2008 Small Grant Program

Updated December 6, 2007

The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department, through its Resource Management Division, is offering small grants for research and biological inventories on open space lands. The purpose of the program is to increase the scientific knowledge of ecosystems found in Boulder County and visitor effects on them.

The department will use the information gained through this research to improve natural resource and public uses on county open space lands. Two categories will be awarded: grants up to $5,000 and grants up to $10,000.

NOTE:  For the purpose of this request, the terms “grant(s)” and/or “proposal(s)” are only used in an informal context.
 

Deadline for 2007 proposals is Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.

Download 2008 Application (89KB doc)

Download 2008 Application (72KB pdf)

Please send proposals to:

Small Grant Program 2008
Attn:  Sukey Williams
Boulder County Parks and Open Space
5201 St. Vrain Road
Longmont, CO  80503


Email inquiries to:

Mark Brennan, Wildlife Biologist, Small Mammals and Birds
mbrennan@co.boulder.co.us

Dave Hoerath, Wildlife Biologist, Large Mammals and Fish
dhoerath@co.boulder.co.us

Chad Julian, Forestry
cjulian@co.boulder.co.us

Claire DeLeo, Plant Ecology
cdeleo@co.boulder.co.us

Pascale Fried, Visitor Issues
pfried@co.boulder.co.us

(Please note, we do not accept emailed submissions.)
 

To be added to the Small Grant Program mailing list for future years, please email swilliams@co.boulder.co.us

Identified Research Needs

Boulder County Parks and Open Space has identified the following research topics as priority needs for natural resource and visitor management. Proposals for projects other than those on the following list will also be accepted.

• Short and long-term prairie dog ecology studies (demographics, plant community dynamics, plague or other disease topics, etc.).
• Impacts of domestic dogs on native wildlife near trails on open space.
• Impacts of passive recreation (equestrians, hikers, mountain bikes) on native wildlife near trails on open space.
• Surveys or inventories on the following wildlife species on open space: Abert’s squirrel, porcupine, Mexican spotted owl and pine marten.
• Comparison of wildlife occurrence and abundance on restored prairie versus native prairie.
• Wildlife species comparisons between thinned and unthinned Ponderosa pine or lodgepole pine forests.
• Effects of forest management (thinning, etc.) on the understory in foothill and montane forests.
• Understory response after wildfires.
• Evaluation of restoration techniques for former agricultural lands, particularly diversity of plants restored.
• Evaluation of integrated noxious weed management techniques.
• Evaluation of selectivity of rangeland herbicides on native flora.
• Russian olive treatment methods.
• Boulder County’s Latino and Hispanic residents’ perception of open space and amenities.
• Boulder County residents’ opinions about carrying capacity indicators on open space.
• Park Visitors opinions about carrying capacity management strategies.
   

Small Grant Program Guidelines outline requirements and due dates for each phase of the grant program and instructions for applying.

A list of previously funded research projects

For more information on the department's Small Grant Program, please contact Sukey Williams at swilliams@co.boulder.co.us.

 

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