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- The Bureau of Reclamation Pacific Northwest Region in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "South Fork Boise River Hydrodynamic Modeling Project" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.517 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 14, 2012 and posted on Aug 14, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 28, 2012. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $333,698.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $333,698.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
- The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network is a national consortium of federal agencies, academic institutions, tribal, state, and local governments, nongovernmental conservation organizations, and other partners working together to support informed public trust resource stewardship. The CESU Network includes nearly 300 partners, including 13 federal agencies, in 17 CESUs representing biogeographic regions encompassing all 50 states and U.S. territories. The CESU Network is well positioned as a platform to support research, technical assistance, education and capacity building that is responsive to long standing and contemporary science and resource management priorities. The Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (PNW CESU) is a cooperative venture between 17 leading academic institutions in the Pacific Northwest region, one state agency and ten federal land management and natural resource research organizations. Reclamation and U of I are partners under the PNW CESU, which is part of the CESU Network.
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Opportunity Summary:
The South Fork Boise River Hydrodynamic Modeling Project is a Bureau of Reclamation (Pacific Northwest Region) grant opportunity focused on improving understanding of how dam operations influence river conditions and, in turn, bull trout behavior and habitat in the Boise River basin of southwestern Idaho. The Boise River watershed spans about 5,700 km and is divided into three main sub-basins (North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork). River flows throughout the system are heavily regulated by three federal reservoirs: Lucky Peak, Anderson Ranch, and Arrowrock. Within this setting, the project zeroes in on the roughly 28-mile reach of the South Fork Boise River (SFBR) between Anderson Ranch Dam and Arrowrock Reservoir, where streamflow is largely dictated by release decisions from Anderson Ranch Dam.
A central issue behind the project is that Anderson Ranch Dam is operated for irrigation, flood control, and hydropower generation, and its releases typically draw from deeper reservoir water (the hypolimnion). This means the discharged water tends to be cold and relatively stable in temperature compared to what the river would experience naturally. As a result, both the shape of the hydrograph (how flows rise and fall over time) and the downstream temperature regime depart from natural conditions. While these operational effects on flow and temperature are understood in a general sense, the specific consequences for fish behavior, especially how bull trout respond to changing discharges and temperature conditions, are described as not well known.
To address this gap, Reclamation proposed entering into a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Idaho (U of I) to develop hydrodynamic flow models and a water temperature model for the targeted SFBR reach. A key technical foundation for the work is high-resolution topographic data collected in 2007 using an Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) sensor. Because EAARL uses a narrow green-wavelength beam capable of mapping submerged terrain, it can capture channel and near-channel bathymetry that is critical for realistic hydraulic modeling. U of I would use this existing lidar dataset to build the models needed to simulate how different release patterns from Anderson Ranch Dam translate into depth, velocity, inundation patterns, and temperature conditions downstream.
The modeling is intended to directly support operational questions that matter for bull trout, which use the South Fork Boise River for overwintering and rearing. One major application is identifying ramping rates (how quickly flows are increased or decreased) that could create or isolate pools and lead to fish stranding as water levels drop. The project also aims to run multiple ramping and release scenarios to better understand how changes in discharge, along with tributary inflows and temperature shifts, may affect bull trout movement and survival within the Boise basin. More broadly, the models are expected to evaluate physical factors that may limit bull trout production in this regulated river corridor, giving Reclamation a stronger science basis for managing releases in ways that balance reservoir purposes with aquatic resource stewardship.
Administratively, this was a discretionary funding opportunity offered as a Cooperative Agreement under CFDA 15.517 (Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act). The opportunity anticipated a single award with an estimated total funding amount of $333,698 (with the ceiling listed at $333,698 and a nominal floor of $1) and did not require cost sharing or matching. Eligibility was limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, aligned with the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) framework; specifically, Reclamation and the University of Idaho are partners in the Pacific Northwest CESU. The opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number R12SS11011) was posted August 14, 2012, with a closing date of August 28, 2012, and was later archived on September 27, 2012. For access issues, the listed contact was Melinda Ritacco, Financial Assistance Specialist, at 208-378-5103 and mritacco@usbr.gov, with additional details hosted through Grants.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the South Fork Boise River Hydrodynamic Modeling Project?
It is a Bureau of Reclamation (Pacific Northwest Region) grant opportunity focused on improving understanding of how dam operations influence river conditions (flow and temperature) and how those changes may affect bull trout behavior and habitat in the Boise River basin of southwestern Idaho.
2) What geographic area does the project focus on?
