The Great Lakes Northern Forest (GLNF) Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) is a regional network of faculty, specialists, managers, and staff from leading academic institutions, conservation organizations, and federal agencies. All units transcend political and institutional boundaries to improve the scientific base for managing public lands. They provide resource managers with high quality scientific research, technical assistance, and education. The GLNF CESU seeks to resolve resource problems at multiple scales using interdisciplinary ecosystem studies involving the biological, physical, social, and cultural sciences. The GLNF CESU has been hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Department of Forest Resources since 2002.
Machine Learning (ML) of Forest Stand Metrics to Quantify Carbon Storage
This cooperative agreement presented by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is an opportunity to identify criteria to quantifying carbon storage potential in forests and forested wetlands. Specifically, the aim of this research is to quantify the basic forest stand metrics through the application of machine Learning (ML) to remotely sensed data. The project will leverage global data to develop understanding of forest growth and successional conditions at a local level.
Application deadline: April 22, 2023
Effects of Sound in Units of the National Park System
The National Park Service has posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) related to measuring and interpreting responses of wildlife to noise, monitoring noise levels in parks and protected areas, and quantifying the benefits of managing or mitigating noise in units of the National Park System.
Application deadline: June 01, 2023
Lake Huron Phosphorous Efflux
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) seeks applications for: Sampling phosphorous efflux from Lake Huron to learn how concentrations change in the downstream direction and ultimately impact Lake Erie.
Application deadline: April 7, 2023.
Review and Enhance Wild Pig Management in the National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking a partner to (1) review wild pig management efforts across the agency and (2) help develop guidance and tools to enhance ongoing efforts.
Deadline for applications: 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 3, 2023.
Archeology Study on the Lives of Enslaved African Americans at Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manassas National Battlefield in Prince William County, Virginia, is a national park on the site of two major Civil War land battles. Preservation of the wartime landscape has also meant the preservation of agricultural lands that were sites of enslavement for African Americans in the years leading to the Civil War.
The goals of this project are to expand our understanding of the lives of enslaved African Americans and the ways they shaped and experienced the historic landscape, to make tangible connections to places and resources that should be preserved, and to bring greater knowledge and humanity to telling their stories.