Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00180
This Notice of Intent (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00180) is a National Park Service discretionary funding opportunity to support ongoing research on how arthropod (insect and other invertebrate) communities change over time as watersheds in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico undergo forest restoration and fire management. The work is centered on the Valles Caldera National Preserve and the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest, where large landscape treatments are being implemented under the USFS Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and the DOI Resilient Landscapes Program. Those programs are aimed at bringing back more natural fire regimes in forest and grassland watersheds by reducing unnaturally high fuel loads through forest thinning and then using prescribed and managed fire to maintain healthier, more resilient conditions.
A major driver for the project is that this landscape has recently experienced two large, uncharacteristic wildfires: the Las Conchas Fire in 2011 and the Thompson Ridge Fire in 2013. These fires, particularly where burn severity was high, created significant changes in habitat structure and resources that can strongly affect terrestrial invertebrates. After the 2011 Las Conchas Fire, Preserve biologists set up replicated monitoring sites to track post-fire responses across multiple parts of the ecosystem, including vegetation, birds, small mammals, and invertebrates. The grant opportunity is designed to continue and deepen the invertebrate component of that monitoring, focusing on successional patterns, meaning the step-by-step shifts in which arthropod groups are present and how abundant they are as burned stands, woodlands, and grasslands recover.
The opportunity also ties into planned fire management actions. The U.S. Forest Service intended to conduct a prescribed burn in 2016 (the Southern Paliza Fire), and invertebrates were collected before the burn, with plans to collect again afterward. That before-and-after sampling is meant to show how fire influences both pest species and beneficial invertebrates, which can include predators, parasitoids, pollinators, and decomposers. By linking wildfire recovery monitoring with prescribed fire monitoring, the project aims to provide practical information about how different fire types and intensities affect arthropod communities and, by extension, ecosystem functions such as herbivory, nutrient cycling, and food availability for wildlife.
From a work-scope standpoint, the statement of work emphasizes that the added funds are intended to continue analysis of arthropod samples collected after the Las Conchas Fire during 2011 to 2015. The modification also extends the period of performance so additional backlogged samples can be processed and specimens can be identified, consistent with the original statement of work. In other words, a key deliverable is the laboratory and taxonomic work required to turn collected field samples into usable ecological data, including sorting, cataloging, and identification to appropriate taxonomic levels so trends in community composition can be analyzed over time and across habitat types and burn severities.
The grant is structured as a cooperative agreement, indicating substantial involvement and collaboration with the federal partners rather than a simple pass-through award. It falls under CFDA 15.945 (Natural Resources). The posting lists an expected single award with an award ceiling of $1, and eligibility is described generally as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility text (not included in the excerpt). The opportunity was created April 10, 2017, with an original closing date of April 20, 2017, and it notes that any future awards would depend on the availability of funds.
Overall, the purpose of the funding is to support long-term, applied ecological monitoring that can feed directly into adaptive management for restoration and fire operations on the Preserve and surrounding National Forest lands. The resulting analyses are intended to help managers understand whether restoration treatments and fire reintroduction are moving the system toward desired conditions, and how invertebrate communities respond through succession following severe wildfire and under planned prescribed fire and thinning treatments.Apply for P17AS00180
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NOTICE OF INTENT: Successional changes in arthropod assemblages during watershed restoration and fire management in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 10, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 20, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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What is this funding opportunity?
This is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding opportunity announced as a Notice of Intent under Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00180. It is designed to support ongoing research and monitoring of arthropod (insect and other invertebrate) communities as landscapes in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico undergo forest restoration and fire management.
What is the main purpose of the project?
The purpose is to continue and deepen long-term, applied ecological monitoring focused on how arthropod communities change over time (succession) after severe wildfire and in response to restoration and planned fire actions. The resulting information is intended to support adaptive management for restoration treatments and fire operations.
Where will the work take place?
The work is centered on the Valles Caldera National Preserve and the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico.
Which partner programs and management efforts are tied to this work?
The monitoring is tied to large landscape treatments being implemented under the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) Resilient Landscapes Program. These efforts aim to restore more natural fire regimes by reducing unnaturally high fuel loads through forest thinning and then using prescribed and managed fire to maintain healthier conditions.
Why is there a need for this research in this particular landscape?
