OpportunityTitle: Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change: Modeling Thermal and Moisture Regimes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The United States Department of the Interior, The National Park Service (NPS), and The 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 a Cooperative Agreement with the National Park Service and Duke University (P18AC00796) a partner under the Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast CESU; Agreement# NPS&#8208;PSAC&#8208;CESU&#8208;2018, for a project titled; Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change: Modeling Thermal and Moisture Regimes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Description: This study will allow park managers to identify and focus protection on sustainable areas of the spruce-fir ecosystem, more accurately interpret existing air- and water-quality and ecosystem monitoring data, plan prescribed fires and responses to wildland fires, direct efforts against invasive species, and prepare for flood and landslide events and the impacts on park infrastructure and resources.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: E-Mail
GrantorContactText: Brian Straka 8654361217 &lt;br/&gt;Brian_Straka@nps.gov