Cooperative Agreement L17AC00004

The U.S. Geological Survey, under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers program (CFDA 15.820), awarded a $240,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Arizona from February 2021 through January 2024. The award will support research titled "Future of Fire in the Southwest: Towards a National Synthesis of Wildland Fire Under a Changing Climate." Through this funding, the awardee will work with sub-awardee University of California, Davis to provide science and...

The National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The university will conduct field studies and computer simulations to help fire managers in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks adapt to climate change. Scientists will investigate the 1988 wildfires to better understand forest conversion and use...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $1,031,494 Cooperative Agreement under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) to the Arizona Association of Conservation Districts Inc. (AACD), a non-profit organization. The award, with a period of performance from August 2024 to August 2029, supports AACD in conducting assessments, inventories, and monitoring of soil and vegetation conditions on public lands in Arizona. Key objectives include analyzing progress towards land...

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Inc. was awarded a $700,222.78 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Arizona Region, under the BLM Fuels Management and Community Fire Assistance Program Activities (CFDA 15.228), to reduce fire risk caused by invasive plants in southern Arizona through July 2028. The Museum will collaborate across jurisdictions to treat invasive plants that contribute to wildfire risk, build local treatment capacity, and conduct...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) provides $150,000 to Northern Arizona University (NAU) to analyze long-term ecological monitoring data and improve analytical methods to assess the impacts of climate change on grasslands and other ecosystems in the western United States. The key activities include: Analyzing natural resource monitoring data and providing...

This cooperative agreement between the National Park Service Intermountain Region and Northern Arizona University will provide $151,340 to support forest health research in Saguaro National Park from July 2022 through December 2024 under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System program (CFDA 15.945). The project aims to better understand the Rincon Mountains forest by studying aspen and Chihuahua pine, which are sensitive to climate and fire....

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Highlands Fire District to support prescribed fire, ecological restoration, and hazardous fuels reduction projects across Grand Canyon National Park and several national monuments in northern Arizona. The funding is provided through the NPS Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954), which supports projects complementary to NPS program efforts in natural and cultural resource conservation...

The University of Arizona was awarded a $248,291 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers program to support Indigenous-led climate adaptation strategies with the North Fork Mono Tribe. Over a two-year period ending in February 2024, the project will integrate Indigenous cultural burning practices with landscape monitoring to advance climate adaptation across jurisdictions. Deliverables include collaborative...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Wildlife Resource Management program (CFDA 15.247) provides $288,704 to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) to assess the impact of solar energy development and transportation infrastructure on wildlife movement and connectivity in Arizona. The key activities under this 5-year project include: Deploying GPS collars on at least 80 mule deer, bobcats, and kit foxes near planned and completed solar...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region under the Joint Fire Science Program (CFDA 15.232) will provide $618,218 to Northern Arizona University to advance the understanding of how wildfire affects carbon cycling in boreal forest ecosystems with deep organic soils. The project will test hypotheses about the disturbance, permafrost, and successional processes that control soil carbon loss and recovery following...