Project Grant 97896801

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...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Montana Technological University has been awarded $148,746 under a Cooperative Agreement with the National Park Service (NPS) Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954), effective July 2, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2029. The university will conduct field data collection and gather flow-meter data from wells within Yellowstone National Park as mandated by the Montana Water Compact. This work supports the State of...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $2,359,162 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) to the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, a non-profit organization based in Bozeman, Montana. The funding will support the ecocultural restoration of bison, including transferring 1,000 surplus Yellowstone bison to American Indian tribes, developing new bison holding pastures within Yellowstone National Park and on tribal lands, and completing disease quarantine...

The National Science Foundation awarded Syracuse University a $165,223 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to compile and analyze over three decades of ecological data collected in Yellowstone National Park grasslands. The goals of the project are to: 1) compile 11 independent datasets measuring herbivore impacts on plant and soil processes into a single publicly accessible dataset, 2) determine the relative effects of climate, plant composition, soil properties,...

This three-year, $346,278 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research investigating Pleistocene carnivore ecology using fossil records from the McKittick asphalt seep and Rancho La Brea tar pits lagerstatte sites. The researchers will examine dietary patterns in dire wolves and coyotes through ecomorphology, tooth wear analysis, stable isotope analysis, and geochronology to determine food...

This four-year, $1.14 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research into the cumulative effects of ecological and social stressors on integrated ranching-wildlife systems in the western United States. The University of Illinois is the primary awardee and will partner with Oregon State University, the University of Michigan, the University of Idaho, and The Ohio State University on the research. The project aims to better...

The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded a $169,445 Cooperative Agreement to Montana State University (MSU) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) federal grant program. The award, effective July 1, 2025 through July 1, 2029, aims to enhance the understanding and management of Yellowstone cutthroat trout populations in Yellowstone Lake through innovative genetic monitoring and environmental assessments. Key activities include...

Summary: Scientists in Parks Program - Natural Resource Stewardship The National Park Service (NPS) National Office awarded Conservation Legacy (doing business as Southwest Conservation Corps) a $4.6 million Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) effective July 1, 2025, through March 30, 2028. This award supports the Scientists in Parks Program, which deploys 67 non-federal short-term positions across 58 National Park Service units and programs to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.931 - Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities) provides $107,004.47 to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization, to engage young adults in environmental and conservation activities at Yellowstone National Park. The project involves an 8-person ACE crew performing 80-hour work periods for invasive plant control, seed collection, and habitat restoration. ACE will provide the materials,...

The National Park Service awarded a $104,639 cooperative agreement to the Great Basin Institute, a division of the Nevada Conservation Corps, to conduct historical research and update geographic information systems (GIS) data for Yellowstone National Park under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946). Through July 2027, a historian will research agricultural activities in Yellowstone from 1905-1965, conduct oral histories, analyze satellite imagery and photographs, and produce an...