Predicting the Interactions between Flow, Sediment and Riparian Vegetation

Post Date

May 15th 2012

Application Due Date

May 25th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

R12AC80883

CFDA Number(s)

15.560

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

Funding

• Award Range:

  $54774 - $54774

Grant Description

The strategic challenge for the future is to ensure adequate quantity and quality of water to meet human and ecological needs in the face of growing competition among domestic, industrial/commercial, agricultural and environmental uses. To address water resource problems likely to emerge in the next 10 to 15 years, decision makers at all levels of government will need to make informed choices among often conflicting and uncertain alternative actions. These choices are best made with the full benefit of research and analysis. This project is the result of a collaborative proposal developed by BOR, UNM, DRI and ESI researches to the 2010 Reclamation Science and Technology Program; taking advantage of the complementary capabilities of these researches and institutions. The research will add capacity for modeling the complex interactions between, flow, sediment, and riparian vegetation by building upon the extensive experiences of the research team. This award will provide the University of New Mexico the capability to develop a module of vegetation hydraulics using currently cutting-edge approaches. The study will incorporate influences of stream flow on plant sizes, flexibility and density for integrating UNM algorithms for dynamic hydraulic roughness.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Bureau of Reclamation

• Agency Contact:

  Michelle Maher
  Grants Officer
  Phone 303-445-2025

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grnats Officer

• Agency Email Address:

  mmaher@usbr.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Reclamation - Denver Office