This $299,999.63 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) to The Institute for Bird Populations will benefit the public by promoting broader understanding of protocols and standards for assessing bird populations on public lands. The project will train a post-doctoral researcher and involve long-term monitoring of bird populations in national parks to inform future management...
This $160,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) supports long-term monitoring of landbird populations across 13 national park units in the Northern Great Plains region. The awardee, the non-profit Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, will implement a standardized regional bird monitoring program using the Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions (IMBCR) sampling...
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) program provides $420,000 in funding to the University of Delaware to implement a grassland bird and bee monitoring program in national parks undergoing grassland restoration. The key deliverables include data collection, completed data sheets, and a populated database to characterize the condition and health of grassland...
This federal 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) program provides $430,000 in funding to the Smithsonian Institution to support coordinated cooperative research, technical assistance, education and training, and the development of usable knowledge to inform science-based management of the National Park System. The award will facilitate multi-disciplinary science...
The National Park Service Pacific West Region awarded a $204,898 cooperative agreement to Klamath Bird Observatory to support landbird monitoring, analysis, and reporting activities across Klamath Network parks from September 2021 through September 2026. This award will fund the sixth round of visits by the recipient to conduct point count surveys and gather population data on landbird species located within all National Park System units overseen by the Klamath Network, in alignment with the...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service Midwest Region awarded a $165,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) federal grant program to Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (doing business as Bird Conservancy of the Rockies) for the period of September 15, 2022 through September 14, 2027. The award will support long-term monitoring of landbird communities at Northern Great Plains Inventory and...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units. These units facilitate multi-disciplinary science, integrated information products, and cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the...
This $120,883 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) supports a research project titled "PINYON JAY INVENTORY OF PARKS AND MONUMENTS OF THE NORTHERN COLORADO PLATEAU INVENTORY AND MONITORING NETWORK". The project, which runs from May 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, is being conducted by the University of Delaware. The award will enable the university to partner with...
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) program provides $969,324.59 in funding to the Institute for Applied Ecology to support coordinated research, technical assistance, education and training, and the development of usable knowledge to inform science-based management of the National Park System. The award will facilitate multi-disciplinary science and...
The National Park Service awarded $179,770 under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System program (CFDA 15.945) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 13, 2022. The award will support resurveying 78 sites in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park to determine impacts of the KNP Complex Fire on California spotted owl occupancy. The University will deploy acoustic recording units at locations surveyed in 2021 to scan for California spotted owls and...