MERCED RIVER CHANNEL RESTORATION NEAR SNELLING, SAN JOAQUIN BASIN, CALIFORNIA PHASE I

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	Federal Grant Title:	MERCED RIVER CHANNEL RESTORATION NEAR SNELLING, SAN JOAQUIN BASIN, CALIFORNIA PHASE I
	CFDA Number:	15.648
	CFDA Description:	Central Valley Project Improvement (CVPI) Anadromous Fish Restoration Program (AFRP)
	Federal Agency Name:	Fish and Wildlife Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Natural Resources
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	AFRP0802
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	May 06, 2008
	Creation Date:	May 06, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 30, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jun 29, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$100,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$100,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$100,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to those institutions, organizations or individuals with a background in fluvial geomorphology, engineering, stream channel and spawning habitat restoration, and fishery biology. Eligible applicants should possess experience and qualifications in the restoration of degraded rivers, riparian habitats, and floodplains and work experience in the streams and rivers of California. Applications from federal agencies or employees of federal agencies cannot be considered.
Grant Description: The applicant will partner with Santa Fe Aggregates, Inc. (SFA), an aggregate mining company with plans to remove dredger tailings down to the natural floodplain surface beginning in approximately 2012 at a 600+ acre site near Snelling. The applicant will develop the planning and environmental documents to restore in-river spawning and rearing habitats for anadromous salmonids adjacent to the SFA site. Approximately 2 miles of river channel would be targeted for restoration activities, which would focus on the ditch-like channels and armored spawning beds. Within the ditch-like channels, restoration objectives would be to construct habitat units consisting of an 80- to 100-foot long, pool-tail shaped spawning bed and a 100-foot long, 4+ foot deep pool immediately downstream of each bed. Existing pools are not to be filled. Spawning-sized gravels would be added to armored spawning beds. The applicant may utilize environmental documents and hydraulic models developed for the river channel and floodplain that are being developed by SFA for their mining project. The applicant should assume that the river channel will not be realigned and that all mature native tree species will be preserved. SFA may provide labor and aggregate materials for this project. Phase I funding beginning in Fiscal Year 2008 is to develop the channel restoration and monitoring plans and environmental documents with input from landowners, SFA, and the local resource agencies. It is anticipated that the construction and biological monitoring phases of this project will be incrementally implemented in later phases as funding becomes available.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Dwight (Ike) Luginbill
Grants/Agreements Assistant
Phone 209-946-6400 X340 Dwight_Luginbill@fws.gov U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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