The work targets an approximately 28-mile reach of the South Fork Boise River (SFBR) between Anderson Ranch Dam and Arrowrock Reservoir.
3) Why is this particular river reach important?
In this corridor, streamflow is largely dictated by release decisions from Anderson Ranch Dam, making it a key place to evaluate how operational changes translate into downstream physical and thermal conditions that may matter to bull trout.
4) What is the broader watershed context for this project?
The Boise River watershed spans about 5,700 km and is divided into three main sub-basins: the North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork. River flows are heavily regulated by three federal reservoirs: Lucky Peak, Anderson Ranch, and Arrowrock.
5) Which dam operations are central to the problem the project is trying to address?
The project centers on how Anderson Ranch Dam operations (for irrigation, flood control, and hydropower generation) influence downstream conditions in the South Fork Boise River.
6) What operational effect on water temperature is described in the opportunity?
Releases from Anderson Ranch Dam typically draw from deeper reservoir water (the hypolimnion). This discharged water tends to be cold and relatively stable in temperature compared to what the river would experience under natural conditions.
7) How do dam releases affect the river beyond temperature?
The opportunity notes that both the shape of the hydrograph (how flows rise and fall over time) and the downstream temperature regime depart from natural conditions due to dam operations.
8) What knowledge gap is the project trying to fill?
While operational effects on flow and temperature are understood generally, the specific consequences for fish behavior are described as not well known, particularly how bull trout respond to changing discharges and temperature conditions.
9) What kinds of models would be developed under this project?
Reclamation proposed developing hydrodynamic flow models and a water temperature model for the targeted South Fork Boise River reach.
10) What river characteristics are the hydrodynamic models expected to simulate?
The models are intended to simulate how different release patterns from Anderson Ranch Dam translate into downstream depth, velocity, inundation patterns, and temperature conditions.
11) What data source is highlighted as a technical foundation for the modeling?
High-resolution topographic data collected in 2007 using an Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) sensor is identified as a key foundation.
12) Why is EAARL lidar useful for this project?
EAARL uses a narrow green-wavelength beam capable of mapping submerged terrain, allowing it to capture channel and near-channel bathymetry that is critical for realistic hydraulic modeling.
13) Who was the intended project partner under the Cooperative Agreement?
Reclamation proposed entering into a Cooperative Agreement with the University of Idaho (U of I) to develop the hydrodynamic flow models and a water temperature model.
14) How is bull trout use of the South Fork Boise River described?
The opportunity states that bull trout use the South Fork Boise River for overwintering and rearing.
15) What is meant by “ramping rates,†and why are they important here?
Ramping rates are how quickly flows are increased or decreased. The project is intended to help identify ramping rates that could create or isolate pools and lead to fish stranding as water levels drop.
16) What kinds of scenarios would the project evaluate?
The project aims to run multiple ramping and release scenarios to better understand how changes in discharge, along with tributary inflows and temperature shifts, may affect bull trout movement and survival within the Boise basin.
17) What management questions are the models intended to support?
The modeling is meant to directly support operational questions relevant to bull trout, including how release patterns and ramping rates may alter habitat conditions and risk of stranding.
18) What broader outcome is Reclamation expecting from the modeling work?
The models are expected to evaluate physical factors that may limit bull trout production in this regulated river corridor and provide a stronger science basis for managing releases in ways that balance reservoir purposes with aquatic resource stewardship.
19) What type of federal funding mechanism was used?
This was a discretionary funding opportunity offered as a Cooperative Agreement.
20) What CFDA program number is associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is listed under CFDA 15.517 (Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act).
21) What was the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number provided is R12SS11011.
22) How much funding was anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated a single award with an estimated total funding amount of $333,698. The ceiling was listed as $333,698 and the nominal floor was listed as $1.
23) Was cost sharing or matching required?
No cost sharing or matching was required.
24) How many awards were expected?
The opportunity anticipated a single award.
25) Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, aligned with the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) framework.
26) How does the CESU framework relate to this opportunity?
The opportunity notes that Reclamation and the University of Idaho are partners in the Pacific Northwest CESU, and the eligibility limitation is aligned with that CESU arrangement.
27) When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
It was posted on August 14, 2012, and the closing date was August 28, 2012.
28) Is this opportunity still open?
No. The notice states it was later archived on September 27, 2012.
29) Where were additional details hosted?
Additional details were hosted through Grants.gov.
30) Who was the contact for access issues and what information was provided?
The listed contact for access issues was Melinda Ritacco, Financial Assistance Specialist, at 208-378-5103 and mritacco@usbr.gov.
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