Watershed Restoration Specialist

Post Date

July 31st 2014

Application Due Date

August 7th 2014

There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source grant to The Nature Conservancy under justification 505DM 2.14B 1.

Funding Opportunity Number

F14AS00362

CFDA Number(s)

15.657

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source grant to The Nature Conservancy under justification 505DM 2.14B 1.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $30000

• Award Range:

  $30000 - $30000

Grant Description

This is a single source cooperative agreement being awarded to TNC without competition under 505DM 2.1B 1. This award is made under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq, as amended. Funds under this award are to be used to help provide salary funding for the Watershed Restoration Specialist (WRS), a shared position between The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The primary experience and duties of the WRS will include technical expertise and experience in stream and watershed assessment, restoration, planning, analysis, and project management; developing and implementing on the ground stream and river restoration technical design plans using natural channel design and similar state of the art restoration techniques; developing regional curve information for stream geomorphology and stream bank erosion; assisting with the design of stream crossing replacements; assessing watershed features affecting stream water quality quantity and ecological status; geomorphic assessments of stream channels to evaluate impacts of watershed urbanization; and data analysis and reporting. The work area for the WRS includes all watersheds contained or originating within the USFS Mark Twain National Forest, including the Current, Gasconade, Meramec, and Upper Fork White river basins, as well as other TNC priority watersheds located throughout Missouri.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Amy Salveter, 573-234-2132
  amy_salveter@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  amy_salveter@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  amy_salveter@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov