Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU

Post Date

January 14th 2014

Application Due Date

January 24th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

G14AS00023

CFDA Number(s)

15.808

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUкs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU Program

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $75900

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The US Geological Survey, Kentucky Water Science Center, is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to assist in establishing and operating a monitoring station on Davis Branch to collect sufficient baseline data about in-stream water-quality parameters, stream discharges, and sediment loads (suspended sediments and bed loads) in Davis Branch, and to create a new numerical modeling tool that will help predict stream discharge and sediment transport variability in Davis Branch under existing conditions and during and after the implementation of yet-to-be-determined stream restoration measures.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  Faith Graves, 703-648-7356
  fgraves@usgs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov/