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- The National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Terrestrial Synthesis for Voyageurs National Park" and is now available to receive applicants.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 5, 2009 and posted on Jun 5, 2009.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 19, 2009. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $132,775.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- 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 single source award to University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activities based upon a variety of demostrable factors. The PI has extensive research experience in forests of northern Minnesota and in writing and editing synthetic documents of large scope. For example, the PI was one of the principal authors of the Minnesota Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Timber Harvesting and Forest Management that considered issues such as relationships between forest management and plant communities, wildlife, soils, productivity and climate change, and guides forest policy in the state through the year 2040. PI was also principle ecologist for the Final Environmental Impact Statement, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Fuel Treatment, an EIS on the impacts of the USDA Forest Service prescribed fire program in boreal forests of the boundary waters wilderness adjacent to Voyageurs National Park. PI has over 50 publications in the peer reviewed literature, on topics including forest fires, wind storms, plant animal interactions (large herbivores), invasive species, plant communities, and soils. The vast majority of this research has been carried out in the Western Great Lakes Region from 1990 to 2009. PI is listed among the top 1 of all scientists in the world in the Institute for Scientific Information Science Citation Index, Ecology and Environment Category.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Park Service grant opportunity titled "Terrestrial Synthesis for Voyageurs National Park" (Funding Opportunity Number A682009GL02) supported a multi-year effort to pull together, in one comprehensive product, what is known about Voyageurs National Park's terrestrial natural resources during the park's first 35 years, from its establishment in 1972 through the present day at the time of posting. The end goal was a practical compendium that combines scientific research, inventory work, long-term monitoring, and on-the-ground management experience for the park's land-based ecosystems within the southern transitional boreal forest region.
The work was framed as a synthesis rather than new field research. It focused on creating an organized, authoritative summary of existing information across key terrestrial topics such as mammals, birds, forest vegetation, fire history, and air quality. Because ecosystems do not fit neatly into "terrestrial" versus "aquatic" categories, the project also anticipated some necessary overlap with a previously completed aquatic synthesis. Examples of those crossover areas included amphibians and reptiles, beaver-related ecology, and atmospheric deposition of nutrients and contaminants that affect both land and water.
The project had four core objectives. First, it required a thorough assessment of the existing body of information and the creation of subject-specific bibliographies, essentially building a structured reference base for each topic area. Second, it called for clear summaries of what research and resource management efforts have found, including findings and recommendations that had emerged over time. Third, it required a review of current park resource management priorities and policies, linking the historical record of science and management to the park's present-day decision framework. Fourth, it required translating recommendations into a flow chart format that lays out a realistic sequence of future research and management actions, emphasizing feasibility and practicality rather than a simple wish list of ideas. This final element is important because it turns a synthesis document into an implementable planning tool that park staff can use to prioritize and stage work.
Administratively, this was a discretionary opportunity using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, categorized under technical assistance/biological work. The opportunity anticipated a single award with an estimated total funding level of $132,775 and no cost sharing or matching requirement. The announcement was posted on June 5, 2009, with a closing date of June 19, 2009, and an archive date of July 19, 2009.
Eligibility for this opportunity was explicitly limited to a single source award to the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minnesota. The justification given was that the proposed principal investigator was uniquely qualified based on extensive experience conducting research in northern Minnesota forests and producing large-scope synthesis and editing efforts. The announcement highlighted the investigator's leadership roles in major environmental impact statements relevant to forest management and fire management in boreal systems adjacent to Voyageurs, a substantial peer-reviewed publication record on topics such as forest fires, wind disturbance, invasive species, plant communities, soils, and plant-animal interactions, and strong citation impact within ecology and environmental science.
In practical terms, this grant was designed to help Voyageurs National Park consolidate decades of scattered reports, datasets, and management lessons into a single, usable synthesis that supports future planning and decision-making. By combining comprehensive bibliographies, topic-by-topic findings, alignment with current management priorities, and a step-by-step action pathway presented as a flow chart, the project aimed to strengthen how the park sets research priorities, targets monitoring needs, and chooses management actions grounded in the best available accumulated knowledge.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the name of this National Park Service grant opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "Terrestrial Synthesis for Voyageurs National Park".
2) What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is A682009GL02.
3) What was the main purpose of the grant?
The purpose was to support a multi-year effort to pull together, in one comprehensive product, what is known about Voyageurs National Park's terrestrial natural resources during the park's first 35 years (from its establishment in 1972 through the present day at the time of posting). The intended deliverable was a practical compendium that combines scientific research, inventory work, long-term monitoring, and on-the-ground management experience for the park's land-based ecosystems within the southern transitional boreal forest region.
4) Was this funding intended for new field research?
No. The work was framed as a synthesis rather than new field research. The emphasis was on organizing and summarizing existing information, not collecting new data in the field.
5) What does "terrestrial synthesis" mean in the context of this project?
