Developing and Assisting the Protected Areas Database of the Unied States (PAD-US)

Post Date

August 4th 2015

Application Due Date

August 18th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

USGS-15-FA-0361

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

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $25000

• Award Range:

  $25000 - $25000

Grant Description

This project will coordinate protected areas mapping activities of the USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP) and the West Virginia GIS Technical Center (WVGISTC). GAP is encouraging states to work collaboratively with them in the collection of spatial data that represent public land holdings for their states. WVGISTC is aggregating protected areas data for the state and this project will translate protected areas data for West Virginia into a file geodatabase that updates PAD-US.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  Tangee Brookie
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 303-236-9322

• Agency Mailing Address:

  tbrookie@usgs.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  tbrookie@usgs.gov