A Long-Term Seagrass Monitoring Program for Upper Laguna Madre, Padre Island National Seashore

Post Date

July 12th 2011

Application Due Date

July 15th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

NPS-NOI-GLUN-R2115110111

CFDA Number(s)

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

This funding announcement is not a request for applications. This is a single source award to the University of Texas at Austin.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $36001

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

This action will result in a task agreement award under the National Park Service Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). This is a Notice of Intent and a Non-competitive Award IAW DOI 505 DM 2.12C. Please see attached Full Announcement for more information. The purpose of this project is to implement a monitoring program for seagrasses at Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS). The approach follows the hierarchical strategy for seagrass monitoring outlined by Neckles et al. (2011) to establish the quantitative relationships between physical and biotic parameters that ultimately control seagrass condition, distribution, persistence, and overall health. The approach follows a broad template adopted by several federal and state agencies across the country, but which is uniquely designed for Texas (Dunton et al., 2011).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Rose McClelland
  Contracting Specialist
  Phone 504-589-3882

• Agency Mailing Address:

  rose_mcclelland@nps.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  rose_mcclelland@nps.gov