OpportunityTitle: A study of current flammable forest material due to, insect-induced tree and tall evergreen shrub mortality rates.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The United States Department of the Interior, The National Park Service (NPS), and Great Smoky Mountain National Park, is announcing a notice of intent to award a cooperative agreement; this is not a request for applications. This funding opportunity is to provide public notice of NPS&apos;s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition, under Cooperative Agreement P17AC01176 with Virginia Polytechnic Institute &amp; State University , for a project titled; A study of current flammable forest material due to, insect-induced tree and tall evergreen shrub mortality rates.
Description: This project between the National Park Service and Virginia Tech will measure changes to forest fuels following insect-induced tree mortality. The project will also assess changes to tall evergreen shrub cover. Information will be used by forest managers to improve estimates of fuel loading and fire behavior.
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GrantorContactText: Brian Straka 8654361217&lt;br/&gt;Brian_Straka@nps.gov