A major driver is that the landscape experienced two large, uncharacteristic wildfires: the Las Conchas Fire (2011) and the Thompson Ridge Fire (2013). High burn severity areas created major changes in habitat structure and resources, which can strongly affect terrestrial invertebrates. The project is intended to help document and understand those changes over time.
What kinds of organisms are being studied?
The focus is on arthropods, described here as insects and other invertebrates. The project includes attention to both pest species and beneficial invertebrates, such as predators, parasitoids, pollinators, and decomposers.
What does "successional patterns" mean in this project?
In this context, successional patterns refer to the step-by-step shifts in which arthropod groups are present and how abundant they are as burned stands, woodlands, and grasslands recover over time.
How does this project connect wildfire recovery monitoring with prescribed fire monitoring?
The project builds on post-wildfire monitoring established after the 2011 Las Conchas Fire and also ties into planned fire management actions, including a before-and-after sampling design associated with a USFS intended prescribed burn in 2016 (the Southern Paliza Fire). This linkage is meant to help compare and interpret how different fire types and intensities influence arthropod communities.
What was done after the Las Conchas Fire to support this type of monitoring?
After the 2011 Las Conchas Fire, Preserve biologists established replicated monitoring sites to track post-fire responses across multiple ecosystem components, including vegetation, birds, small mammals, and invertebrates. This funding opportunity is designed to continue and strengthen the invertebrate portion of that broader monitoring effort.
What is the practical management value of studying arthropods in relation to fire and restoration?
The project aims to provide practical information about how restoration treatments and fire reintroduction affect arthropod communities and, by extension, ecosystem functions such as herbivory, nutrient cycling, and food availability for wildlife. The intent is to inform whether management actions are moving the system toward desired conditions.
What specific activities are emphasized in the statement of work described here?
The work-scope emphasizes continuing the analysis of arthropod samples collected after the Las Conchas Fire during 2011 to 2015. It also includes processing additional backlogged samples and identifying specimens, consistent with the original statement of work.
What kinds of deliverables are implied by "analysis of arthropod samples"?
The described deliverables focus on laboratory and taxonomic work needed to convert field collections into usable ecological data. This includes sorting, cataloging, and identifying specimens to appropriate taxonomic levels so trends in community composition can be analyzed across time, habitat types, and burn severities.
Does the opportunity include an extension of the period of performance?
Yes. The description notes that the modification extends the period of performance so that additional backlogged samples can be processed and specimens can be identified.
What type of federal award is this?
The grant is structured as a cooperative agreement, which indicates substantial involvement and collaboration with federal partners rather than a simple pass-through award.
Which federal agency is offering this opportunity?
The opportunity is identified as a National Park Service discretionary funding opportunity, and it also references collaboration and planned actions involving the U.S. Forest Service.
What CFDA program is this associated with?
It falls under CFDA 15.945, Natural Resources.
How many awards are expected?
The posting lists an expected single award.
What is the stated award ceiling?
The posting lists an award ceiling of $1.
Who is eligible to apply based on the information provided here?
Eligibility is described generally as "Others," with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility text, which is not included in the provided excerpt.
When was the opportunity created and when did it close?
The opportunity was created on April 10, 2017, with an original closing date of April 20, 2017.
Are future awards guaranteed?
No. The notice states that any future awards would depend on the availability of funds.
What time period do the referenced field samples cover?
The opportunity specifically highlights arthropod samples collected after the Las Conchas Fire during 2011 to 2015, with additional mention of pre-burn invertebrate collections associated with the intended 2016 Southern Paliza prescribed burn.
What kinds of habitats or conditions are included in the monitoring?
The monitoring is described as spanning burned stands, woodlands, and grasslands, and it is intended to analyze patterns across habitat types and burn severities, including areas of high burn severity.
What ecological questions is the project trying to answer?
Based on the description, the project is designed to understand how arthropod community composition and abundance change through recovery after severe wildfire, and how those communities respond to planned management actions such as thinning and prescribed or managed fire.
How does this work relate to ecosystem functions?
The project description links arthropod community changes to ecosystem functions including herbivory, nutrient cycling, and food availability for wildlife, suggesting that arthropod trends are being used as indicators connected to broader ecosystem health and recovery.
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