This grant aims to support critical research within Everglades National Park to understand ecological shifts. Focusing on areas along the park’s boundaries, the project will investigate how altered water patterns and nutrient levels, resulting from regional water management infrastructure modifications, impact local plant communities. A primary objective is to accurately map vegetation species composition using remote sensing at a 16-100 m2 per pixel scale. Furthermore, the grant seeks to define the total biomass of vegetation and monitor changes over time within these affected areas. The insights gained from this research will be vital for park managers, enabling them to effectively understand, manage, and mitigate landscape changes and environmental impacts linked to MWD/CERP implementation.
Opportunity ID: 294848
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P17AS00412 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Detecting Vegetation Change along Everglades National Park boundary areas |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| 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: | Jun 21, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – No Applications Will Be Accepted |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – No Applications Will Be Accepted |
| Archive Date: | Jul 02, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $95,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $95,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This funding opportunity is not a request for applications; no applications will be accepted under this announcement. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide public notice of the National Park Services intention to fund this project under an existing cooperative agreement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | The seasonal timing and total volume of water that enters Everglades National Park through water management infrastructure is being systematically altered as a result of regional water management infrastructure modifications and changes to operational strategies of the regional water management system. Plant communities shift species composition and biomass in response to altered water patterns, and these same communities respond sensitively to changes in the total mass and concentration of nutrients – particularly phosphorus – that are delivered in the water. objective is to effectively map species composition patterns using remote sensing at a 16-100 m2 per pixel spatial scale. A second purpose of this project is to authoritatively define the total biomass of vegetation, and changes over time among vegetated classes in areas along the boundary of the park. Fulfilling these objectives will help park managers understand, manage and mitigate for landscape changes and impacts due to MWD/CERP implementation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Emmett Johnson
Agreements Specialist Phone 305 242-7028 Email:emmett_johnson@nps.gov |
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