The USGS Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center is offering this grant to research the mountain pine beetle (MPB) epidemic’s impact on Colorado’s Front Range. While MPB’s effects on lodgepole pine are known, its eastward spread now threatens ponderosa pine, a dominant species, with unknown consequences. This grant is for investigating if MPB will reach epidemic levels in ponderosa pine and how prior forest management affects stand resilience. The research aims to provide crucial data on host selection and vulnerability, informing effective management strategies for these vulnerable ecosystems and guiding conservation efforts.
Opportunity ID: 54488
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 10HQPA0060 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain 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 11, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 20, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 20, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 19, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $62,000 |
| 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 Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The USGS Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center (RMGSC) seeks to provide financial assistance for research investigating the potential effects of the native mountain pine beetle (MPB) on forested ecosystems in Colorados Front Range. Although the ongoing epidemic outbreak of MPB and its impacts have been quantified and studied in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests west of the Continental Divide, MPB populations are now moving east into the Front Range and actually or potentially affecting different tree species, ecosystems, resources, and human communities and values. The dominant species in lower-elevation Front Range forests is ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), a suitable host for MPB, and ponderosa forests have had a long history of diverse management (thinning, prescribed burning, etc) which may have affected their short-and long-term resilience to MPB attack. However, little evidence exists from previous studies or experience to allow entomologists, forest managers, or researchers to predict the probable impacts on MPB in Front Range ecosystems, or to inform development of the most effective management strategies.
Research objectives a) Will the mountain pine beetle (MPB) transition from its current primary host, lodgepole pine, into a second host species, ponderosa pine, and reach epidemic population levels in that species? b) How will the previous management history of ponderosa pine stands affect their resilience to MPB infestation? |
| 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 54488 Full Announcement-1 -> opportunity document.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 | 10HQPA0060 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU | PKG00018599 | May 11, 2010 | May 20, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
54488 SF424-2.0.pdf
54488 Project-1.1.pdf
54488 SF424B-1.1.pdf
54488 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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