Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Plains CESU

Post Date

June 5th 2014

Application Due Date

June 17th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

G14AS00080

CFDA Number(s)

15.808

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUкs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Plains (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $68120

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to support investigations into identifying and evaluating upland vegetation management techniques with potential to mitigate climate change effects on prairie pothole wetlands. Recent wetland simulation modeling efforts suggest that global climate change may result in increased drying of prairie pothole wetlands as increased evaporation rates associated with warmer temperatures outpace potential increases in precipitation. Effects may include reduced water depths and volumes, and shorter hydroperiods with seasonal wetlands being most vulnerable. Manipulating plant communities and vegetative structure in uplands surrounding wetlands has potential to influence snow distribution and increase spring runoff of melt waters into basins. Research conducted under this funding opportunity should use a controlled experimental design to evaluate effects of upland management techniques (e.g., grazing, burning, invasive species control) on wetland water levels/volumes and hydroperiods.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  Faith Graves, 703-648-7356
  fgraves@usgs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov/