The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering this cooperative agreement to study the effects of wildfires and fuel treatments on the endangered Jemez Mountains salamander (JMS) and its habitat in the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL). The JMS, a sensitive subterranean species, is highly susceptible to high-severity wildfires, which pose the greatest threat. VALL managers need data on how JMS and their critical habitat, including food resources, respond to fuel reduction treatments aimed at reintroducing fire safely. This grant will support sampling soil and litter arthropods, quantifying soil nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, pH), and evaluating experimental forest management. Monitoring soil moisture, temperature, organic matter, and nutrients will inform managers on wildfire and fuel management impacts on JMS habitat characteristics for informed stewardship decisions.
Opportunity ID: 341196
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G22AS00396 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 17, 2022 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 17, 2022 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 18, 2022 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 18, 2022 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $43,572 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
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Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), in collaboration with the Alaska Science Center, is offering a funding opportunity to study the effects of wildfires and fuel treatments on habitat characteristics and food resources of the Jemez Mountains salamander (JMS) in the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL), NM. The JMS is an endangered, subterrain species endemic to the Jemez Mountains that generally only goes aboveground to mate and feed. They are strongly associate with cover objects like logs and rocks and are sensitive to temperature (12.7 C is optimal, 33.5 C is fatal). About 50% of VALL’s forested landscape is potential habitat for JMS, which is susceptible to high-severity wildfires—thought to be the greatest threat to JMS. VALL is working with its partners to reintroduce fire into the VALL’s ecosystem in a way that reduces the risk of catastrophic wildfires; however, it is unknown how JMS will respond to fuel reduction treatments. Forest managers need information on how JMS and critical aspects of their habitat, including food resources, might respond to their treatments. This opportunity will allow for 1) sampling of soil and litter microarthropods and macroarthropods in various management and wildfire units, 2) quantification of soil nitrogen, phosphorus, and pH in the same units, and 3) the evaluation of experimental forest management approaches that best support habitat characteristics benefitting JMS. Monitoring of the experimental forest management approaches will include quantifying soil moisture, temperature, organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus—metrics likely to directly or indirectly affect JMS and their food resources. The proposed sampling and assessments are needed to provide VALL forest managers information on links between wildfire and fuel management impacts on JMS critical habitat characteristics, so they can make informed stewardship decisions regarding the endangered JWS. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
FAITH GRAVES
fgraves@usgs.gov Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 341196 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | FAITH GRAVES fgraves@usgs.gov Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
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| 15.808 | G22AS00396 | Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit | PKG00275061 | Jun 17, 2022 | Jul 18, 2022 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
341196 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
341196 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
341196 SF424A-1.0.pdf
341196 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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