This Park Service grant is for the critical purpose of conducting fire history research within Apostle Islands and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshores. This initiative, executed by University of Minnesota staff in collaboration with Park Service personnel, aims to gather essential baseline evidence regarding past climate variability, understand the role of historical fires in shaping vegetation patterns, and inform future fire management strategies. Researchers will collect and analyze tree ring samples from remnant logs, stumps, and snags, cross-dating them with traditional ecological knowledge. The compiled data will be used to evaluate fire history in the context of climate change, culminating in comprehensive reports beneficial for long-term ecological stewardship.
Opportunity ID: 293931
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOIP17AC00250 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Fire History Research in Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | This announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award a task agreement under a previously competed or single source justified master cooperative agreement. |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Other |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | This announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award a task agreement under a previously competed or single source justified master cooperative agreement. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.945 — Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 17, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 26, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 26, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 25, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $81,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $81,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award a task agreement under a previously competed or single source justified master cooperative agreement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | Park Service units (Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore). The aim of the work is to provide information useful for the consideration of fire as a management tool and to provide some baseline evidence regarding past climate variability and the potential impacts of future climate variations. Additionally, baseline evidence of forest compositional and structural change over time could be considered to better understand the trajectories of vegetation patterns in light of past landscape history, including the role of past fires. STATEMENT OF WORK The University of Minnesota staff will develop fire history for Apostle Islands locations and Sleeping Bear Dunes locations by collecting cross sections and partial cross sections from remnant logs, stumps, and snags in forest stands. Once data is collected, a field sampling summary will be prepared for both sites. After data is collected, during the academic year 2017-2018, samples will be processed, information will be compiled, samples will be cross-dated, and relevant literature, traditional ecological knowledge, and ethnographic information will be compiled in cooperation with Park Service personnel. The fire history will then be evaluated in light of past and future climate conditions and final reports prepared. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Julie Hendricks
Lead Grants Management Specialist Phone 4026611662 Email:julie_hendricks@nps.gov |
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