OpportunityTitle: Assessing Big Sagebrush Seedling Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is also open to all partners under any Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program.  CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  If a cooperative agreement is awarded to a CESU partner under a formally negotiated Master CESU agreement, indirect costs are limited to a rate of no more than 17.5% of the indirect cost base recognized in the partner&apos;s Federal Agency-approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA).
Description: Assess and inform the needs for sagebrush seedling inoculation with AMF. Inoculation with AMF is often practiced in restoration projects, but without a clear evaluation of its benefits and limitations. The proposed project will help provide an important framework and protocol(s) to help assess the effectiveness of this management practice and increase the understanding of the types of mycorrhizae critical for sagebrush seedling success.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: L16AS00209
GrantorContactText: Grants Management Specialist Christine Shaver (208) 373-3817&lt;br/&gt;cshaver@blm.gov&lt;br/&gt;