Cooperative Agreement 16CA11330144104

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $126,709 to Colorado State University to conduct a rapid assessment of air quality during wildland-urban interface fires in Southern California. The key goals are to sample and speciate air pollutants emitted from the fires, quantify the contribution of structure fires to concentrations and impacts of hazardous air pollutants, and analyze ash samples to understand the potential human and...

Tall Timbers Research, Inc. was awarded a $1,015,317 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to develop the Southeastern FireMAP through September 2027. Under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which promotes agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality as compatible national goals, Tall Timbers Research will optimize environmental benefits on eligible lands. The organization will create a...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, through the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232), awarded a $627,404 Cooperative Agreement to Oklahoma State University (OSU) on September 25, 2024. The objective is to assess the impact of prescribed fire regimes on water quantity and quality in the Cross Timbers region of Oklahoma under current and future climate conditions. Key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Evaluating the effects of...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $232,458 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Colorado under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) to develop a new ensemble emission dataset to improve the predictability of wildfire emission and fire weather at S2S time scales. The key deliverables include: 1) a wildfire emission ensemble, 2) an S2S wildfire emission prediction model, 3) improved S2S fire weather modeling...

This $624,309 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232) will support Oklahoma State University in evaluating the long-term effectiveness of prescribed fires in reducing hazardous fuel accumulation and wildfire risks across Oklahoma's grasslands. The key products and services to be delivered include: Determining post-prescribed fire vegetation growth and fuel accumulation rates at five...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232) provides $629,326 to the University of New Mexico to study the impacts of prescribed fire on water quality in western U.S. conifer forests. The project aims to enhance understanding of how factors like variable precipitation, fire heterogeneity, and material export to streams influence water quality responses to prescribed burns. The research will...

The U.S. Forest Service awarded a $175,172 Project Grant under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698) to Shawnee Resource Conservation, a non-profit organization in southern Illinois. The grant, with an award date of December 18, 2023 and ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026, will fund the expansion of prescribed fire use to reduce wildfire risks across public and private lands in the region. Key services to be delivered include...

This $239,877 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) funds efforts by Shawnee Resource Conservation, a non-profit organization in southern Illinois, to engage volunteer fire departments in cross-boundary prescribed burn activities near the Shawnee National Forest. The award will support implementing prescribed fire and community wildfire protection plans, restoring...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) is designed to advance the development and validation of the Warn-on-Forecast System for Smoke (WOFS-SMOKE). The $650,097 award, with a performance period from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2027, will support extensive work to optimize the use of observed fire and smoke characteristics in the WOFS-SMOKE system. Key project...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $599,988 Project Grant to Shawnee Resource Conservation, a non-profit organization in southern Illinois, through the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant, with a performance period from September 2024 to September 2029, will support a range of activities aimed at integrating prescribed fire and wildfire risk reduction efforts across public and private lands in the region. Key...