Effects of Management Practices on the Western Prairie Fringed Orchid at Pembina Trail Preserve Scientific and Natural Area, Minnesota

Post Date

June 15th 2012

Application Due Date

June 21st 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

F12AS00219

CFDA Number(s)

15.650

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

52000

Eligibility Categories

Other

There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source grant to The Nature Conservancy of Minnesota under justification 505DM 2.14B(2) and (4).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1

• Award Range:

  $0 - $52000

Grant Description

This study has been ongoing since 1999. The goal of this project is to determine how different management practices affect the Western Prairie Fringed orchid and recommend the most beneficial method of managing for the conservation of the species and its habitat. It includes the application of specific management practices on an established schedule within two experimental grids that are permanently established on The Nature Conservancy's Pembina Trail Preserve. Application of these practices requires access to the property and the ability to safely implement haying and prescribed fire in a manner typically carried out on other properties in northwest Minnesota and in accordance with state and local laws and regulations. This experiment compares the effects of different management practices on a population of Western Prairie Fringed Orchids at Pembina Trail Preserve SNA. In addition to carrying out the experimental treatments the recipient must possess the capability to assess the number of flowering orchids, number of flowers per orchid, seed set of orchids, and the presence or absence and identify of other plant species present within treatment cells and to analyze the resulting data according to standard biometric techniques.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Phil Delphey, 612-725-3548 ext. 2206
  Phil_Delphey@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Phil_Delphey@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Phil_Delphey@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://na