Forest Health Protection Evaluation Monitoring Program - fundsforNGOs

Proposals are now being accepted for the Forest Health Protection Evaluation Monitoring Program to evaluate changes in forest health conditions.

Donor Name: U.S Forest Service

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Program

Deadline: 10/17/2022

Grant Duration: 3 Years

Details:

Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) is a cooperative program that enables early detection and evaluation of changes in forest health conditions on all ownerships. The Evaluation Monitoring (EM) component of FHM is designed to evaluate undesirable changes in forest health. Projects funded through EM investigate the extent, severity, and/or causes of forest health problems.

Priority Issues

Shifts in fire regimes
Extreme weather events including drought and high temperatures
Tree mortality
Insect and pathogen outbreaks
Shifts in vegetation patterns including type conversions

Duration

Proposed projects should be 1-3 years in duration.

Priority Issues :

Proposals must address priority issues in at least one of the following categories:

Advance climate informed monitoring through the integration of climate science, remote sensing technology,
Forest Inventory and Analysis, and other datasets. For example:
- Integrate satellite-based remote sensing into aerial and field surveys to broaden Forest Health
  Monitoring survey coverage for early detection and rapid response to climate driven insect and
  disease disturbances.
- Integrate information on drought, rainfall, and temperature changes into the holistic monitoring and
  assessment of wildfires, insect outbreaks, forest blowdowns, and other disturbances.
- Use information on climate and disturbances for early detection and rapid response to invasive
  species in the areas most at risk.
Effects of cross disturbance interactions (e.g., drought, pests, and fire) on forests and forest provided benefits
(e.g. carbon uptake and storage and human health)
Short-term and early detection of disturbances and their effects including:
- Extent, severity, and causes of priority issues (see above)
- Deviations in patterns of vegetation dynamics
- Deviations in expected levels of tree mortality and vigor.