Lower American River Juvenile Salmonid Monitoring Project

Post Date

February 3rd 2012

Application Due Date

March 9th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

F12AS00056A

CFDA Number(s)

15.648

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligible applicants are limited to those institutions, organizations or individuals with experience in experimental design and implementation of studies involving egg, larval, and juvenile salmonids. Applications from federal agencies or employees of federal agencies cannot be considered.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $400000

• Award Range:

  $400000 - $400000

Grant Description

Funding is available through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anadromous Fish Restoration Program to develop and implement a program to monitor the egg, larvae, and juvenile life stages of Chinook salmon and steelhead in the lower American River (LAR), Sacramento County, California. The purpose of the work is to assess the effectiveness of Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) habitat restoration actions on Chinook salmon and steelhead populations in the LAR and to provide guidance for future actions. The fundamental objective for this project is to assess the effectiveness of Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) habitat restoration actions on Chinook salmon and steelhead populations in the LAR and to provide guidance for future actions. The project will design and implement a monitoring program that will inform what restoration actions are needed to maximize the number and condition of fall-run Chinook salmon smolts leaving the American River and evaluate the effectiveness of habitat restoration projects. In-river, life-stage specific population parameters in addition to adult spawning success that may be influenced by habitat restoration include egg viability, fry and juvenile growth and survival, and smolt outmigration timing. The purpose of this project is to: ╔ assess the effects of gravel augmentation, habitat restoration, and other program actions on Chinook salmon and steelhead populations in the LAR; ╔ identify population рbottlenecksс that may occur during salmonid egg, larval, and juvenile life stages; ╔ evaluate the relative benefit of no action versus that of small or large gravel injection, gravel placement, or floodplain enhancement actions; and ╔ consider the effects of alternate flow regimes and time frames (e.g., 1, 5, and 10 years) on restoration action outcomes

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Dwight (Ike) Luginbill
  Grants/Agreements Assistant
  Phone 209-946-6400 x340

• Agency Mailing Address:

  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Email Address:

  Dwight_Luginbill@fws.gov