Project Grant 83328301

This $650,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will accelerate development of a national-scale wetlands decision support toolkit for the United States. The project will integrate advances in wetland science, computing, remote sensing, and geospatial tools to create an equitable, user-friendly platform that provides accurate wetland mapping, characterization of ecosystem services, and...

This $189,587 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program, will fund a project led by the University of Oklahoma, with subawards to Oklahoma State University and North Dakota State University. The project aims to: Expand a pilot stakeholder survey to understand climate adaptation measures used in wetlands by a broader range of stakeholders, including tribal nations, NGOs, and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $289,379 to the University of California, Berkeley to conduct research on characterizing evapotranspiration across wetlands in the contiguous United States. The project aims to leverage eddy covariance measurements and remote sensing models to enhance the accuracy of wetland evapotranspiration estimates, addressing the challenges posed by the...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $246,406 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program to the Washington State Department of Ecology. The project aims to expand the coverage of Wetland Intrinsic Potential (WIP) mapping statewide to better support wetland management, research, and conservation in Washington. Key activities include forming a WIP technical working group, developing a quality assurance plan, gathering...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $429,983 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides funding to Clemson University to expand on the South Carolina Wetland Program Plan (SCWPP) objectives. The key activities include: Conducting a literature review on the state of knowledge of anuran, bird, macroinvertebrate, and vegetation communities in Carolina bays, pocosins, and other isolated wetlands in the...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will establish a set of reference wetlands in Missouri through a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 on January 1, 2022 and set to be completed by June 30, 2025. Funded under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants program (CFDA 66.461), the Department will conduct field monitoring of biological and water quality data at existing wetland sites, explore adoption of a vegetation multimetric...

This EPA Region 2 Cooperative Agreement award provides $442,770 in funding to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to carry out ground-truthing and analysis of two wetland mapping methods in Bergen and Atlantic Counties, New Jersey. The goal is to determine if these novel methods could improve future land use/land cover (LULC) mapping efforts across the state. Key activities include developing a quality assurance project plan, conducting field data collection and...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded the Washington Department of Ecology $311,792 under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants program (CFDA 66.461) for the period of January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025. The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is for Ecology to develop monitoring guidance for wetland compensatory mitigation sites in Washington state. Key products and services include identifying current monitoring protocols used in the state and other...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $399,922 to the University of Illinois to develop a climate-based bioindicator for wetland mapping, monitoring, and assessment efforts in the Midwest region. The key products to be delivered include: Development of a Midwest climate-sensitivity bioindicator to integrate wetland protection and restoration into watershed...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $119,258 in funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to develop a long-term wetland monitoring program. The key activities include identifying sites for repeated sampling, conducting pilot monitoring projects, developing field methods and data collection schedules, and analyzing changes in wetland...