Cooperative Agreement 03HQAG0132

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), through its National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817), awarded a Cooperative Agreement of $851,250 to the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) on September 15, 2025, for high-density Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data collection across seven southeastern Wisconsin counties. The three-year project (through August 31, 2028) covers approximately 2,709 square miles encompassing Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee,...

The University of Wisconsin System will receive $1,172,256 under a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey to complete geologic mapping projects in priority areas of Wisconsin through the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810). Deliverables will include unpublished preliminary geologic maps and reports of the Baraboo Hills region and portions of western Crawford County. Additional non-map deliverables are digital geologic map databases of counties...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) provides $1,149,439 in funding to the University of Wisconsin System to complete geologic mapping projects in priority areas across Wisconsin. The key deliverables include unpublished, preliminary geologic maps and accompanying technical reports for the following areas: two quadrangles in Dunn County, and the entirety of Jackson, Green, and Trempealeau...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Wisconsin System received a $1.35 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP, CFDA 15.810) on September 4, 2025. The two-year project, extending through September 3, 2027, funds the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey to complete geologic mapping of priority areas in Wisconsin, with federal funding matched at least 1:1 by state resources. The award...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Wisconsin System received a $160,601 Project Grant awarded on August 15, 2025, through the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814). The Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey will deliver five primary products and services over the 12-month project period (August 15, 2025–August 14, 2026). These include: scanning and cataloging 240 hydrogeological reports from a donated...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $158,978 Project Grant under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) to the University of Wisconsin System's University of Wisconsin - Madison division. The grant will fund the reorganization, cataloging, and georeferencing of approximately 2,700 scanned field maps, the scanning of 4,300 geological thin sections, and the cataloging of 250 rock hand samples from the state's Upper Mississippi Valley Mineral...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) provides $294,726 to the University of Wisconsin System to conduct geological mapping and mineral resource assessments in southwestern Wisconsin. The project will collect geologic data, including mapping bedrock units and sampling 200 rock specimens for chemical analysis, to better understand the occurrence of critical minerals in an area previously mined for lead...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $199,283 Cooperative Agreement to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) under the federal Water Use and Data Research program (CFDA 15.981). The 2-year project aims to: 1) Improve the quality control of existing water use data in WDNR's database by automating data validation checks; 2) Implement new quality control processes to validate water use data as it is entered into the state database annually; 3) Add historical water withdrawal...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Wisconsin System, through the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS), received a Cooperative Agreement award of $161,708 from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) for the Quaternary Geology of Sawyer County, Wisconsin project. The award, effective September 15, 2025 through September 14, 2027, supports comprehensive glacial geology mapping of Sawyer County in north-central...

This $13,248,029.83 Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032) will enable the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to implement its state digital equity plan. Key activities include: Establishing two intensive digital navigator pilot programs, one urban and one rural, to provide digital navigation services and assess outcomes by 2025. Creating six regional...