Project Grant 2529420
- This federal Project Grant award of $251,815.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a five-year collaborative research project to evaluate the effects of beaver-based restoration on stream and riparian habitats and associated wildlife across different precipitation regimes. The project aims to provide critical data on how beaver-based restoration, including beaver reintroduction and construction of beaver dam analogs, can improve...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund a $466,599 research project at Washington State University to study the hydrological and ecosystem impacts of beaver dam analogs, a common river restoration approach. The 3-year project, running from October 2024 to September 2027, aims to develop the scientific foundation for measuring and modeling the effects of these structures on water flows, with the goal of improving restoration...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $499,853 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to establish a North American Beaver Knowledge and Management Network. The network aims to synthesize research on the relationship between beaver management practices, beavers, and beaver-related ecosystem services, while identifying legal and regional variability in beaver management. The project will facilitate...
- The National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) awarded a $190,296 project grant to Susquehanna University to evaluate the effectiveness of using beaver dam analogs (BDAs) to manage urban stormwater and improve the health of degraded urban streams. The 2-year project, titled "EMBRACE-EAR-SEED: Reshaping Environments: Low-Tech, Process-Based Restoration with Beaver Dam Analogues to Enhance Watershed Resilience in Human-Modified Landscapes," will investigate how...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences grant award, with CFDA Number 47.050, provides funding of $180,000.00 for a 2-year project from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. The project, led by Dr. D. Nev? Baker, aims to investigate the historical role of beavers in shaping the landscape and providing environmental resilience in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The study will employ sedimentary analyses and DNA sequencing of ancient sediments (sedaDNA) to...
- This $2.9 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers will fund research from 2023 to 2027 under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). Oregon State University will lead a collaborative effort to study the resilience of freshwater ecosystems under changing climate conditions. Researchers will test how biodiversity and individual variation among species affect an ecosystem's ability to withstand environmental changes. They will conduct...
- This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $201,438 to Colorado State University to study the role of large wood in promoting channel-floodplain connectivity for river restoration. The university will collect data from natural channels on characteristics of logjam formations and their influence on hydrologic connectivity between channels and adjacent floodplains. Researchers will use this data to develop guidelines for...
- This $644,970 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a collaborative research project led by the University of Idaho. The project aims to investigate the thermal vulnerabilities of cutthroat trout predators and tailed frog tadpole prey in mountain streams of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The researchers will use a multidisciplinary approach combining DNA sequencing, physiology experiments, and computer modeling to...
- This $605,949 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a research project titled "Reconnecting Water, Land, and Life: Enhancing Environmental Flow Models and Actions for River Corridor Ecosystem Resilience." The project, led by the University of New Mexico, aims to study how different water flow patterns, particularly those designed to mimic natural spring floods, affect the Rio Grande ecosystem in New Mexico....
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program ($937,251) funds research into scaling climate connectivity and communities in streams. Led by Pennsylvania State University from March 2022 through December 2023, the grant supports a three-year field study across 10 regions in the southern, central, and western U.S. Researchers will collect streamflow and biological data to investigate differences between intermittent and perennial streams. The University...
This $531,217 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a five-year collaborative research effort led by Washington State University to investigate the effects of beaver-based restoration on stream and riparian ecosystems across different precipitation regimes. The project aims to evaluate the impacts of beaver reintroduction and construction of beaver dam analogs on fish, amphibians, birds, bats, and mammals in both wet and dry climates. The research will also explore the underlying mechanisms by which beaver-based restoration influences key habitat features under varying streamflow conditions. This large-scale field experiment and complementary artificial stream studies are intended to provide critical data to promote responsible use of restoration funding and effective stewardship of natural resources.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $531.2k | 8/27/25 |