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- The National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Review of Vegetation Distributions in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park from Historic Aerial Imagery" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945 Cooperative Research and Training Programs Resources of the National Park System.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 17, 2015 and posted on Jun 17, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 26, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $13,281.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000.00 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).
- This is a notice of intent to award to the University of Alaska Anchorage. The CESU Network accepts new cooperators annually. The cooperators in the network are not competed.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Park Service (NPS) posted this notice to inform the public of its intent to make a non-competitive award for a project called "Review of Vegetation Distributions in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park from Historic Aerial Imagery" (Funding Opportunity Number P15AS00998). It is explicitly not a request for applications. Instead, it is a single-source notice of intent to fund the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), working through the Alaska Natural Heritage Program, under a CESU task agreement. The anticipated federal award is $13,281 with no cost share required, and the work is planned to run over a three-year period. The announcement is issued under statutory authority 54 USC 101702(a) and is associated with CFDA 15.945 (Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System). The opportunity was posted June 17, 2015, with an original and current closing date of June 26, 2015, and it was later archived July 26, 2015.
The project itself focuses on the Chilkoot Unit of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (KLGO), an area that spans a wide range of ecosystems including intertidal zones, temperate rain forest, alpine tundra, and glacial environments. The NPS describes the park landscape as having changed substantially over roughly the last century due to interacting drivers such as climate change, isostatic rebound, flooding, avalanches, and ecological succession. This award supports a larger NPS effort to describe and quantify those long-term changes by using historic repeat photography and geospatial mapping, and by building toward formal change-detection comparisons between historic mid-20th-century imagery and more recent imagery.
The main scientific goal is to detect and document changes in the distribution of major vegetation types over about 60 years by comparing the position of elevational treeline and shrubline across multiple time slices. The core data sources are historic aerial photographs from July 6 to 11, 1948 (U.S. Navy BAR00 project; approximately 1.4 m ground resolution) and August 11, 1979 (Alaska High Altitude Photography; approximately 2.25 m ground resolution), which together cover the entire Chilkoot Unit. For more recent conditions, the project relies on IKONOS-2 satellite imagery from August 12, 2005 (about 1 m ground resolution) for the full unit, plus a very high-resolution orthorectified aerial photo mosaic from July 1, 2003 (about 0.15 m ground resolution) for the trail corridor. Existing modern landcover mapping that has already been digitized from the higher-resolution imagery is used as a baseline, and vegetation classes are simplified into broad categories consistent with Level I of the Alaska Vegetation Classification (Forest, Shrub, Herbaceous) so that comparisons are possible across the different sensors, scales, and years.
The University of Alaska Anchorage team is responsible for several technical deliverables that make the change analysis possible. Their tasks include orthorectifying, georeferencing, and mosaicking the 1948 and 1979 aerial image sets and providing those digital products to NPS; manually digitizing treeline and shrubline from both historic image sets; extracting treeline and shrubline from the current landcover map; adding repeat photography locations into a geodatabase with hyperlink paths to the photo files; running the actual change-detection analysis comparing 1948 to 1979 and then to 2003/2005 conditions; and producing a final report that evaluates landcover change across the period covered by the imagery.
NPS, in turn, commits to providing data, coordination, and publication support to ensure the work is accurate, interpretable, and usable for park management. This includes collaborating with the UAA/Alaska Natural Heritage Program to identify photo locations that show vegetation types and conditions in both historic and modern views to help "ground truth" the mapping and refine the treeline and shrubline interpretations. NPS also plans to integrate existing maps of glacial and ice extent change so vegetation shifts can be considered alongside broader landscape alterations. Additional NPS responsibilities include producing and supplying historic/modern repeat photo pairs with detailed metadata; providing geodatabases with georeferenced aerial imagery and associated metadata; developing GIS coverages that classify vegetation to the general Viereck Level I categories based on historic imagery; integrating all resulting GIS layers, geodatabases, and metadata into the permanent NPS data holdings; and taking the lead on formatting, peer review, and publication of the final report to NPS Natural Resource Publication standards within the Integrated Resource Management Application. The NPS also indicates it will translate results into interpretive materials that can be used on park websites and in visitor and education programs.
Finally, the notice explains why the award is not being competed. Under Department of the Interior single-source policy (505 DM 2), agencies must justify why competition is not practicable. NPS cites the "Unique Qualifications" justification category, indicating the selected recipient is considered uniquely qualified for the work based on factors such as technical expertise and capability within the CESU framework. The point of contact listed for the opportunity is Erica Cordeiro, Contract Specialist, with a phone number provided for access issues.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Is this a request for applications (RFA) or a competitive grant opportunity?
No. The notice explicitly states it is not a request for applications. It is a public notice of intent by the National Park Service (NPS) to make a non-competitive (single-source) award.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON) for this notice?
The Funding Opportunity Number is P15AS00998.
What is the project title?
The project is titled "Review of Vegetation Distributions in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park from Historic Aerial Imagery."
Who is the intended recipient of the award?
