Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU

Post Date

June 26th 2014

Application Due Date

July 8th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

G14AS00108

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 a western US Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program, including the Rocky Mountain CESU.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $350000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to support a collaborative research effort with USGS scientists to study forest die-offs related to climate change using remote sensing. Tree mortality is thought to be accelerating globally because of a warming climate, and the topic of climate-induced forest die-offs is receiving increasing levels of scientific attention. Impacts of such mortality include reduced ability for forests to deliver ecosystem services (e.g., timber, recreation, aesthetics, carbon sequestration), impacts to wildlife habitat, and interactions with other disturbances such as wildfire. Furthermore, the high visibility of widespread forest die-offs, such as has occurred in the western United States, is a signature of probable ongoing climate change effects visible to many people, and as such is of increasing societal concern.

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/