This grant from the USGS Alaska Science Center aims to fund research evaluating climate-driven effects on arctic caribou winter ranges. Wildfires significantly shape these boreal and tundra habitats, making caribou ranges vulnerable to changes from evolving fire regimes and shrub/forest expansion due to climate warming. The research will apply fine-scale climate model predictions to simulated landscapes covering the Western Arctic, Teshekpuk, Central Arctic, and Porcupine caribou herds’ winter ranges. Conducted at 1 km2 resolution across northern Alaska and parts of Canada, the study will assess trends in forest and tundra areas capable of sustaining caribou forage lichens. This crucial information will help develop effective management strategies to adapt to and mitigate pervasive ecological impacts of climate warming in the region.
Opportunity ID: 54243
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 10HQPA0059 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, North & West Alaska CESU |
| 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: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 04, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 17, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 17, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 16, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $150,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| 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 North & West Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The USGS Alaska Science Center seeks to provide financial assistance for research to evaluate the potential climate-driven effects of future fire regimes and shrub land/forest expansion on landscape characteristics of arctic caribou winter ranges. Wild land fires are a dominant force in determining spatial and temporal patterns within the boreal forests and adjacent tundra habitats of northern Alaska and Canada that serve as winter ranges for arctic caribou. Thus, these caribou winter ranges are likely to experience major changes from adjustments in wild land fire regimes and shrub land/forest expansion associated with predicted climate change. This research will apply downscaled climate scenarios to simulated landscapes encompassing the known winter ranges of the 4 arctic caribou herds (Western Arctic, Teshekpuk, Central Arctic, and Porcupine) to evaluate and compare potential effects of climate change on these landscapes through the end of the century. The simulation domain is broadly defined as north of the Yukon River to the northern foothills of the Brooks Range from the Seward Peninsula to northwestern Canada and landscape modeling will be conducted at 1 km2 resolution. The winter range of each herd will be assessed to evaluate potential trends in the geographic extent of forest and tundra stands that are of sufficient age to support forage lichens utilized by caribou in winter.
Climate warming is occurring at unprecedented and alarming rates in Alaska. Large investments have been made in research to predict how climate will change in the future; however, these predictions occur at global scales and are without sufficient spatial and temporal resolution to provide inferences on how habitats and species will vary in response to changes in climate. The research solicited here will apply fine scale climate model predictions to simulated landscapes indicative of current conditions to evaluate the potential extent and variability in ecological responses to climate change that can be expected. This information is crucial for developing appropriate management strategies that adapt to and mitigate the pervasive ecological effects of climate warming. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
FAITH GRAVES
Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 54243 Full Announcement-1 -> announcement.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | FAITH GRAVES Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | 10HQPA0059 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, North & West Alaska CESU | PKG00018453 | May 04, 2010 | May 17, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
54243 SF424-2.0.pdf
54243 Project-1.1.pdf
54243 SF424B-1.1.pdf
54243 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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