Project Grant G14AP00150

The Takshanuk Watershed Council, located in Southeast Alaska, will receive $186,600 under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program to establish the Greater Chilkat Watershed Working Group. The Working Group will develop an ecosystem-based management plan and support stakeholder engagement to address near-term threats including climate change impacts and industrial development pressures facing the nearly 2,000...

This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research towards developing climate-resilient water infrastructure in Alaska Native communities through 2027. The award is part of the Geosciences program, which supports basic research in integrated Earth system sciences through the expansion of fundamental knowledge. Working with Michigan State University researchers, community leaders and utility staff from the Norton Sound region of western Alaska will co-produce knowledge...

This $177,644 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to understand the impacts of sea level rise on stemflow dynamics and associated hydrological and biogeochemical processes in coastal forests. The project, led by George Washington University, will investigate the role of stemflow in the cycling of water and solutes in coastal forests experiencing stress from saltwater intrusion and the development of "ghost...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463) to the Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition (SAWC). The funding will support SAWC's efforts to assess and design options for restoration on the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska. This is in response to recurring high water releases due to climate change, which have caused flooding and erosion in the area. SAWC is partnering with...

This five-year, $1.39 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities will fund research towards developing climate-resilient water infrastructure in Alaska Native communities. Funded under the Geosciences program, which supports basic research in the earth sciences, this collaborative project will address challenges at the intersection of social, engineered, and natural systems impacting water security. A multidisciplinary team from the University...

This $900,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to evaluate water and sanitation services and landscape changes affecting rural Alaskan communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region through 2026. Key products and services include developing high-resolution hydrodynamic models and flood hazard maps; quantifying and modeling...

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources received a $1.5 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 to support the Potter Marsh Watershed Conservation Project Phase II. The grant was awarded under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) and will support conservation efforts through December 2026. The Potter Marsh Watershed Conservation Project Phase II aims to continue coastal wetlands...

This $329,272 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to investigate the impacts of sea level rise on stemflow dynamics and associated hydrological and biogeochemical processes in coastal forests along the Atlantic seaboard. The University of Delaware, as the prime awardee, will use field measurements, laboratory analyses, and statistical modeling to understand how changes in stemflow (precipitation channeled down tree...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) received a $133,176 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686). The funding will enable ADF&G to continue its efforts to quantify and protect instream flows for salmon-producing rivers in Southwest Alaska, specifically the Aniak River watershed. This is the third phase of the project, which will maintain a streamgaging...

This $199,879 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) funds research at the University of Alaska Southeast to evaluate how changing glaciers influence the movement of freshwater, nutrients, and minerals from coastal watersheds in Southeast Alaska to nearshore waters in the Gulf of Alaska. Under the award, set to run from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024, project personnel will sample rivers with glaciers throughout the year and intensely...