Research Grants (Generic)

Post Date

June 5th 2015

Application Due Date

June 11th 2015

This is a Notice of Intent to Single Source

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00262

CFDA Number(s)

15.650

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Fire - Hazard Fuel Reduction Funding

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Private Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $36010

• Award Range:

  $36010 - $36010

Grant Description

Prescribed burns are an integral part of the habitat maintenance at Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. In addition to fostering favorable tree species succession, burning can increase soil carbon through charcoal production. However, burning also produces gas and particle phase atmospheric emissions coming from the refuge which may come under future scrutiny by local, state, and Federal air quality regulatory agencies. During the consumption of fuels, partitioning of material into onsite carbon and dispersed emissions may be influenced by types of biomass consumed, fuel condition, and fire meteorology season. Therefore it is important to assess this balance of burned material to help foster future continued use of prescribed burning as a management tool, understand soil ecosystem benefits, and preempt future air quality management issues through critical data acquisition. This study is a two part approach in which both on and offsite transport of burn biomass are attempted to be accounted.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Michelle L. Willcox, Program Analyst/Grants Specialist, 505 248-7486
  Michelle_Willcox@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Michelle_Willcox@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Michelle_Willcox@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov