In our current ERA of climate-driven megafires, canada lynx in washington face an uncertain future

Ended Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action

Award ID
F23AC02685
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$109,259

Award facts

Assistance listing
15.657 Endangered Species Recovery Implementation
Completion date
Funding
  • $14,490.00 Federal
  • $94,769.00 Non-federal
Funding agency
DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Place of performance
Washington, USA

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Description

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Hotter and drier summers coupled with abundant fuels as a result of past fire suppression have resulted in larger, more frequent, and higher-severity burns that have seen megafires transform washington lynx habitat from being mostly unburned, to mostly burned over the past 20 years. As the forested landscape lynx depend on continues to be transformed by fire, managers face seemingly opposing objectives: 1) preserve the remaining dense forest habitat that lynx prefer, and 2) implement fuels reduction treatments that may degrade lynx habitat to reduce the risk of increasing megafires. Complicating this conundrum is the fact that we know very little about how lynx use burned landscapes. As a result, lynx managers are left with no tools to reverse the downward trend of washingtons lynx population. Our project aims to provide a solution to this conservation problem by discovering how lynx use habitat on a megafire landscape. Using GPS collars, backtracking, and habitat data, including fine-scale information on fuels levels, our work will offer the first viable analysis of how lynx move, select habitat, and establish home ranges within a megafire landscape. From this information, we will make recommendations and offer tools so that forest managers can balance preserving adequate habitat for the current lynx population with safeguarding the landscape from catastrophic habitat loss to megafires for long-term protection of lynx and the ecosystem at large.

Transactions

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Amendment $0 $0
Original award $14,490 $94,769

Quick answers

Who received award F23AC02685?

F23AC02685 was awarded to Home Range Wildlife Research by DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9 (Fish and Wildlife Service) on October 1, 2023.

How much is award F23AC02685 worth?

$109,259 has been obligated on F23AC02685: $14,490 in federal funding and $94,769 in non-federal funding.

Which agency awarded F23AC02685?

DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters Region 9 (Fish and Wildlife Service) awarded F23AC02685, with funding from DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (Fish and Wildlife Service).

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