This grant is for the critical purpose of monitoring the Grand Ditch restoration project, addressing significant environmental damage caused by the 2003 breach. The breach deposited vast amounts of sediment into Lulu Creek and the Colorado River, severely impacting the Lulu City wetland by diverting the river and creating a permanently saturated meadow. This has drastically altered the historic floodplain vegetation from a diverse tall willow community, crucial for beaver populations, to a less diverse herbaceous wet meadow. Beginning in summer 2017, the restoration aims to reinstate the Colorado River’s historic meander and restore the native riparian community. This grant will fund essential monitoring throughout the two-year restoration period and beyond, ensuring successful ecological recovery and adaptive management.
Opportunity ID: 295136
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P17AS00467 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Grand Ditch Restoration Adaptive Management Monitoring |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.945 — Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 30, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 09, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 09, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 10, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $42,466 |
| Award Ceiling: | $42,466 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | The Grand Ditch breach in 2003 sent tens of thousands of cubic yards of sediment into Lulu Creek and the Colorado River, and a portion of this sediment was eventually deposited in the Lulu City wetland. Impacts from the breach and the need for restoration are documented in the Final EIS. Restoration is planned to begin during the summer of 2017, with heavy machinery operations lasting two years. This proposal outlines the monitoring needs for during and after the restoration process. The final restoration design (Sueltenfuss and Cooper, 2017) is meant to restore the Colorado Riverâ¿¿s historic meander through Lulu City wetland and the tall willow riparian community supported by this landscape. The deposition of material from the 2003 breach, and earlier debris flows, formed a large alluvial fan at the head of Lulu City Wetland and diverted the river from its historic path through the center of the valley to its current path along the western edge of the valley. The debris directing water toward the west edge of the valley, onto topographically high terrain, results in a sheet flow of surface water southeast across the entire meadow toward the historic Colorado River channel, providing continual saturation of the meadow all summer. This permanently saturated regime has altered the vegetation of the historic floodplain from a highly diverse tall willow community conducive to beaver populations to an herbaceous wet meadow dominated by just a few herbaceous species (Carex utriculata, Calamagrostis canadensis and Carex aquatilis). |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Grants Management Specialist Kelly Adams
Kelly_Adams@nps.gov Email:Kelly_Adams@nps.gov |
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Related Documents
Folder 295136 Full Announcement-P17AS00467 -> NPS-NOIP17AS00467.pdf
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