Cooperative Agreement W912DR2220002

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $2,657,323 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817). The project, titled "WASHINGTON SIX COUNTIES RE-COLLECTION PROJECT", will fund the collection of 7,770 square miles of full LiDAR coverage over six counties in Washington state at the Quality Level 1 standard. This re-collection effort will update and maintain...

The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) Division of Intermodal was awarded a $710,000 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) for GIS Services (Road Inventory) for the FY 2025 Transportation Planning Work Program (TPWP). This federal grant award will support Georgia DOT's efforts to manage and maintain the state's extensive transportation infrastructure network, including highways,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810), provides $953,556 to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to conduct detailed geologic mapping and analysis in the state of Washington. The key deliverables include: Publishing detailed 1:24,000 scale surficial and bedrock geologic maps, technical reports, and GIS databases for the Tanwax Lake, Manastash Creek, and Enumclaw...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $300,024 Cooperative Agreement grant under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for the project "Harnessing Physics-Informed Machine Learning to Improve Image-Based Streamflow Measurements". The 3-year project aims to leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance two image-based flow measurement techniques - space-time image velocimetry (STIV) and...

This $860,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) is for the S-569 Camp Creek Road Emergency Repair project related to Hurricane Helene. The funding will be used by the South Carolina Department of Transportation to repair and restore the S-569 Camp Creek Road infrastructure that was damaged by the hurricane. The project aims to address emergency transportation...

The Georgia Department of Transportation was awarded a $200,000 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration on August 17, 2022. The grant funding supports the DATA MINING CAD DRAWINGS (GIS MAPPING) - FY 2022 project under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205). This Formula Grant will allow the Georgia Department of Transportation to utilize data mining techniques on computer-aided design (CAD) drawings to enhance...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), through the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814), awarded a $222,137 project grant to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR). This 2-year grant (9/1/2024 - 8/31/2026) will support the following key activities: Priority 1: MODNR will create digital archives, including photographs and metadata, for 3,000 boxes of geological core samples stored in the Missouri Geological Survey (MGS) repository. This will...

The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) Division of Intermodal received a $200,000 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The grant will support "Data Research (Road Inventory) - FY 2024 TPWP", a multi-year project to conduct transportation planning and data collection activities. The project involves planning, research, and analysis focused on Georgia's road network and...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $190,700 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 15.812 Cooperative Research Units) to Iowa State University to conduct a multi-species inventory and monitoring program at the Lake Red Rock delta in Iowa. The purpose is to support the Sustainable Rivers Program's efforts to quantify ecosystem responses to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir operations. Over the project period from August 2024 to April 2026, Iowa State University and the Iowa Department of...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $141,014 Cooperative Agreement to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources on January 1, 2024 under the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations program (CFDA 12.005). This funding supports a creel survey and other activities at the J. Strom Thurmond Lake in South Carolina to assess and manage the lake's natural resources. The project period runs through March 1, 2025. The Conservation and Rehabilitation...