Continuation of physical monitoring of the Old Inlet breach, Fire Island National Seashore

Post Date

June 24th 2013

Application Due Date

June 28th 2013

This is NOT a request for applications; this is an announcement that an award has already been designated for Stony Brook for their work on, as a result of Hurricane Sandy, data collection and analysis efforts of the new breach; specifically monitori

Funding Opportunity Number

NPS-13-NERO-0059

CFDA Number(s)

15.945

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

This is NOT a request for applications; this is an announcement that an award has already been designated for Stony Brook for their work on, as a result of Hurricane Sandy, data collection and analysis efforts of the new breach; specifically monitoring bathymetry within the breach, breach stability, aerial photograph analysis of breach position, and water levels in Great South Bay.

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

This is NOT a request for applications; this is an announcement that an award has already been designated for Stony Brook for their work on, as a result of Hurricane Sandy, data collection and analysis efforts of the new breach; specifically monitoring bathymetry within the breach, breach stability, aerial photograph analysis of breach position, and water levels in Great South Bay.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $80210

• Award Range:

  $80210 - $80210

Grant Description

This is NOT a request for applications; this is an announcement that an award has already been designated for Stony Brook for their work on, as a result of Hurricane Sandy, data collection and analysis efforts of the new breach; specifically monitoring bathymetry within the breach, breach stability, aerial photograph analysis of breach position, and water levels in Great South Bay. To that end, the cooperator will: ╔ Conduct at least 5 bathymetric surveys between June 2013 and natural or mechanical breach closure. The future status of the breach is unknown, but if the breach does not close naturally it may be closed artificially in late summer or fall 2013. ╔ Continue with oblique aerial photographic assessment of the breach with monthly overflights until breach closure. ╔ Carry out velocity measurements using a boat-mounted RDI Sentinel ADCP. It is proposed to do at least two surveys of the currents in the breach across several sections for a complete tidal cycle in order to determine the tidal prism served by the breach. ╔ Reevaluate potential breach stability analyses including additional data to enhance any assessment. ╔ Continue analysis and interpretation of Bay water levels during the lifetime of the breach and then continue water level assessments following breach closure for a period of 8 months. ╔ Provide written progress reports describing the findings of each bathymetric survey, analysis of water levels, and stability analyses. ╔ Provide aerial photographs of the breach, approximately monthly until breach closure or to 30 June 2014. ╔ Provide a final technical report that has been peer-reviewed and published in the National Park Service technical report series. The technical report is intended to synthesize existing reports as well as interpret any new data. It is expected to include discussion of winter storm influences, astronomical tides, wind conditions, and other influences on the breach configuration and on Bay water levels as well as a discussion of inlet stability.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Keith Zotti
  Partnership Program Specialist
  Phone 2155979153

• Agency Mailing Address:

  StonyBrook Inlet Breach

• Agency Email Address:

  keith_zotti@nps.gov