The National Park Service is receiving $190M through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to support ecosystem resilience and restoration and climate change vulnerability assessments. The northeast region expects to receive a portion of this funding to initiate one to five projects this year. Potential projects include: 1) Forest resilience, including restoration of degraded sites, removal of invasive species, and/or deer management; 2) Assessing climate change impacts to military and battlefield cultural landscapes; 3) Developing pathways for indigenous knowledge/science methodologies and community-engaged approaches for climate change response; 4) Climate change planning for floodplains; 5) Incorporating operational resilience into National Park Service facility management projects; 6) Restoration of salt marsh, seagrass, and grassland habitat.
Because of the high profile and impact of Inflation Reduction Act projects, the region needs periodic science communication products for each funded project that are clear and informative.
Project Timeline: Funding decisions for projects starting in FY 2023 will be announced by mid-April. If the region receives funding for at least one Inflation Reduction Act project, funds for this project will be obligated by September 30, 2023. If no projects are approved for FY 2023, the region will be requesting multiple projects to start in FY 2024, and funds for this project would be obligated in spring 2024. Once initiated, this project is expected to last for at least five years.
Funding Source: National Park Service
For more information see the Request for Letters of Research Interest.