BLM-UT-VFO Pariette Wetlands Salinity/Selenium Study

Post Date

September 1st 2009

Application Due Date

September 11th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

BLM-UT-RFA-09-1644

CFDA Number(s)

15.236

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $250000

• Award Range:

  $500 - $60000

Grant Description

The purpose of this project is to replicate a study conducted in the 80's and 90's in the Big Wash, Castle Peak, and Pariette drainages and more specifically Pariette Wetlands to evaluate whether water quality contaminate levels have increased, decreased or remain the same. Furthermore the study should help provide a baseline to help determine how certain elements such as Se are partitioned between plants, water, sediments, and representative aquatic animal or waterfowl tissues. This study will provide a unique study opportunity for educational institutions to develop a regionally important study program benefiting federal, state, and private entities as well as provide hands on learning, training, and educational development opportunities for students in physical sciences and water resources in the Uintah Basin. This project will further the science and knowledge base of how Se is portioned in a wetland ecosystem, which is not well understood at this time.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Maria A Gochis
  mgochis@blm.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  mgochis@blm.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  mgochis@blm.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov