The Discovery Pool research grant program was established by CNHA to encourage and provide funding for research partnerships between qualified scientists and our federal National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and US Forest Service partners in southeastern Utah.
The CNHA Board of Trustees met on January 25 to evaluate grant proposals for Discovery Pool projects for 2024. The projects listed below will receive research grants totaling $159,000. Since Discovery Pool's inception in 2007, CNHA’s Discovery Pool has awarded $950,250 in grants.
Bears Ears Digital Cultural Heritage Initiative
Principal Investigator: Eric J Heller
Agency Affiliation: USFS and BLM
Identifying Resilient Food Webs in a Changing West
Principal Investigator: Moria Robinson
Agency Affiliation: USFS
Assessing Pinyon-Juniper Mortality Across Southeast Utah Group National Parks
Principal Investigator: Seth Munson
Agency Affiliation: NPS
Ecological Interactions between American Pikas and Mountain Goats in the
La Sal Mountains
Principal Investigators: Mallory Sandoval Lambert
Agency Affiliation: USFS
Surveying for the Rare Stonefly, Gaufinia cristata, to Inform Management
Principal Investigator: Scott Hotaling
Agency Affiliation: USFS
Pack Creek Fire Restoration in the Pinyon-Juniper Forest
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Finger-Higgens
Agency Affiliation: USFS
Impacts of Increasing Noise and Bighorn Sheep
Principal Investigator: Joel Berger
Agency Affiliation: BLM and NPS
Congratulations to the principal investigators and their teams! We look forward to the valuable insights and discoveries that will emerge from their dedicated efforts.
To learn more about Discovery Pool, see previous projects, and see how to apply for 2025, visit our website. If you would like to help support our Discovery Pool research grant, you can donate or become a member!
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