[PCA] FUNDING: Funding Opportunity for Landscape-Level Natural Resource Conservation & Management in the Midwest

[Kwong, Olivia]

Eastern Tallgrass Prairie & Big Rivers Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Effective conservation through collaboration and sound science

Funding Opportunity to Benefit Landscape-Level Natural Resource
Conservation and Management in the Midwest

May 13, 2014 - The Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers Landscape
Conservation Cooperative (LCC) announced today a funding opportunity for
research proposals that address high priority knowledge gaps associated
with natural resource conservation and management across the nation’s
heartland.

Research projects under consideration for 2014 funding must address one or
both of the following science themes as they relate to prairie restoration,
river restoration, agroecology conservation practices and/or urban
watershed management.

Ecosystem services – Synthesize data on ecosystem services related to
emerging conservation practices and develop optimization models to
determine effective strategies for landscape-scale conservation design and
delivery. Studies may address ecological and economic values, human
dimensions of incentives for adoption, and/or public perception and
policies.

Conservation endpoints – Define a matrix of desired outcomes for
context-dependent restoration decisions and determine a suite of metrics
within a consistent underlying framework to measure impact, anticipate
return on investment, and communicate success at multiple scales.
 Objectives for large-scale restoration projects may differ from
small-scale practices in working lands, and may vary with geography and
ecoregion. Metrics may include factors such as restored connectivity,
expanded habitat, species targets, education/outreach, agency mandates,
and/or stakeholder perceptions.

The LCC is dedicated to addressing the conservation challenges of a heavily
agricultural landscape that stretches across the nation’s heartland from
southwest Ohio westward across to parts of eastern Kansas, Oklahoma and
Nebraska and northward into segments of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota.
Climate change, shifts in land-use, urban expansion, and agricultural
changes are all contributing stressors affecting this landscape. The LCC is
responsible for identifying, prioritizing and supporting research projects
that address gaps in scientific knowledge and can inform effective
conservation and management across the region.

Up to $200,000 may be available to fund projects. The LCC encourages broad
participation from groups and individuals concerned with natural and
cultural resource issues.  Individuals from federal, state, tribal, local,
commercial, non-profit and educational organizations are eligible for
funding as investigators or cooperators. Cost share or in-kind match is
encouraged but not required.

Complete application materials are available at http://www.grants.gov under
funding opportunity number: F14AS00181. All grant application packages must
be received by June 13, 2014.

LCC staff will host two conference calls to answer questions from
interested applicants on Monday, June 2, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Central Time.

Call-in number:  866-714-8353
Participant Code:  43553755

For additional information regarding this funding opportunity, contact:

Gwen White, Science Coordinator
812-212-7455
gwen_white at fws.gov

Glen Salmon, LCC Coordinator
812-334-4261 ext.211
glen_salmon at fws.gov

For more information about the Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers
LCC, visit http://www.TallgrassPrairieLCC.org
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