Small Mammal Responses to Fuels Treatments at Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Post Date

June 28th 2011

Application Due Date

July 5th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

E11AC60573

CFDA Number(s)

15.945

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Biological

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is a "Notice of Intent" of a single source task agreement award to the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO under the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The principal investigator is the O'Connor Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Management at the University of Missouri and an Adjunct in the Department of Statistics. PI is an internationally recognized expert on design and analysis of wildlife field studies and the integration of research and wildlife management. PI has supervised numerous field projects in the Black Hills region, including occupancy studies similar to that implemented in this project.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $42000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $42000

Grant Description

The objectives of this project are threefold. First, we will assess the current species occurrence and abundance of small mammals throughout MORU using parkwide sample of plots and to examine how these parameters vary among unthinned forests, those that underwent thinning and chipping treatments, and those that underwent thinning and piling/burning treatments. Second, species colonization/local extinction dynamics will be assessed by combining data with a similar data set conducted prior to 2010 fuels treatments. Third, based on these results, potential management implications will be assessed collaboratively with MORU managers and NPS regional fire managers/ecologists to maximize the practical value of the information

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Tonya Bradley
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 402-661-1656

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Help Desk

• Agency Email Address:

  tonya_bradley@nps.gov