Fire History and Climate Change in Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine

Post Date

September 22nd 2015

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

This is a Notice of Intent for a Single Sourrce Award. The recipient has already been selected.

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00470

CFDA Number(s)

15.650

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $25000

• Award Range:

  $25000 - $25000

Grant Description

Funds under this award are to be used to conduct fire and climate history research at Desert National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) near Las Vegas, Nevada. The overall goal of this project is to provide Desert NWR managers with critical climate and fire history information necessary to effectively manage ponderosa pine habitats on the Refuge. Understanding past climate and fire interactions will allow Refuge managers to better anticipate how vegetation and fire regimes may be affected by predicted future climate change and to develop appropriate conservation strategies. The initial performance/ funding period will require the development of a detailed research proposal and preliminary analysis of samples that have already been collected; additional performance/ funding periods will be added as funds are available and will support one graduate student at the University of Nevada, Reno to conduct the research. This award is made under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, as amended, 16 U.S.C. (742f (a)(4).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Patrick Schulze, Grants Management Specialist, 503-736-4471
  patrick_schulze@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  patrick_schulze@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  patrick_schulze@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov