Simpler Grants.gov #G27AS00084

Research on Emory Oak Woodland Resilience to Drought, Fire, and Charcoal Canker

USGS seeks a research partner to assess how drought, wildfire, and charcoal canker affect Emory oak woodlands in Arizona. - Government buyer: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Center (NRCASC), through the National Climate Adaptation Science Center. - Opportunity: One cooperative-agreement award for the project “Understanding the Resilience of Emory Oak Woodlands to Drought, Fire, and an Invasive Fungal Pathogen.” Estimated total funding is $360,000. - Research requested: Use data from 100 long-term Emory oak monitoring sites across Arizona to map charcoal canker and tree mortality, identify environmental factors associated with infection and mortality, and model future risks and resilience. - Fire and management analysis: Assess fire behavior under differing fire-weather conditions and consider how tree thinning and prescribed burning may affect tree refugia. - Expected outputs and requirements: Produce spatial maps and findings to support conservation and wildfire-management decisions. Applicants must be participating Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) partners and provide a research proposal, budget, data management plan, project abstract, and geospatial data materials that meet applicable open-format and metadata requirements. - OEMs and vendors: No manufacturers, OEMs, or commercial vendors are identified; this is a research-services opportunity.

Description

This opportunity funds a USGS National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Center research award to a participating partner of the Colorado Plateau CESU. The project will assess charcoal canker prevalence and its relationship to Emory oak mortality using data from 100 long-term monitoring sites across Arizona, and examine environmental factors associated with infection and tree death. Spatial modeling will produce maps of where drought and pathogen interactions may threaten Emory oak under future conditions, to support conservation and wildfire management. The estimated program funding is $360,000, with one anticipated award for a two-year period.

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