Bark beetles, fuels and future fire hazard in contrasting conifer forests of Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

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	Federal Grant Title:	Bark beetles, fuels and future fire hazard in contrasting conifer forests of Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	National Park Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	Biological/Research
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	A1580090354
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Aug 04, 2009
	Creation Date:	Aug 04, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 06, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 06, 2009
	Archive Date:	Sep 05, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$375,051
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant

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Additional Information on Eligibility

This is a single source award to University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activities based upon a variety of demonstrable factors. The PI brings more than 15 years of research into fire-related ecological processes in the Yellowstone area landscape. The PI has demonstrated the ability to map landscape-level forest insect outbreaks using a variety of advanced techniques as well to understand the ecological consequences of such disturbances. Moreover, team members have previously demonstrated the ability to work together successfully and productively.

Grant Description

Recent increases in insect and fire activity throughout the western US have presented forest managers with formidable challenges. The extent and severity of bark beetle (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) epidemics have reached unprecedented levels, and the number of large, severe fires continues to increase. These trends are expected to continue because climate change is implicated for both disturbances. Insects and fire have tremendous ecological and economic effects in western forests, yet surprisingly little is known about how fire hazard may change following bark beetle epidemics, and the efficacy of alternative forest management practices (e.g., removal of beetle-killed trees or remaining small trees) designed to reduce future fire hazard is largely unknown. This series of studies will be builds on more than 20 years of research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), and recently initiated studies of bark beetles and fire in lodgepole pine forests. This research will test specific hypotheses as part of addressing three major research questions. (1) How do effects of bark beetle outbreaks on fuel profiles and subsequent fire hazard differ between lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir forests? (2) How was the severity of recent fire in lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir forests affected byprior bark beetle infestation, and does the combination of beetle infestation and fire compromise forest recovery? (3) What post-beetle fuel treatments are likely to change the hazard of subsequent severe fire in lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir forests?

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