COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEM STUDIES UNIT, SOUTH FLORIDA/CARIBBEAN CESU | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This opportunity is a US Geological Survey (USGS) cooperative agreement issued through the South Florida/Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. It is run out of the USGS Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC) in Fort Lauderdale, with the work centered on the Big Cypress Field Station. The overall purpose is to support ecological research and monitoring that improves understanding of the south Florida ecosystem and directly informs restoration and land management decisions. The specific scientific focus for this award is pine rockland forest structure and long-term vegetation monitoring, particularly in relation to how these systems respond to different fire and hydrologic regimes.

The work is tied to the globally endangered pine rockland ecosystem, which is also important habitat for the endangered Key Deer. A key setting is the National Key Deer Refuge in the lower Florida Keys, which contains the largest remaining patches of this forest type in that region. The opportunity builds on an existing USGS and Florida International University prescribed-fire study conducted on Big Pine Key. That earlier effort established 18 permanently marked 1.0 hectare plots where every tree at or above 5 cm diameter at breast height (DBH) was tagged and measured, totaling about 11,400 trees. The background and methods for that study are referenced in Snyder et al. (2005), USGS Open File Report OF 2006-1062, which developed ecological criteria for prescribed fire in south Florida pine rocklands. The new cooperative agreement is meant to extend and operationalize that foundation by updating plot measurements, completing missing mapping, and turning results into practical monitoring guidance for refuge managers.

The cooperative program is organized around two connected objectives. Objective 1 is primarily a field-and-data task aimed at strengthening the long-term dataset: it involves mapping trees in 10 plots that have not yet been mapped and re-sampling trees in all 18 permanent plots. This includes analysis of the re-measured data and producing written reporting products, with some field assistance required to support the sampling and mapping work. Objective 2 is more management-facing and planning-oriented: it requires developing recommendations for a long-term monitoring program for pine rockland vegetation in the National Key Deer Refuge. That objective explicitly involves meeting with refuge managers to ensure the monitoring recommendations are realistic, useful, and aligned with on-the-ground management needs, followed by report writing to document the proposed monitoring approach.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity with a single expected award. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement or collaboration during the project rather than a hands-off grant. The total estimated funding is $45,800, and both the award ceiling and floor are listed as $45,800, meaning the agency anticipated one award at that fixed amount. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The activity category is listed as Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the CFDA number is 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection).

Eligibility is limited to organizations that are participating partners within the CESU network, specifically the South Florida/Caribbean CESU. The announcement notes that the Big Cypress Field Station is offering this opportunity to universities capable of conducting research on forest structure and long-term vegetation monitoring in pine rocklands, but the controlling eligibility condition is CESU partnership status. The original posting dates show it was posted in late December 2007, with a closing date in January 2008 (ultimately January 11, 2008), and it was later archived in February 2008. A contracting specialist contact is provided for access or announcement issues: Faith Peters, phone 703-648-7356.

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