The University of Montana's O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West (OCRMW) has been awarded a $817,882 Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244). This 5-year project, running from September 2024 to September 2029, is focused on collecting inventory, monitoring, and assessment data on riparian and wetland habitats in the Montana-Dakotas region. The key objectives are to enhance reference network data, develop benchmarks for key indicators and wetland types, and provide training materials and support to the BLM's Riparian and Wetland Aquatic Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment (AIM) National Operations Center and data collection partners. This high-quality data will directly support the BLM's decision-making and management activities in the region, while also contributing to larger datasets to enable scientific analysis, modeling, and research development.
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