The occurrence and fate of rockfall in Mount Rainier National Park

Post Date

July 1st 2015

Application Due Date

July 8th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

P15AS00188

CFDA Number(s)

15.945

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
Other

The United States Department of the Interior, The National Park Service (NPS), and Grand Canyon National Park, Science and Resource office are announcing a notice of intent to award; this is not a request for applications. This funding opportunity is to provide public notice of NPS's intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition, under Cooperative Agreement P14AC00882 with the University of Tennessee, a partner under the Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, for a project titled; ДккThe occurrence and fate of rockfall in Mount Rainier National ParkДк

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $28000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

This project will estimate the timing, location, and amounts of rockfall to Mount Rainier National Park (MORA) glaciers, and delivery of the rockfall from the glaciers to the rivers. Information on historic rockfall to glaciers will be obtained by exploiting the existing seismic records. Sediment production processes to rivers will be quantified by repeat terrestrial LiDAR surveys of the Nisqually glacier terminus area.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  BRIAN STRAKA,
  865-436-1217
  brian_straka@nps.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  brian_straka@nps.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  brian_straka@nps.gov

• More Information:

  Grants.Gov Website