Cooperative Agreement FAA010018T09

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) provides $869,746 to the University of Montana to support the collection of inventory, monitoring, and assessment data in riparian and wetland habitats in Nevada. The key activities to be performed include: Conducting random and targeted riparian and wetland surveys using standardized Aquatic Inventory, Assessment, and Monitoring...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Rangeland Resource Management program (CFDA 15.237) provides $402,139.93 to the Walker Basin Conservancy (WBC) to conduct ecological monitoring and data collection activities on public lands in Nevada. Under this 2-year project, WBC will hire and train 6 seasonal field staff annually to survey approximately 70 terrestrial and 10 riparian/wetland monitoring plots per year using the BLM's Assessment, Inventory, and...

The Nevada Land Trust will receive $221,498 through a Project Grant awarded by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The funding will facilitate Nevada Land Trust's continued leadership of the One Truckee River Partnership coalition to expand watershed restoration efforts along the urban stretch of the Truckee River in Reno-Sparks, Nevada. Specifically, Nevada Land Trust will synthesize river condition data and...

This $351,978 Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) will fund a project to generate a comprehensive geospatial database and inventory of mine waste sites in Nevada. The key activities include: Cataloging the locations, waste rock sizes, mineralogy, and geological records for mine waste sites across Nevada, which will be compiled into a detailed geodatabase accompanied by a geospatial analysis report....

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded a $2,330,199.00 Project Grant to the Nevada Division Of Forestry on August 24, 2023. This grant is funded through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664), which supports the advancement of forest resources management and conservation, development of genetically improved tree seeds and seedlings, and promotion of forest health and productivity on nonfederal forest and rural...

This $250,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, will fund a 5-year research project to assess drought vulnerability and landscape conditions in watersheds across the western United States. The key activities include: 1) identifying assessment components and indicators of drought resiliency for a pilot watershed in Oregon, 2) expanding and testing the assessment approach across three additional...

This $715,326.42 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) is focused on restoring instream and riparian habitats across 25 miles of streams in the Quinn River Management Unit in Nevada. The project aims to increase resilience of the Lahontan cutthroat trout, an endangered species, to climate change, mining, and other stressors. Key activities include implementing low-tech, process-based restoration...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Rocky Mountain Research Station awarded $537,000 to the Nevada Division of Forestry through the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.664) for the project "BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW STATE FOREST ACTION PLANS" from March 2023 through February 2028. Funding will support the Nevada Division of Forestry's development and implementation of a State Forest Action Plan to advance forest resources...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $166,414.18 Cooperative Agreement to the Walker Basin Conservancy (WBC), a non-profit organization in Nevada, under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The objective of this 3-year project is to increase understanding of the role that biocrusts (biological soil crusts) play in maintaining native plant communities and develop methods for better biocrust management. Key activities include: 1) studying interactions between...

The University of Nevada, Reno received a $395,922.30 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey to implement the "Nevada Geoscience Data Preservation and Dissemination" project under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814). The key activities to be performed include: 1) Inventory, barcoding, and photography of 2,500-3,500 core boxes; 2) Digitization of 100 geothermal well logs; 3) Scanning and cataloging of approximately 45 boxes of...