NPS indicates it intends to fund the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), working through the Alaska Natural Heritage Program, under a CESU task agreement.
Is cost sharing or matching funds required?
No. The notice states there is no cost share required.
What is the anticipated federal award amount?
The anticipated federal award amount is $13,281.
How long is the project period expected to last?
The work is planned to run over a three-year period.
Which federal program or CFDA number is associated with this notice?
The notice is associated with CFDA 15.945, titled "Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System."
What statutory authority is cited for issuing this notice?
The announcement is issued under statutory authority 54 USC 101702(a).
When was the opportunity posted, and what were the closing dates?
It was posted on June 17, 2015. The original closing date and the current closing date are both listed as June 26, 2015. The notice was later archived on July 26, 2015.
Which park area is the focus of the project?
The project focuses on the Chilkoot Unit of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (KLGO).
What kinds of ecosystems are included in the Chilkoot Unit?
The notice describes the area as spanning intertidal zones, temperate rain forest, alpine tundra, and glacial environments.
Why is NPS studying vegetation change in this park?
NPS describes the landscape as having changed substantially over roughly the last century due to interacting drivers such as climate change, isostatic rebound, flooding, avalanches, and ecological succession. The project supports a larger NPS effort to describe and quantify long-term changes using historic photography and geospatial mapping.
What is the main scientific goal of the project?
The main goal is to detect and document changes in the distribution of major vegetation types over about 60 years by comparing the position of elevational treeline and shrubline across multiple time slices.
What historic imagery is being used, and what are the dates?
The core historic aerial photo sources are:
- July 6 to 11, 1948 (U.S. Navy BAR00 project; approximately 1.4 m ground resolution)
- August 11, 1979 (Alaska High Altitude Photography; approximately 2.25 m ground resolution)
Together, these historic photo sets cover the entire Chilkoot Unit.
What more recent imagery is being used for comparison?
For more recent conditions, the project relies on:
- IKONOS-2 satellite imagery from August 12, 2005 (about 1 m ground resolution) for the full unit
- A very high-resolution orthorectified aerial photo mosaic from July 1, 2003 (about 0.15 m ground resolution) for the trail corridor
How will vegetation types be classified so different image sources can be compared?
The notice states that vegetation classes will be simplified into broad categories consistent with Level I of the Alaska Vegetation Classification: Forest, Shrub, and Herbaceous. This simplification is meant to support comparison across different sensors, scales, and years.
What existing mapping is used as a baseline?
The project uses existing modern landcover mapping that has already been digitized from higher-resolution imagery as a baseline.
What technical deliverables is the UAA team responsible for?
According to the notice, UAA (through the Alaska Natural Heritage Program) is responsible for deliverables that enable the change analysis, including:
- Orthorectifying, georeferencing, and mosaicking the 1948 and 1979 aerial image sets and providing those digital products to NPS
- Manually digitizing treeline and shrubline from both historic image sets
- Extracting treeline and shrubline from the current landcover map
- Adding repeat photography locations into a geodatabase with hyperlink paths to the photo files
- Running change-detection analyses comparing 1948 to 1979 and then to 2003/2005 conditions
- Producing a final report evaluating landcover change across the period covered by the imagery
What support and responsibilities does NPS describe for its role?
NPS states it will provide data, coordination, and publication support. Responsibilities described include:
- Collaborating to identify repeat photo locations showing vegetation types and conditions in both historic and modern views to help ground truth mapping and refine treeline and shrubline interpretation
- Integrating existing maps of glacial and ice extent change so vegetation shifts can be considered alongside broader landscape alteration
- Producing and supplying historic/modern repeat photo pairs with detailed metadata
- Providing geodatabases with georeferenced aerial imagery and associated metadata
- Developing GIS coverages that classify vegetation to general Viereck Level I categories based on historic imagery
- Integrating resulting GIS layers, geodatabases, and metadata into permanent NPS data holdings
- Leading formatting, peer review, and publication of the final report to NPS Natural Resource Publication standards within the Integrated Resource Management Application
- Translating results into interpretive materials for park websites and visitor/education programs
What time periods are being compared in the change-detection work?
The change-detection analysis described compares 1948 to 1979, and then compares those historic conditions to 2003/2005 conditions.
How does repeat photography relate to this project?
The notice describes repeat photography as part of a larger NPS effort and as a tool used here to help ground truth vegetation interpretation by comparing historic and modern views at the same locations.
Why is the award non-competitive (single-source)?
The notice explains that, under Department of the Interior single-source policy (505 DM 2), NPS must justify why competition is not practicable. NPS cites the "Unique Qualifications" justification category and indicates the selected recipient is uniquely qualified for the work based on factors including technical expertise and capability within the CESU framework.
What is the agreement framework mentioned for this award?
The notice states the work would be conducted under a CESU task agreement.
Who is the point of contact listed in the notice?
The point of contact listed is Erica Cordeiro, Contract Specialist. A phone number is provided in the notice for access issues.
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