This grant is for a multi-year project to develop a comprehensive terrestrial natural resource synthesis for Voyageurs National Park, covering over 35 years of data (1972-present). The initiative aims to compile and analyze research, inventory, monitoring, and management information on various terrestrial resources, including mammals, birds, forest vegetation, fire history, and air quality within the southern transitional boreal forest. Objectives include conducting thorough assessments of existing information, summarizing research findings and management recommendations, and reviewing current park resource priorities. The project will culminate in actionable recommendations for future research and resource management, presented in a clear flow chart format. This synthesis will provide a vital compendium for understanding and managing the park’s terrestrial ecosystems.
Opportunity ID: 47831
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | A682009GL02 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Terrestrial Synthesis for Voyageurs National Park |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Technical Assistance/Biological |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | — |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 05, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 19, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 19, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 19, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $132,775 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This is a single source award to University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activities based upon a variety of demostrable factors. The PI has extensive research experience in forests of northern Minnesota and in writing and editing synthetic documents of large scope. For example, the PI was one of the principal authors of the Minnesota Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Timber Harvesting and Forest Management that considered issues such as relationships between forest management and plant communities, wildlife, soils, productivity and climate change, and guides forest policy in the state through the year 2040. PI was also principle ecologist for the Final Environmental Impact Statement, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Fuel Treatment, an EIS on the impacts of the USDA Forest Service prescribed fire program in boreal forests of the boundary waters wilderness adjacent to Voyageurs National Park. PI has over 50 publications in the peer-reviewed literature, on topics including forest fires, wind storms, plant-animal interactions (large herbivores), invasive species, plant communities, and soils. The vast majority of this research has been carried out in the Western Great Lakes Region from 1990 to 2009. PI is listed among the top 1% of all scientists in the world in the Institute for Scientific Information Science Citation Index, Ecology and Environment Category. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | In this multi year project, a synthesis of terrestrial natural resource research, inventory, monitoring and management will be developed as a compendium for the parks first 35+ years (1972-present). The synthesis will address terrestrial resources (e.g., mammals, birds, forest vegetation, fire history, air quality) in the southern transitional boreal forest. Some of the information included in the terrestrial synthesis will by necessity need to overlap with portions of the completed aquatic synthesis (e.g., amphibians and reptiles, beavers, atmospheric deposition of nutrients and contaminants). The objectives of the project are to: 1) conduct a thorough assessment of existing information and compile a bibliography for each subject, 2) summarize research and resource management findings/recommendations , 3) review current park resource management priorities and policies, and 4) complete recommendations from the synthesis in a flow chart format to present a viable and feasible sequence of future research and resource management actions. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tonya Bradley
Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1656 Email:tonya_bradley@nps.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Tonya Bradley Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1656 Email: tonya_bradley@nps.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG00012511 | Jun 05, 2009 | Jun 19, 2009 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
47831 SF424-2.0.pdf
47831 SF424A-1.0.pdf
47831 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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