Grants & Contracts

RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS:

  • Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund of the American Museum, 1975 – $600; University of California Regents' Research Grant, 1975, 1977 – $1,000; University of California Graduate Student Patent Fund, 1975 – $600; University of Wyoming, Jackson Hole Research Station, 1975 – $300 for studies of the migration ecology of western wood warblers.
  • University of Montana, Research Advisory Council, 1978; 1982—$3,800 for studies of avian foraging behavior in relation to food availability.
  • USDI Fish and Wildlife Service 1979-1981—$20,000 for study of riparian bird communities in western Montana.
  • McIntire-Stennis Coop. Forestry Research Grant, 1979, 1988—$6,500 for studies of trends in populations of migratory birds in Montana, and effects of timber harvesting on bird communities.
  • World Wildlife Fund-U.S./Smithsonian Institution, 1983-1985—$35,500 for study of distributional ecology of migratory landbirds in Mexico.
  • NSF-MONTS, 1986, 1988—$22,100 for studies of distribution and foraging behavior of forest birds in relation to spruce budworm density.
  • National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration (#4062-89), 1989-1991—$25,000 for study of bird distribution in relation to the landscape context of forest fires.
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 1990-1993—$186,385 for study of land use effects on migratory landbirds in western Mexico.
  • USDA Forest Service Coop. Agreement (PSW-91-0007CA), 1991-1992—$50,980 for modeling population trends of western neotropical migrant birds.
  • USDA Forest Service (RFQ 1-865), 1991-1992—$13,000 for study of monitoring methods for neotropical migrants.
  • USDA Forest Service (RFQ 0353-1-8), 1991-1992—$9,900 for bird monitoring study on the Clearwater National Forest.
  • National Park Service, 1992-1993—$34,600 for study of response of cavity-nesting birds to the 1988 fires in Glacier National Park.
  • Bureau of Land Management, 1992—$3,400 for study of distribution patterns of riparian birds on Hoodoo Mountain, Montana.
  • USDA Forest Service (Contract #53-0343-2-00207), 1991-1994—$235,075 for modeling habitat distribution and monitoring neotropical migratory birds in Region I.
  • USDA Forest Service (INT-94907-RJVA), 1994-1996—$33,000 for multi-scale analysis of habitat use by Flammulated Owls in the Bitterroot Mountains, Montana.
  • McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program (MONZ #9504), 1995-1996—$14,000 to study “Abundance and nest success of cavity-nesting birds in salvage-logged and uncut patches within a burned forest on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Game Range, Montana.”
  • USDA Forest Service (Contract #53-0343-5-00012), 1995-1996—$151,979 for modeling habitat distribution and monitoring neotropical migratory birds in Region I.
  • USDI Bureau of Land Management (PO-1422EO70P50036) 1995—$5,000 to supplement the USDA Forest Service-funded project on monitoring migratory songbirds.
  • Plum Creek Timber Company (Check 191090) 1995—$5,000 to supplement the USDA Forest Service-funded project on monitoring migratory songbirds.
  • USDA Forest Service (53-0343-7-0007), 1996-1997—$75,000 for continuing support of project on “Monitoring population trends and habitat use of neotropical migratory landbirds in Region I.”
  • USDI Bureau of Land Management (PO-1422EO70P60126) 1996—$5,000 to supplement the USDA Forest Service-funded project on monitoring migratory songbirds
  • USDA Forest Service (43-0343-7-0105), 1997—$18,000 for analysis of tradeoffs associated with alternative monitoring protocols.
  • USDA Forest Service (53-0343-7-0007), 1997-2002—$499,271 for monitoring population trends and habitat use of neotropical migratory landbirds in Region I
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 1 January-31 December 1998—$40,000 for support of the Northern Region Landbird Monitoring Program.
  • USDI National Park Service, 1 March 1998-31 December 2000 (#98-7; #99-9)—$12,273 for project on “Effects of management-ignited prescribed fire on birds in Saguaro National Park, Arizona.”
  • National Park Foundation, 15 September 1998-14 September 2001—$75,000 for support of Karen Short as a Canon-National Parks Science Scholar.
  • USDA-CSREES Strengthening Award, 1 October 1998-30 September 1999—$59,508 for support of “Effects of fire on wildlife populations: a synthesis of literature and a field investigation.”
  • USDI National Park Service, 1 May 2000-30 September 2001—$6,897 in support of an investigation of “The effects of surface fires on birds and arthropods in southwestern ponderosa pine forests: an experimental approach.”
  • National Science Foundation, 1 June 2000-30 May 2001—$77,632 for support of “Central computer network at the University of Montana Field Research Station at Fort Missoula,” Ken Dial, Erick Greene, Tom Martin, and Richard Hutto, co-PIs
  • USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 5 September 2000-14 January 2001—$3,750 for study on “Use of dispersal to refine survival estimates in Yellow Warblers”
  • PPL-Montana, 2002-2005—$400,000 for “A study of the distribution, nest success, and physiological condition of birds in relation to vegetation structure and land use along the Missouri and Madison river corridors”
  • BLM, 2002-2005—$100,000 for “A study of the distribution, nest success, and physiological condition of birds in relation to vegetation structure and land use along the Missouri and Madison river corridors”
  • USDA Forest Service (#03-CR-11015600-019), 2003-2008—$407,810 for agreement to conduct landbird monitoring and develop educational opportunities at the University of Montana.
  • MT Department of Environmental Quality/EPA Wetland Program, 2003-2005 – $99,813 for “Assessing the Biological Integrity of Wetlands in Montana using Bird Communities”
  • USFS-RMRS, 2003-2006 – $343,750 for study of “Patterns of plant, bird, amphibian, and small mammal occurrence in salvage-logged and unsalvaged burned conifer forests in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana” (with L. Marcum, K. Foresman and P. Alaback)
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 1 May 2003-30 April 2005 – $85,000 for “Montana bird conservation partnership.”
  • Plum Creek Timber Company, 1 May 2003-30 April 2004 – $3,000 for helping to develop an integrated bird monitoring program, awarded 20 May 2003.
  • Great Basin Bird Observatory, 2004-2005 – $10,000 to aid in the “establishment of a coordinated bird monitoring program in Montana.”
  • Joint Fire Sciences Program, 2004-2007 – $325,000 to study “The influence of local and landscape conditions on the occurrence and abundance of Black-backed Woodpeckers in burned forest patches,” (Deb Austin and Sallie Hejl, co-PIs).
  • USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, 2004-2006 – $40,000 for study of bird distribution and indicators of bird health in relation to riparian bottomland conditions in Sonora, Mexico.
  • Montana Natural History Center and the Bullitt Foundation, 2005 -- $8,036 for development of a “Wildland Fire Education Program.”
  • BLM (M25310), 2004-2005 -- $10,000 for development of web site for the Montana Birding and Nature Trail.
  • USDA CSREES National Research Initiative, 2006-2010 -- $466,000 to model bird-habitat relationships and build information transfer capability at the Avian Science Center.
  • PPL-MT, 2006-2007 -- $47,715 to evaluate the success of a habitat restoration project on the Madison River, MT.
    • USDI Glacier National Park, 2006-2007 -- $25,000 to conduct bird survey work in association with JFSP-sponsored fire research.
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, 2006 -- $4,598 for conducting education about river restoration via a bird-banding station at Beavertail Hill State Park.
  • Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, 2006 -- $3,011 for conducting bird survey in association with a multi-agency Big Hole River restoration project.
  • MT Department of Justice, 2006-2007 -- $24,995 for a “Bird’s-eye view riparian watershed education program” to be conducted in the Clark Fork River basin.