National Park Service: Small Mammal Study Grant at Mount Rushmore National Memorial

This grant from the National Park Service aims to study small mammal responses to fuels treatments at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The project will assess species occurrence and abundance in different forest treatment areas, analyze colonization and extinction dynamics, and evaluate management implications. Researchers will work closely with park managers and fire experts to enhance the practical value of the findings. Applications are open until July 5, 2011.

Opportunity ID: 102153

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	E11AC60573
Funding Opportunity Title::	Small Mammal Responses to Fuels Treatments at Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification)
Category Explanation::	Biological
Expected Number of Awards::	1
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	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 28, 2011
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Jul 05, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Jul 05, 2011
Archive Date::	Aug 04, 2011
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 42,000
Award Ceiling::	$42,000
Award Floor::	$0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility::

This is a “Notice of Intent” of a single source task agreement award to the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO under the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The principal investigator is the O’Connor Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Management at the University of Missouri and an Adjunct in the Department of Statistics. PI is an internationally recognized expert on design and analysis of wildlife field studies and the integration of research and wildlife management. PI has supervised numerous field projects in the Black Hills region, including occupancy studies similar to that implemented in this project.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	National Park Service
Description::	The objectives of this project are threefold. First, we will assess the current species occurrence and abundance of small mammals throughout MORU using parkwide sample of plots and to examine how these parameters vary among unthinned forests, those that underwent thinning and chipping treatments, and those that underwent thinning and piling/burning treatments. Second, species colonization/local extinction dynamics will be assessed by combining data with a similar data set conducted prior to 2010 fuels treatments. Third, based on these results, potential management implications will be assessed collaboratively with MORU managers and NPS regional fire managers/ecologists to maximize the practical value of the information
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	15.945
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00061633
Opening Date:	Jun 28, 2011
Closing Date:	Jul 05, 2011
Agency Contact Information::	Tonya Bradley
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
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