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Apply for FWS R6 AQUATICMONITORINGPROGRAMS
- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Establishing aquatic monitoring programs for large scale restoration projects" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.664 Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance Programs.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 14, 2011 and posted on Oct 14, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 15, 2011. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $39,068.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $39,068.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- 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.
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Opportunity Summary:
This grant opportunity, titled "Establishing aquatic monitoring programs for large scale restoration projects" (Funding Opportunity Number: FWS R6 AQUATICMONITORINGPROGRAMS), was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discretionary grant focused on building practical, field-ready monitoring approaches to support large restoration efforts across streams and watersheds in the northern Rocky Mountain region. The funding activity falls under Environment and Natural Resources and is tied to CFDA 15.664 (Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance Programs). The total estimated funding for the effort was $39,068, with an award ceiling of $39,068 and an award floor of $1,000, and it anticipated making one award. There was no cost share or matching requirement.
The technical core of the opportunity centered on developing and testing monitoring methods that can link land management actions, especially those associated with road systems, to measurable conditions in streams and watersheds. A major theme is that restoration at large scales needs monitoring designs that are robust enough to detect patterns across a landscape, while still being feasible for agencies and partners to implement over time. The project was designed to pilot and adapt existing, well-known Forest Service tools rather than inventing an entirely new framework, which suggests an emphasis on using proven protocols and improving their applicability to the specific restoration context.
Objective 1 focused on piloting and adapting the Forest Service PACFISH/INFISH Biological Opinion (PIBO) Effectiveness Monitoring Program. The intent here was to determine how many sampling sites would be needed to confidently establish relationships between road networks and current stream and watershed conditions across a broad landscape. In practical terms, this objective is about sampling design and statistical power: figuring out site density and placement so that monitoring can detect how roads correlate with indicators of aquatic habitat condition, channel form, riparian status, or other watershed metrics. The deliverable implied by this objective is guidance on monitoring intensity and site selection to support landscape-scale inference, not just site-by-site observations.
Objective 2 focused on piloting and adapting the Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP) to monitor the effects of road-related restoration projects at both the project (site) scale and the larger watershed scale. GRAIP is described as a set of intensive field protocols and models aimed at quantifying fine sediment production and delivery from forest roads, which is a key mechanism by which roads degrade aquatic habitat. The synopsis also highlights GRAIP's ability to identify higher-risk problem areas, including locations susceptible to shallow landslides, gully initiation, and stream crossings that are prone to failure or flow diversion. In the context of restoration, this objective points toward using GRAIP not only as an assessment tool, but also as a monitoring platform that can show whether road improvements are reducing sediment risk and improving watershed function, and can help prioritize future fixes by pinpointing the most failure-prone features.
Objective 3 shifted from roads to climate-related impacts on coldwater streams, aiming to identify which streams in the Crown of the Continent have already been most severely affected by climate change. The approach described was to correlate historical streamflow and water temperature analyses from 1950 to 2008 with the distributions of threatened and endangered native trout species. This objective implies a vulnerability screening effort that combines long-term hydrologic and thermal trends with biological conservation priorities, with the practical outcome being a map or ranked set of streams where climate-driven changes may already be constraining native trout persistence. The geographic emphasis was a subset of the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative study area spanning parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, with more intensive analysis across the Crown of the Continent within the United States.
Administratively, the announcement indicates this was effectively a targeted award: it served as a notice of intent to award an agreement to The Wilderness Society under the Fish and Wildlife Land Conservation Cooperatives framework, with reference to an attached competition and selection process document for context. The opportunity was posted on October 14, 2011, with an original and current closing date of October 15, 2011, and an archive date of November 14, 2011, reflecting a very short application window consistent with a planned or directed agreement. A grants management contact was listed (Andrea Meyer, phone 303-236-5412) for assistance accessing the full announcement electronically.
Overall, the opportunity can be summarized as a small, single-award grant intended to strengthen aquatic monitoring for large-scale restoration by (1) adapting PIBO to design landscape-scale sampling tied to roads and watershed condition, (2) adapting GRAIP to track sediment and failure-risk changes associated with road restoration at multiple scales, and (3) integrating historical flow and temperature trends with native trout distributions to identify climate-impacted priority streams in the Crown of the Continent and surrounding Great Northern Landscape area.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the title of this grant opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "Establishing aquatic monitoring programs for large scale restoration projects."
What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is FWS R6 AQUATICMONITORINGPROGRAMS.
Which federal agency offered this grant?
This was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) discretionary grant opportunity.
What program area or topic does this funding fall under?
The funding activity falls under Environment and Natural Resources and is tied to CFDA 15.664 (Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance Programs).
What was the main purpose of the grant?
