The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection program has issued its 2010 P. ramorum Request for Proposals (RFP) for management projects.
Approximately $500,000 in grants is available in federal fiscal year 2010. Proposals should focus on: management activities that could limit the impact of Sudden Oak Death in California or southwest Oregon, pathology activities that will provide new information on the spread of P. ramorum, and extension activities to promote relevant information on this pathogen to a broad spectrum of interested stakeholders.
In general, proposals should be for grants of between $5,000 and $100,000 per year. Multiyear, collaborative projects are encouraged.
The submission deadline is January 22, 2010.
For a copy of the announcement or for questions, contact Phil Cannon at pcannon@fs.fed.us or (707) 562-8913.
Photo courtesy of Jack Kelly Clark, courtesy UC Statewide IPM Project
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