In this context, a terrestrial synthesis means an organized, authoritative summary of existing knowledge about the park's land-based ecosystems, drawing from research, inventories, monitoring, and management records. The goal was to consolidate scattered information into a single usable product that park staff can rely on for planning and decisions.
6) What time period of information was the synthesis meant to cover?
The synthesis focused on the park's first 35 years, beginning with establishment in 1972 and running through the present day at the time the opportunity was posted.
7) What topic areas were expected to be included?
The opportunity emphasized key terrestrial topics such as mammals, birds, forest vegetation, fire history, and air quality, with the intent to provide a comprehensive summary across those areas using existing sources.
8) Why did the opportunity mention overlap with aquatic resources?
Because ecosystems do not fit neatly into "terrestrial" versus "aquatic" categories, the project anticipated some necessary overlap with a previously completed aquatic synthesis. Examples of crossover areas included amphibians and reptiles, beaver-related ecology, and atmospheric deposition of nutrients and contaminants that affect both land and water.
9) What were the four core objectives of the project?
The project had four core objectives:
- Assess existing information and create subject-specific bibliographies to build a structured reference base for each topic area.
- Produce clear summaries of what research and resource management efforts have found, including findings and recommendations that had emerged over time.
- Review current park resource management priorities and policies, linking historical science and management to the park's present-day decision framework.
- Translate recommendations into a flow chart that lays out a realistic sequence of future research and management actions, emphasizing feasibility and practicality.
10) What is meant by "subject-specific bibliographies" in this opportunity?
Subject-specific bibliographies refer to organized reference lists for each topic area covered by the synthesis (for example, mammals, vegetation, or fire history). The bibliographies were intended to function as a structured foundation that documents and points to the existing body of work relevant to each subject.
11) What kind of summaries were required beyond bibliographies?
Beyond bibliographies, the project required clear summaries of what research and park resource management work had found over time, including findings and recommendations that emerged from those efforts.
12) How was the synthesis expected to connect to current park decision-making?
A core requirement was to review current park resource management priorities and policies and link them to the historical record of science and management. In other words, the synthesis was expected to help connect "what we know and learned" to "how the park makes decisions today."
13) Why did the project require a flow chart of recommendations?
The flow chart requirement was meant to turn the synthesis into an implementable planning tool. Instead of being a simple wish list, it was supposed to lay out a realistic sequence of future research and management actions, emphasizing feasibility and practicality so park staff could prioritize and stage work.
14) What type of funding opportunity was this (discretionary or mandatory)?
This was a discretionary opportunity.
15) What funding instrument was anticipated?
The anticipated funding instrument was a cooperative agreement.
16) How was the opportunity categorized?
It was categorized under technical assistance/biological work.
17) How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated a single award.
18) What was the estimated total funding level?
The estimated total funding level was $132,775.
19) Was cost sharing or a match required?
No. The opportunity specified no cost sharing or matching requirement.
20) When was the announcement posted?
The announcement was posted on June 5, 2009.
21) What was the application closing date?
The closing date was June 19, 2009.
22) When was the opportunity archived?
The archive date was July 19, 2009.
23) Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was explicitly limited to a single source award to the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minnesota.
24) Was this opportunity open to other universities, nonprofits, or organizations?
No. Based on the information provided, eligibility was limited to a single institution (the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minnesota) under a single source justification.
25) Why was eligibility limited to a single source award?
The justification given was that the proposed principal investigator was uniquely qualified due to extensive experience conducting research in northern Minnesota forests and producing large-scope synthesis and editing efforts. The announcement also cited leadership roles in major environmental impact statements relevant to forest and fire management in boreal systems adjacent to Voyageurs and a substantial peer-reviewed publication record with strong citation impact in ecology and environmental science.
26) What qualifications were highlighted for the proposed principal investigator?
The announcement highlighted experience and leadership in northern Minnesota forest research; major synthesis and editing efforts; leadership roles in environmental impact statements related to forest and fire management; and a peer-reviewed record covering topics such as forest fires, wind disturbance, invasive species, plant communities, soils, and plant-animal interactions, along with strong citation impact.
27) What was the practical benefit to Voyageurs National Park?
The grant was designed to help the park consolidate decades of scattered reports, datasets, and management lessons into a single usable synthesis to support future planning and decision-making. By combining bibliographies, findings, alignment with current priorities, and an action pathway in flow-chart form, the project aimed to strengthen how the park sets research priorities, targets monitoring needs, and chooses management actions grounded in accumulated knowledge.
28) What kinds of source materials was the synthesis expected to draw from?
It was expected to combine and summarize existing scientific research, inventory work, long-term monitoring, and on-the-ground management experience, along with the broader set of reports and datasets accumulated over time.
29) What region or ecosystem context was emphasized?
The work was framed around the park's land-based ecosystems within the southern transitional boreal forest region.
30) What made this synthesis different from a standard literature review?
Based on the requirements described, it went beyond listing studies by also summarizing accumulated findings and recommendations, explicitly connecting them to current park management priorities and policies, and converting recommendations into a practical, staged flow chart of future actions.
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