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Opportunity Summary:

This grant opportunity, issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on behalf of the Department of the Interior, focuses on producing a public-facing educational product that explains the Klamath Basin settlement process and, specifically, the Secretarial Determination (SD) related to the potential removal of four privately owned dams on the Klamath River. The core purpose is communication and public education: the Service wanted a comprehensive booklet centered on an educational poster map that could translate complicated, science-driven water and fisheries issues into something the general public can understand. The map and booklet were intended to be printed and widely distributed as a key tool to support meaningful public involvement in the SD process, aligning with the Administration emphasis at the time on openness and transparency in government decision-making.

The background for the project is the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement signed in February 2010 by the Secretary of the Interior. That agreement laid out a pathway for the Secretary to decide whether dam removal should move forward. The SD required the Secretary to evaluate two main criteria: first, whether removing the dams would benefit anadromous fish (species that migrate between the ocean and freshwater, such as salmon), and second, whether removing the dams would serve the public interest. The Secretarys determination was scheduled to be made by March 2012, which created a time-sensitive need for clear explanatory materials that could help communities understand the decision framework, the science being used, and the tradeoffs involved.

The main product described is an educational poster map of the Klamath Basin accompanied by explanatory content. The map was expected to show how water is used and allocated across the basin and to highlight key points of interest tied to the settlement process and regional water issues. Beyond the map itself, the deliverables included captions, explanatory text, photographs, graphs, charts, and other supporting visuals or data displays. The emphasis was on producing something readable, well organized, visually engaging, and accurate, with enough context to help non-specialists follow the SD process and understand why dam removal was being considered and how it related to the basins broader water management challenges.

The deliverables were structured around close, iterative coordination with a federal point of contact. The selected cooperator was expected to work directly with the federal communications team throughout design and production, providing updates and drafts and making reasonable revisions as feedback came in. Early in the project, the cooperator had to develop a list of needed materials, datasets, maps, agency contacts, and other inputs within one week of award. The government point of contact would then provide requested information within one week, and both sides would work to keep edits organized through an agreed editorial calendar, including review milestones, printing schedules, and distribution planning. This arrangement underscores that the project was as much about managing a disciplined communications workflow as it was about graphic design and content development.

Roles and responsibilities were spelled out on both sides. The federal point of contact was Matthew Baun, Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office), who would be available immediately after award for planning and consultation. The government committed to supplying content in a timely and organized manner, including images, graphics, text, maps, photographs, and potentially audio or video files, so the contractor could build an informed and technically accurate final product. The cooperator, in turn, was responsible for assembling and designing the final booklet and poster map package, incorporating the technical information in a way that the public could readily use.

In terms of schedule and funding, the project was designed to be completed quickly relative to the SD decision timeline. The general delivery target was a final product within nine months of award, with an overall estimated completion window of about nine to twelve months. The total budget was fixed at $25,000, with both the award floor and award ceiling listed as $25,000, and there was no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The funding instrument type was a grant, categorized under discretionary funding, with the activity category listed as Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and it fell under CFDA 15.608 (Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance).

A key practical detail in this announcement is that it functioned as a notice of intent rather than a competitive solicitation. The listing explicitly states that the agreement was awarded to the Water Education Foundation and that no other applications would be reviewed. Eligibility is therefore largely moot in practice, because the recipient was pre-selected under a specific departmental authority (cited as 505 DM 2.14(4)) based on unique qualifications. The posting date and creation date were both July 9, 2010, and contact information for administrative access issues was provided through Misty Bradford, Cooperative Agreements Assistant, at the Yreka office.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a targeted public communication project tied to a major, high-profile natural resource decision. Instead of funding new primary scientific research, it funded the translation and presentation of existing technical and policy information into an educational, visually driven format that could help residents, stakeholders, and interested members of the public engage with the Secretarial Determination process in an informed way.

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