Surficial Geologic Mapping along the St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers, St. Croix NSR | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Surficial Geologic Mapping along the St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers, St. Croix NSR" is a National Park Service (NPS) funding action under the U.S. Department of the Interior focused on producing updated surficial geologic maps for key sections of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. The project is described as the second phase of a new mapping effort at SACN, with the University of Wisconsin tasked with delivering 1:100,000-scale surficial geologic maps. The mapping areas include parts of the River Falls West, Prescott, and Hastings quadrangles in Wisconsin along the St. Croix River, as well as the full Bean Lake and Reserve quadrangles along the Namekagon River. In practical terms, the work targets specific mapped quadrangle areas that align with river corridor management needs, using a scale suitable for regional planning and resource assessment while still detailed enough to inform site-level decision making in many contexts.

The core purpose of the project is to strengthen science-based resource management for the park by supplying park managers with essential geologic information about surface materials and landforms. Surficial geology mapping typically documents the distribution of unconsolidated sediments such as glacial till, outwash sands and gravels, alluvium, lake sediments, and related deposits, along with the landforms they create. For a riverway, that kind of information can be directly relevant to erosion and bluff stability, sediment sources and transport, groundwater and surface-water interactions, habitat conditions tied to soil and sediment types, and the siting and maintenance of infrastructure such as trails, landings, roads, and visitor facilities. By clarifying what materials are present at the surface and how they were formed, managers can better anticipate how landscapes may respond to flooding, bank erosion, storm events, and land use pressures in and near the river corridor.

Beyond management utility, the opportunity emphasizes that the mapping has high scientific and technical value because the area records complex glacial history. The St. Croix and Namekagon region was shaped by interactions among retreating ice lobes during the most recent glaciation, leaving behind a patchwork of deposits and landforms that can be difficult to interpret without modern, systematic mapping. Producing updated surficial geologic maps can help refine understanding of how these ice lobes advanced, stagnated, and retreated, how meltwater was routed, and where different depositional environments occurred. That improved geologic framework can support additional research and can also feed into applied questions, such as identifying sand and gravel bodies that influence groundwater movement or recognizing fine-grained deposits that may be prone to slumping when undercut by river erosion.

Administratively, the notice is identified by Funding Opportunity Number P16AS00417 and falls under a discretionary category, using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. It is associated with the Natural Resources funding activity category and CFDA number 15.945. Eligibility is listed for public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, aligning with the named partner, the University of Wisconsin. The announcement date is July 29, 2016, and the notice explicitly states it is not a request for applications. Instead, it serves as public notice of NPS intent to fund the described project without competition, meaning the agency planned a single, direct award rather than an open application process. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $50,000, indicating a relatively focused, project-specific funding amount intended to support the deliverables described, namely the production of the specified 1:100,000 surficial geologic maps for the listed quadrangles along the St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers.

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