The role of tundra burning in carbon cycling: radio-carbon analysis of recent burns in the Noatak National Preserve, Alaska

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The role of tundra burning in carbon cycling: radio-carbon analysis of recent burns in the Noatak National Preserve, Alaska: The primary objective for wildland fire in Noatak National Preserve (NOAT) is to maintain the areas bio-diversity through natural wildfire while also ensuring the safety of life, property, and sensitive resources (Western Arctic Parklands FMP, 2009). Tundra fires, which are common in Noatak National Preserve, often burn into the organic soil material which may be storing ancient carbon. We propose to address this by collecting charcoal samples from the 2010 burns in NOAT for 14C analysis. The 14C data will allow us to answer the question: What is the age of organic matter (OM) consumed during a tundra fire? At 3-4 fires within NOAT six duff/soil monoliths will be collected, from 4 burned and 2 unburned adjacent areas. These samples will be 14C-aged to: 1) provide the age range of oldest burned soils (and thus oldest carbon that was emitted off the fires) and 2) estimate the age distribution of unburned organic soils that could be consumed in future fires.

Federal Grant Title:	The role of tundra burning in carbon cycling: radio-carbon analysis of recent burns in the Noatak National Preserve, Alaska
Federal Agency Name:	National Park Service
Grant Categories:	Natural Resources
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	E11AC60520
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	15.945
CFDA Descriptions:	Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System
Current Application Deadline:	Jun 28, 2011
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 28, 2011
Posted Date:	Jun 21, 2011
Creation Date:	Jun 21, 2011
Archive Date:	Jul 28, 2011
Total Program Funding:	$44,650
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$44,650
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This is a "Notice of Intent" of a single source task agreement award to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL under the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. The PI at the University of Illinois, Department of Plant Biology, has the expertise, graduate students, and facilities to conduct the work and analyses as described in the task items. The PI and his students have completed several projects to determine ages of past fires in tundra and boreal ecosystems in Alaska, utilizing carbon sampling of paleo-lake core sediments. This research project expands into determining carbon ages of organic soil materials for emissions.
Grant Announcement Contact: Tonya Bradley Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1656

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