Provide technical assistance and acquire, refine, analyze, and summarize data for the USFWSs Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program requirementss pursuant to the Central Valley Project Improvement Act | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F13AS00006) was a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) under CFDA 15.512, Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), Title XXXIV. It was posted and created on November 1, 2012, with an application closing date of November 14, 2012. The agency anticipated making a single award, with an estimated total funding amount of $149,000. The maximum (ceiling) amount for an award was $149,000, and the minimum (floor) was listed as $0. There was no cost-sharing or matching requirement. Eligible applicants were limited to state governments, reflecting the program’s focus on partnering with public agencies that manage, collect, or maintain fisheries and monitoring data.

The core purpose of the award was to support technical assistance and data work needed for the USFWS Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program as required under the CVPIA. In practical terms, the project centered on improving how key fish monitoring information is organized, preserved, and made usable for analysis and reporting. The specific task described in the announcement was to develop standardized databases and spreadsheets and to compile and migrate historical data on adult Chinook salmon escapement survey results from California’s Central Valley into those standardized formats. “Escapement” data generally refers to counts or estimates of adult salmon returning to freshwater systems to spawn, which is a foundational metric for evaluating population status, trends over time, and responses to management actions.

The work implied by the description includes acquiring or locating historical source records, refining and cleaning the data to address inconsistencies, and then organizing it into consistent database structures and spreadsheet templates. Standardization is important because escapement survey data often spans many years, multiple watersheds, different survey methods, and varying documentation practices. Migrating historical data into a unified structure typically involves reconciling site names and codes, standardizing dates and units, documenting survey methodologies where possible, handling missing or uncertain values, and creating clear metadata so future users can understand what the numbers represent and how they were collected. The end result would be a more coherent, accessible dataset that can be efficiently analyzed and summarized for programmatic assessments tied to CVPIA obligations.

Because the funding instrument was a cooperative agreement, the project was expected to involve substantial involvement by the federal agency compared with a standard grant. In many such agreements, USFWS may provide direction on data standards, formatting requirements, quality assurance expectations, and deliverable review to ensure the final databases align with the Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program’s needs. The funding activity category was listed as Science and Technology and other Research and Development, which fits the emphasis on data infrastructure, analysis readiness, and monitoring support rather than on field sampling alone.

For applicants or interested parties seeking the full announcement at the time, the opportunity was available through Grants.gov, and the listed point of contact for access issues was Susie Mckean at the USFWS (phone 916-414-6616, email susanmckean@fws.gov).

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