The National Science Foundation awarded Northern Arizona University a three-year Project Grant totaling $717,941 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) beginning November 1, 2021. The grant will support collaborative research examining the fate of caribou herds across their Arctic range through the integration of local and traditional ecological knowledge with scientific data on population and habitat dynamics. As part of the Geosciences program's goal of expanding fundamental Earth systems knowledge through basic research, this project aims to enhance understanding of how climate change is impacting caribou populations by combining community observations with range-wide population modeling. Northern Arizona University will serve as the primary awardee and is responsible for conducting the research and delivering results to advance knowledge of changing Arctic ecosystems.
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