This grant is for exploring how forest restoration activities, specifically mechanical thinning and logging machinery use, impact vital soil communities and their ecosystem functions. Soil communities, though often overlooked, are crucial for carbon and nutrient cycling, soil fertility, stability, and water retention. This project aims to assess the relationships between forest treatments and changes in key soil abiotic parameters, including compaction, bulk density, hydrology, organic matter, and carbon/nitrogen levels. Furthermore, it will investigate their effects on essential soil groups like nematodes, microarthropods, bacteria, and fungi, which serve as indicators of soil and ecosystem health. Researchers will utilize both traditional microscopy and molecular methods across four distinct forest types to quantify changes in the abundance and diversity of these critical soil components.
Opportunity ID: 294709
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P17AS00387 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Impact of forest restoration activities (thinning) on soil compaction and soil |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| 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 16, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 25, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 25, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 28, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $99,943 |
| Award Ceiling: | $99,943 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | Soil communities are commonly the most overlooked part of an ecosystem because they are cryptic and difficult to study. However, they are responsible for a disproportionate number of ecosystem functions, including carbon and nutrient cycling, soil fertility, soil stability and water retention. Understanding how these communities change based on land management activities is a first step in understanding how ecosystem function might change. The purpose of this project is to address the relationships among forest treatments (thinning and use of logging machinery) to impacts on soil abiotic parameters (soil compaction, bulk density, hydrology, organic matter and soil carbon and nitrogen) on important soil groups (nematodes, microarthropods, bacteria, and fungi). Each of these groups is responsible for different functions, and can provide different information on the health of the soil, and therefore the ecosystem. With the current task agreement, we propose to look at the effects of mechanical thinning on these parameters in two ways across four different forest types (ponderosa pine, xeric mixed conifer, mesic mixed conifer and aspen). In both experiments, we will measure soil bulk density, soil compaction, soil hydraulic conductivity, water infiltration rate, soil organic matter and total C and N. We will use a mix of traditional microscopy and molecular methods to quantify the abundance and diversity of bacteria, fungi, nematodes and microarthropods. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Grants Management Specialist Kelly Adams
Kelly_Adams@nps.gov Email:Kelly_Adams@nps.gov |
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Folder 294709 Full Announcement-P17AS00387 -> NPS-NOIP17AS00387.pdf
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