The main purpose was to build practical, field-ready aquatic monitoring approaches that support large restoration efforts across streams and watersheds in the northern Rocky Mountain region, with a strong emphasis on monitoring designs that can detect landscape-scale patterns and remain feasible to implement over time.
What was the total estimated funding amount?
The total estimated funding was $39,068.
What were the award ceiling and award floor?
The award ceiling was $39,068 and the award floor was $1,000.
How many awards were anticipated?
The announcement anticipated making one award.
Was cost share or matching required?
No. The announcement stated there was no cost share or matching requirement.
What kind of monitoring approach did the opportunity emphasize?
The opportunity emphasized adapting and piloting existing, well-known Forest Service tools (rather than creating an entirely new framework) to make monitoring robust enough for landscape-scale inference while still being practical for agencies and partners to implement.
What restoration impacts were a key focus of the monitoring work?
A central theme was linking land management actions, especially those associated with road systems, to measurable stream and watershed conditions.
What were the main objectives of the project?
There were three objectives: (1) pilot and adapt the Forest Service PACFISH/INFISH Biological Opinion (PIBO) Effectiveness Monitoring Program for landscape-scale sampling design tied to roads and watershed condition, (2) pilot and adapt the Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP) to monitor road-related restoration effects at project and watershed scales, and (3) identify coldwater streams in the Crown of the Continent most severely affected by climate change by correlating historical streamflow and temperature trends with threatened and endangered native trout distributions.
What is Objective 1 about (PIBO)?
Objective 1 focused on piloting and adapting the PIBO Effectiveness Monitoring Program to determine how many sampling sites would be needed to confidently establish relationships between road networks and current stream and watershed conditions across a broad landscape. The intent was to produce guidance on monitoring intensity (site density) and site selection to support landscape-scale inference.
What practical outcome was implied by Objective 1?
The implied deliverable was guidance for sampling design: how dense the network of monitoring sites should be, and how sites should be placed, so monitoring can detect correlations between roads and indicators of stream or watershed condition across a landscape (not just at individual sites).
What is Objective 2 about (GRAIP)?
Objective 2 focused on piloting and adapting GRAIP to monitor the effects of road-related restoration projects at both the project (site) scale and the larger watershed scale.
What does GRAIP measure or quantify in this context?
GRAIP was described as intensive field protocols and models used to quantify fine sediment production and delivery from forest roads, a major mechanism by which roads can degrade aquatic habitat.
What kinds of problem areas can GRAIP help identify?
The synopsis highlighted that GRAIP can help identify higher-risk road-related problem areas, including locations susceptible to shallow landslides, gully initiation, and stream crossings prone to failure or flow diversion.
How was GRAIP intended to be used for restoration monitoring (not just assessment)?
Within this opportunity, GRAIP was positioned as a monitoring platform that could show whether road improvements are reducing sediment risk and improving watershed function, and also help prioritize future fixes by pinpointing the most failure-prone features.
What is Objective 3 about (climate impacts and trout)?
Objective 3 aimed to identify which coldwater streams in the Crown of the Continent have already been most severely affected by climate change, using correlations between historical streamflow and water temperature analyses (1950 to 2008) and the distributions of threatened and endangered native trout species.
What time period of hydrologic and temperature data was referenced for Objective 3?
The opportunity referenced historical streamflow and water temperature analyses from 1950 to 2008.
What biological conservation focus was explicitly mentioned?
The objective explicitly referenced threatened and endangered native trout species and their distributions as part of the climate-impact screening approach.
What geographic area did the project focus on?
The work emphasized the northern Rocky Mountain region, with a subset of the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative study area spanning parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, and a more intensive analysis across the Crown of the Continent within the United States.
Was this an open competitive opportunity or a targeted award?
Administratively, the announcement indicated it was effectively a targeted award and served as a notice of intent to award an agreement to The Wilderness Society under the Fish and Wildlife Land Conservation Cooperatives framework.
When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
It was posted on October 14, 2011. The original and current closing date was October 15, 2011.
Why was the application window so short?
The information provided notes the very short application window was consistent with a planned or directed agreement (a notice of intent to award), rather than a typical longer open application period.
When was the opportunity archived?
The archive date was November 14, 2011.
Who was the grants management contact listed in the announcement?
The grants management contact listed was Andrea Meyer (phone 303-236-5412) for assistance accessing the full announcement electronically.
What was the overall summary of what this single award was intended to accomplish?
It was a small, single-award effort intended to strengthen aquatic monitoring for large-scale restoration by: (1) adapting PIBO to design landscape-scale sampling tied to roads and watershed condition, (2) adapting GRAIP to track sediment and failure-risk changes associated with road restoration at multiple scales, and (3) integrating historical flow and temperature trends with native trout distributions to identify climate-impacted priority streams in the Crown of the Continent and surrounding Great Northern Landscape area.
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