USFWS: Wetland Water Quality Assessment Grant at Lostwood WMD Complex

The USFWS is offering a grant to conduct a baseline water quality assessment and establish a long-term monitoring program for wetlands on fee title lands within the Lostwood Complex. The project aims to understand surface water conditions and the impacts of oil and gas development on prairie potholes. Montana Tech will analyze water samples for various parameters, providing comparisons to previous research and establishing a baseline for future monitoring. The grant will support the generation of comprehensive reports for the USFWS to guide future wetland monitoring efforts. Closing date for applications is September 17, 2013.

Opportunity ID: 242533

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	F13AS00374
Funding Opportunity Title::	Water Quality of Wetlands on Fee title Waterfowl Production Areas within Lostwood WMD Complex
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Environment
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::	1
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	15.655 — Migratory Bird Monitoring, Assessment and Conservation
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Sep 12, 2013
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Sep 17, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Sep 17, 2013
Archive Date::	Oct 31, 2013
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 75,000
Award Ceiling::	$175,000
Award Floor::	$29,000

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 a Single Source Cooperative agreement to Montana Tech of the University of Montana for the purpose of water sample analysis.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Fish and Wildlife Service
Description::	The objective is to develop a baseline assessment, and subsequently a longterm monitoring program, of wetlands within fee title lands in the Lostwood Complex. Characteristics of water quality will be used to better understand surface water conditions and impacts of oil and gas development on prairie potholes. Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology and the USGS have extensive databases of results from water samples within Lostwood Complex. Samples were processed by the lab at Montana Tech. Analysis by the same lab is necessary so that sample results from these analyses can be compared to previous research conducted by MBMG, USFWS, and USGS to determine temporal and spatial changes in co produced water contamination. It will also give managers a baseline for future comparison as part of a longterm wetland monitoring program. Grab samples collected by FWS employees will be collected for laboratory analysis at Montana Tech. Montana Tech will provide water quality analysis for the following parameters: major ions, trace elements and other analytical results including, but not limited to, conductivity, hardness, alkalinity as CaCO3, sodium absorption ratio, total petroleum hydrocarbons and dissolved organic carbon. A final report, see attached report for example, for each sample will be provided to USFWS for use in the designing the comprehensive wetland monitoring project mentioned above.
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