The Forest Service is offering this grant to establish aquatic monitoring programs for large-scale restoration projects, aiming to improve stream and watershed health. This grant is for developing and implementing methods to assess environmental impacts and restoration effectiveness. It seeks to pilot the PIBO program to evaluate road system impacts on stream conditions and adapt GRAIP to monitor road-related restoration, identifying risks like sediment and crossing failures. Additionally, the grant will identify climate change impacts on streams within the Crown of the Continent by correlating historical streamflow and temperature data with native trout distributions. This research supports more resilient aquatic ecosystems.
Opportunity ID: 128493
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FWS-R6-AQUATICMONITORINGPROGRAMS |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Establishing aquatic monitoring programs for large-scale restoration projects |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.664 — Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Oct 14, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 15, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 15, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Nov 14, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $39,068 |
| Award Ceiling: | $39,068 |
| Award Floor: | $1,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This is a notice of intent to award this agreement to the Wilderness Society under the Fish and Wildlife Land Conservation Cooperatives. See attached competition and selection process document. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | This synopsis is the full announcement. Objective #1: Pilot and adapt the Forest Service Pacfish Infish Biological Opinion (PIBO Effectiveness Monitoring Program to determine the number of sampling sites required to establish relationships between road systems and current stream and watershed conditions across the landscape. Objective #2: Pilot and adapt the Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP; http://www.fs.fed.us/GRAIP/index.shtml) to facilitate effective monitoring of the effects of road-related restoration projects at both site and watershed scales. GRAIP is a package of intensive sampling protocols and models designed to parameterize and evaluate the production and delivery of fine sediment from forest roads. The process also identifies areas at high risk to shallow landslides, gully initiation and stream crossings at high risk of failure and flow diversion. Objective #3: Identify streams that have been most severely impacted by climate change to date within the Crown of the Continent by correlating streamflow and temperature analyses from 1950-2008 with distributions of threatened and endangered native trout species. The proposed analyses will focus on a subset of the Great Northern Landscape study area in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, with more intensive analyses across the Crown of the Continent (within the United States). |
| Link to Additional Information: | Pacfish Infish Biological Opinion |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Andrea Meyer
Grants Management Specialist Phone 303-236-5412 Email:andrea_meyer@fws.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 128493 Full Announcement-1 -> gnlcc fy11 funding recommendations.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Andrea Meyer Grants Management Specialist Phone 303-236-5412 Email: andrea_meyer@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.664 | PKG00083570 | Oct 14, 2011 | Oct 15, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
128493 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
128493 Project-1.1.pdf
128493 Budget-1.1.pdf
128493 SF424A-1.0.pdf
128493 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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