Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, South Florida - Caribbean CESU

Post Date

May 26th 2015

Application Due Date

June 12th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

G15AS00077

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; the South Florida-Caribbean CESU. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the South Florida-Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $129000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity for research to reduce uncertainty surrounding the backfilling of canals Restoration of the south Florida natural system is a massive and complex undertaking with numerous socio-ecological challenges. The ultimate goal is the hydrologic restoration of the quantity, quality, timing, and distribution of water deliveries to the primary landscape features (e.g., cypress forests, sawgrass sloughs, marl prairies, and mangrove estuaries) while maintaining drainage, flood control, water retention, water supply, irrigation, and transportation. The DECOMP Physical Model (DPM) is a large-scale field study to address scientific, hydrologic, and water management issues related to two DECOMP uncertainties; the ecological need to backfill canals and the ecological benefit of flow.

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/