USFWS Natural Resource Program Center (NRPC) WRIA Program 2017 | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The USFWS Natural Resource Program Center (NRPC) WRIA Program 2017 is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI-FWS), Region 7 funding action designed to support water resource inventory and assessment work across the National Wildlife Refuge System in Alaska. The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the project is expected to involve substantial collaboration between the agency and the recipient rather than operating as a hands-off grant. The effort is positioned within the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Network, a federal partnership framework that links agencies with universities and other partners to deliver research, technical assistance, and education in support of natural and cultural resource management. In practical terms, CESU is being used here as the mechanism to formalize a close working relationship and move applied science products into day-to-day refuge management.

This opportunity is explicitly a single-source intended award to the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), specifically through the Alaska Natural Heritage Program (AKNHP). It is not a competitive solicitation: the notice states that it is not a request for proposals and that the government does not intend to accept proposals from other entities. Eligibility is therefore narrowly aligned with public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, but in reality the announcement signals a continuation of an existing cooperative relationship with UAA under the North and West Alaska CESU. The intent is to keep ongoing water-resource and geospatial work moving forward without restarting the program through a new competitive process.

The program focus is technical and data-driven. USFWS is making funding available to support data analysis, geospatial data collection, continued construction and maintenance of a GIS geodatabase, and production of geospatial mapping products needed for Water Resource Inventory and Assessments (WRIA). These outputs are meant to strengthen the Service's ability to understand, track, and manage water-related habitats on Alaska refuges, where hydrology and aquatic systems are central to fish and wildlife conservation outcomes. The work described suggests a combination of compiling and standardizing datasets, developing consistent geospatial layers, and generating map products and analyses that can be used by refuge staff and regional water resource specialists for planning, habitat management, and decision support.

Funding is described as approximately $40,000 per year over a six-year period, emphasizing sustained, incremental support for an ongoing workflow rather than a one-time research project. The posting also lists an award ceiling of $500,000 and an expected number of awards of one, consistent with the single-source, multi-year cooperative agreement approach. The activity categories attached to the opportunity reflect its interdisciplinary nature: environment and natural resources, information and statistics, science and technology, and broader research and development, with an applied regional development angle given Alaska refuge management needs.

Administratively, the opportunity is identified by Funding Opportunity Number F16AS00190 under CFDA 15.678. It was created and posted on April 28, 2016, with a closing date of June 1, 2016, though the closing date is largely procedural here because the government is not seeking competing applications. Overall, the grant can be understood as a continuation funding vehicle that keeps USFWS and UAA/AKNHP jointly producing and managing the GIS and analytical backbone needed to support water resource inventories and assessments for Alaska's National Wildlife Refuges.

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