Cooperative Agreement NR193A750023C005

This $122,644 federal Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, supports research to identify environmental thresholds that influence the presence and composition of aquatic organisms, such as fish, crayfish, and mussels, in prairie stream ecosystems across the Great Plains. The project, led by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, aims to provide critical data and modeling tools to help...

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 $199,996 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) will support a project by Northern Arizona University (NAU) to evaluate the effectiveness of land treatments, such as fuel reduction and native plant revegetation, across southwest ecosystems. The project activities will include combining treatment databases, conducting field-based monitoring of vegetation, fuel, soil, and ecosystem conditions, and analyzing remote...

This $871,998 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Weather and Air Quality Research federal grant program (CFDA 11.459) aims to improve subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) precipitation forecasting in the Southern Great Plains region. The key project activities and deliverables include: 1) Analyzing snow, soil moisture, and vegetation data to understand the mechanisms driving the remote impact of western U.S. snow anomalies on regional...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $211,399 Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University (OSU) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The project, titled "Climate-Smart Vegetation Treatments: Leveraging 15 Years of SageSTEP Climate, Soil Moisture, and Vegetation Data to Inform Management of Resilient Ecosystems", aims to analyze 15 years of SageSTEP network data to determine the efficacy of woody plant thinning treatments in mitigating...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $171,522.63 to the University of Montana to conduct research on species range shifts, protected areas, and climate connectivity. The project will: 1) Project potential climate-induced range shifts in woody plant taxa for national parks, national forests, and unprotected lands; 2) Evaluate climatic and non-climatic factors that may facilitate or impede...

The University of Colorado received a $888,273 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The project will develop and deliver detailed quantitative projections of 21st century water balance, water availability, and ecological drought metrics across the contiguous United States. This will be accomplished through ecosystem water balance modeling with a daily time step and multiple soil...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Water Resources Research Act (WRRA) Program (CFDA 15.805) provides $620,000 in funding to Texas A&M AgriLife Research to evaluate the vulnerability of urban, agricultural, and ecological sectors in the Southern Ogallala Aquifer (SOA) region to drought and wildfires. The project aims to estimate the economic losses by sector and county, simulate crop yields and irrigation water usage under various management strategies,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Acquisitions and Grants, under the Cooperative Research Units Program (CFDA 15.812), provides $114,276 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to analyze existing data and conduct research on public acceptance and preferences for climate change adaptation strategies in the Midwest. The study aims to: 1) improve understanding of the stability of public preferences for...

This $122,176 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, aims to evaluate the effectiveness of migration corridor conservation as a drought resilience strategy for mule deer populations across the western U.S. Over the 3-year project period (September 2024 to August 2027), the University of Wyoming will: Assess how drought impacts plant phenology along mule deer migration routes in collaboration with state,...