NSF Org:	DBI Division of Biological Infrastructure
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
Initial Amendment Date:	March 4, 2004
Latest Amendment Date:	August 2, 2006
Award Number:	0330429
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Peter McCartney DBI  Division of Biological Infrastructure BIO  Directorate for Biological Sciences
Start Date:	March 1, 2004
End Date:	October 31, 2008 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$76,270.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$98,815.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2004 = $76,270.00 FY 2006 = $22,545.00
History of Investigator:	William Pockman (Principal Investigator) pockman@unm.edu Donald Natvig (Co-Principal Investigator) Clifford Dahm (Co-Principal Investigator) Scott Collins (Co-Principal Investigator) Robert Parmenter (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of New Mexico 1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE NM  US  87131-0001 (505)277-4186
Sponsor Congressional District:	01
Primary Place of Performance:	University of New Mexico 1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE NM  US  87131-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	01
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	F6XLTRUQJEN4
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	FIELD STATIONS, HUMAN RESOURCES
Primary Program Source:	app-0104  app-0106
Program Reference Code(s):	9150, 9169, 1104, 1228, EGCH, 9251
Program Element Code(s):	110400, 722600
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.074

ABSTRACT

Project Abstract.

A grant has been awarded to the University of New Mexico for improving the research capabilities at the UNM Sevilleta Research Field Station. The Sevilleta field station is located on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in central New Mexico. The station provides logistical field support to a large number of scientists and students studying the ecology, geology, anthropology, and climatology of the Middle Rio Grande Valley. The research and training use of the field station has continued at a high level of activity, having increased dramatically in the early 1990s. Continual increases in the station's role in hosting field research programs, research symposia, workshops, conferences and educational activities have accentuated the need for several improvements and additions in the station's infrastructure. This project will provide funds for (1) enhancement of the field station's water supply for residence and laboratory use, and (2) install a "wireless cloud" of radio relay systems for real-time transmission of data between the Sevilleta station and field-situated computers, data loggers, web-cams, and other automated instruments located across the Sevilleta NWR study areas.

These improvements will enhance not only residence living conditions at the station, but also will substantially improve the infrastructure capability for researchers using the Sevilleta NWR as a field experimental site. The improved, high-quality water system will provide deionized and distilled water for laboratory experiments and measurements of such things as soil texture and plant nutrients. The new water system also will provide better quality potable water for resident researchers and workshop/conference attendees who use the field station facilities throughout the year. The "wireless cloud" will provide the "backbone" transmission system for current and future automated probes, instruments and cameras that provide continuous, real-time measures of many environmental parameters (these include weather data, soil temperatures and moisture levels, carbon dioxide fluctuations, movements of animals, etc.).

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