The cooperative ecosystem study unit program establishes and maintains cooperative study units, in partnership with federal, state, and local governments, tribes, nonprofit organizations, and…

The National Park Service awarded a $151,500 Cooperative Agreement to Colorado State University under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) federal grant program. This 5-year project, commencing on January 1, 2025, will support expanded sampling and otolith analysis to better understand the effects of disturbances on smallmouth bass reproductive success within the National Park System. The Cooperative Agreement will facilitate multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products related to national park resources, in partnership with federal, state, and local governments, tribes, nonprofit organizations, and other institutions of higher education. The general public, states, and researchers are identified as the key beneficiaries of this work.

The cooperative ecosystem study unit program establishes and maintains cooperative study units, in partnership with federal, state, and local governments, tribes, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education, to facilitate multidisciplinary science and integrated information products related to the resources of the national park system. The project will support sampling and otolith analysis, above and beyond current efforts, to better understand effects of disturbances on smallmouth bass reproductive success. Beneficiaries include the general public, states, researchers.