Maintenance and Enhancements to BLM WY National Hydrography and Watershed Boundary Datasets Project (CESU)

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	Federal Grant Title:	Maintenance and Enhancements to BLM WY National Hydrography and Watershed Boundary Datasets Project (CESU)
	CFDA Number:	15.236
	CFDA Description:	Environmental Quality and Protection Resource Management
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Land Management
	Category of Funding Activity:	Environment
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	L10AS00352
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Sep 06, 2010
	Creation Date:	Sep 06, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 15, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Sep 15, 2010
	Archive Date:	Dec 15, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$300,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$300,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$30,000
	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: All potential applicants who are in the Great Plains CESU network. This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, Technical Assistance, and education. Applications will be accepted from any individual with a formal relationship (professor, researcher, scientist) with one of the existing university participating in the Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) that has the demonstrated ability and experience to conduct research consistent with the goals identified in the Funding Opportunity Description section and who is not employed by a Federal agency. Federal employees can be collaborators in proposed research. The following proposals are ineligible for consideration under this announcement: Proposals from U.S. Government agencies or U.S. Government employees. Proposals from Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC). Proposals in which there is a real or the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Grant Description: A. Project Background Information: In response to National Environmental Planning and Analysis (NEPA) requirements, resources monitoring directed by EIS Decision Records, and the need for analysis of impacts of surface disturbance on water quality, stream channel stability, and watershed health, BLM intends to implement research/development (R and D) and establishment of technical data standards, data criteria, and spatial data protocols for the creation of higher resolution National Hydrography (NHD) and Watershed Boundary (WBD) datasets for the State of Wyoming. This project will involve upon completion of the R and D, the recipient will, employing R and D established protocols and procedures, create more accurate and higher resolution NHD and WBD datasets. In addition, BLM and the recipient will work together in field research and ground-based verification of the digital and spatial data accuracy of NHD and WBD developed in the course of the project. B. Project Objective: The partnership will allow the BLM and the recipient, to more efficiently and with greater cost effectiveness, make their individual contributions in science-based investigation and management of soil and water resources and exchange data through a joint work effort. The resulting WBD NHD datasets will be used in undergraduate and graduate programs in such applications as soil and water modeling and analysis systems. In addition, these R and D results and enhanced datasets will be available to the public and energy companies for use in obtaining permits and authorizations from state and federal agencies for resource development projects. Wyoming and its citizens and other public land users will benefit from the enhanced quality of management and protection of the states soil and water resou
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.grants.gov
Grant Announcement Contact: Ilze J Karklins-Powers, Grants Management Officer, 307-775-6293ipowers@blm.gov
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