Thin-Layer Sediment Augmentation on the Pacific Coast

Post Date

August 4th 2015

Application Due Date

August 6th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00406

CFDA Number(s)

15.650

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $870563

• Award Range:

  $870563 - $870563

Grant Description

The San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex and its partners will implement a pilot project involving the application of a thin-layer of clean sediment over 10 acres of degraded cordgrass habitat on the Seal Beach NWR to improve habitat quality and the ecosystem services associated with healthy coastal salt marsh vegetation. As a pilot project, the sediment application process will be monitored to identify and document suitable application techniques. Pre- and five years post-application monitoring will be conducted for the project site and a control site to evaluate the overall effectiveness of this process as a sea level rise adaptation strategy, and analyses will be conducted on the project site to expand our understanding of carbon storage and carbon sequestration in Southern California coastal salt marsh habitats.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Deetta Gibbons, 619-476-9150
  deetta_gibbons@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  deetta_gibbons@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  deetta_gibbons@fws.gov

• More Information:

  Government Grants Posting website