The NPS Great Lakes Inventory & Monitoring Network (GLKN) is offering a grant in collaboration with Northland College to monitor mercury levels in larval dragonflies across multiple NPS units in the upper Midwest. This project aims to provide place-based education for students and valuable data for assessing mercury trends. By utilizing dragonflies as sentinel organisms, the program allows for easier sampling and processing compared to traditional methods. Northland College will engage student interns to expand data collection efforts, fostering a collaborative education and monitoring initiative with the NPS.
Opportunity ID: 302124
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NPS-NOIP15AC00262 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Dragonfly-Mercury Monitoring- GLKN |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education Employment, Labor and Training Environment 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: | Mar 23, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 06, 2018 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 06, 2018 |
| Archive Date: | May 06, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $38,732 |
| Award Ceiling: | $38,732 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Private institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS- This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities. Members of the Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU- Northland College. – THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | The objective of this Task Agreement is for GLKN and Northland College to cooperate in the field collection, data analysis, data management, and reporting of results on concentrations of mercury in larval dragonfly from up to nine NPS units in the upper Midwest. The project will provide place-based education for Northland College students and quality data for the NPS to assess spatial patterns and trends in mercury. The NPS Great Lakes Inventory & Monitoring Network (GLKN) is developing a long-term program to monitor mercury as an environmental contaminant. The NPS is required to provide park visitors with information about the dangers of mercury and advice on limiting the consumption of fish from waters with high levels of mercury. Recent studies have found that concentrations of mercury in larval dragonfly are well correlated with levels of mercury in game fish. Since larval dragonfly are more easily sampled and processed than fish, GLKN hopes to use larval dragonfly as sentinel organisms to monitor spatial patterns and trends in mercury across several parks. GLKN has collaborated with the NPS Air Resources Division, the US Geological Survey, and the University of Maine since 2012 to engage “citizen scientists” to collect larval dragonfly in several parks.
Under the citizen science program, Professor Randy Lehr from Northland College involved students to collect larval dragonfly at the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway (SACN). He and his students have been involved in the study since inception in 2012. In this Cooperative Agreement, GLKN and Northland College will expand the role of Northland College by employing student interns to collect larval dragonfly at other NPS units in the upper Midwest. This project has great potential to grow in to a collaborative education and resource monitoring program whereby students get hands-on experience in fieldwork and data analysis while the park service gets data on an important ecological indicator. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Noel Miller
Grants Management Specialist Phone 402-661-1658 Email:noel_miller@nps.gov |
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Folder 302124 Full Announcement-Notice of Intent -> P15AC00262 GLKN (Mod 4) Dragonfly Mercury NOI_(2.9.2018 – DOI Priorities)_updated_20180302.pdf
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