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $10000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. This project is an add-on to an existing project, SageSTEP, in which BLM is a partner and which has already selected sites and generated the field data. The purpose of this additional research is to evaluate the accuracy of data obtained from remote sensing imagery for characterizing pinyon and juniper tree cover and density. This project will take remote sensing imagery at multiple sites within woodland of varying densities (phases 1 (low tree density), 2 (intermediate) and 3 (high tree density) and compare density estimates obtained remotely with those from NAIP 1 m resolution photos and from extensive ground data already collected by the SageSTEP experimental program. From these comparisons, the cooperator will define resolution thresholds where canopy fuel variables, fire-carrying fuels, and vegetation attributes can be accurately assessed remotely. This information will assist development of the sampling strategy for BLM's National Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring program (AIM).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Susan Kaller
  skaller@blm.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants Management Officer

• Agency Email Address:

  skaller@blm.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov