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The Bureau of Reclamation, through its Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554), awarded a $300,000 project grant to the Jefferson River Watershed Council in Montana. The funding will support the council's efforts to improve water quality and quantity in the Jefferson River watershed, which has faced challenges from mining, agriculture, and other human activities. Key activities include developing a watershed restoration plan with stakeholder involvement, designing and...

This five-year, $499,967 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund development of a regional watershed management internship program across seven universities in the Upper Midwest. South Dakota State University will lead the effort in collaboration with Iowa State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois, University of...

This Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research services totaling $649,997 to generate understanding of the relationship between water and sanitation infrastructure and economic development in rural America. The award was issued to Michigan State University on January 1, 2022 for completion by December 31, 2025. Under the grant, the university will...

This $1,382,500 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program, CFDA #47.083, aims to develop an integrated data science framework, sensor network, and water management strategies to address climate change impacts on water quality and quantity facing indigenous tribes and agricultural communities in Vermont, South Dakota, and New Mexico. The 4-year project, titled "Advancing Quality and Climate-Resilient Water Management with...

This $750,000 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), supports the San Joaquin Valley Water Collaborative Action Program (CAP) initiative. The CAP aims to develop a comprehensive and sustainable water resources management program for California's San Joaquin Valley by aligning objectives of multiple stakeholders, including water agencies, agricultural...

This $412,175 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) aims to improve scientific modeling and water quality forecasting capabilities in the Colorado River Basin. The key products and services to be delivered include: Development of a predictive machine learning model to assess water quality risks in the Colorado River Basin. Expansion of a 3D physical model for the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $145,352 to the University Enterprises, Inc. at Sacramento State University to develop a diverse hydrology workforce through an undergraduate hydrological research experience in a coastal California watershed. The project will engage sophomore and transfer students across three California State University campuses in a year-long learning...

This $620,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports South Dakota State University in developing a scalable decision support tool (S-DST) for equitable water resource allocation and drought mitigation in the Missouri River Basin. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year project include: (1) analyzing climate change projections to assess drought risks,...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Water Education Foundation under the California Water Security and Environmental Enhancement program (CFDA 15.533). The agreement supports the Foundation's public outreach efforts to educate various audiences, including the general public and government officials, about water resources in California, with a focus on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The funded activities will produce educational materials such as tours,...

This $1,377,954 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (IA) program (CFDA 47.083), aims to help the Lakota Tribe, Navajo Tribe, and Vermont farming communities manage water quality and quantity issues caused by climate change. The project, titled "Advancing Quality and Climate-Resilient Water Management with Community Partnerships and Enhanced Sensor Network" (AQUA-CLIME), will create a climate change research network to...