Fergus Triangle Prescribed Burn

Funding Opportunity Number: L16AS00082 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.231Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOI-BLMClosing Date: Jun 26, 2016Award Ceiling: $110,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: May 26, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The Missouri and Musselshell Breaks area is a rugged landscape within 20 miles of the Missouri and Musselshell Rivers in Central Montana. Common breaks habitats include ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, sagebrush, grasslands and badlands. The Breaks areas have high fire occurrence within the Central Montana Fire Zone, with many areas historically having a fire return interval < 25 years. Fire suppression efforts over the last century have resulted in a departure from historic conditions with increased fuel loadings and stand density in many forest types. Thirty-five wildfires have burned 93,000 acres in the project area since 1995. Wildfires in 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2014 accounted for nearly 60,000 of these acres. This project would consist of a prescribed burn and monitoring in the Fergus Triangle as a second entry following the 2002 prescribed burns. Since 2009 the Lewistown Field Office has conducted prescribed burns on 500 â¿¿ 6500 ac...

Source: Grants.gov - May 26, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding