Project Grant G23AP00333
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Washington State Department of Natural Resources received a $394,186 project grant from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. The award supports three coordinated projects managed by the Washington Geological Survey (WGS) to digitize and preserve critical geological data and specimens. Project 1 involves scanning paper-based offshore...
- Project Grant Summary: Alaska BLM Data Rescue Project The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Financial Support & Services, received a $240,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The Alaska Division of Geological Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) will digitize and preserve a collection of over 30 pallets of undigitized Bureau of...
- The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $1,124,784 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to produce detailed geologic maps and supporting technical products across Washington State. The project, spanning from December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2027, will deliver three new geologic maps at 1:24,000-scale and one at 1:48,000-scale covering the Northern Olympics Coastline and the Thorp...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded $1,022,648.51 under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, acting on behalf of the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR), for a two-year project period from July 21, 2025, through July 30, 2027. The award supports comprehensive geological data preservation and infrastructure...
- The Maryland Geological Survey (MD DNR) received a $235,561.19 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814) to preserve select collections of physical geologic samples and paper geophysical data and increase accessibility of these and other geoscience collections for future use. Key activities include: Preserving rock chips and sediments from subsurface drilling (drill cuttings) by replacing deteriorated...
- The Colorado School of Mines, through a $114,951.98 project grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814), will digitize and make publicly accessible a series of the Colorado Geological Survey's archived maps, slides, geologic hazard reports, and exploration data from the San Juan Sag region. The key deliverables include: Scanning and georeferencing 125 historic CGS maps and 1,500 slides to be made available on the CGS...
- The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) received a $690,084 project grant from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814). The grant will fund two key activities over a 3-year period from July 2024 to June 2027: Hyperspectral scanning of 7,000 core boxes from the Geologic Materials Center to preserve and improve accessibility to critical mineral and resource data. DGGS will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Missouri Department of Natural Resources received a $374,972 Project Grant from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (NGGDPP, CFDA 15.814) for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award supports the preservation and digitization of geological data held by the Missouri Geological Survey, with three priority tiers of activities. Priority 1 focuses on scanning and metadata creation for...
- Grant Award Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded Washington State Department of Natural Resources a $615,996 cooperative agreement under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) on September 8, 2025, for a three-year performance period extending through August 31, 2028. The project will deliver Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) elevation data collection and processing services covering Pierce County, Washington (1,712 square miles) to achieve repeat...
- This $475,457 Project Grant award to Western Michigan University (WMU) from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA #15.814) will fund the following key activities: Preserve, inventory, and digitally scan a legacy collection of 100 geolograph charts from old or undeveloped oil/gas fields to provide subsurface data. Curate, inventory, and create 3D models for WMU's collection of 390 outcrop rock and 410 fossil samples. Produce 3D scans of...
PROJECT TITLE: WASHINGTON DATA PRESERVATION 20232025PROJECT PERIOD: 7 1 2023 THROUGH 6 30 2025PRIORITY 1 WILL BE BROKEN INTO TWO PROJECTS, A AND B:. AWARD PURPOSEPROJECT ADIGITIZE BOREHOLE RECORDS COLLECTED BY THE WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (WGS) AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMEDTHE DIGITIZATION PROCESS INVOLVES GEOREFERENCING PREVIOUSLY SCANNED PROJECT MAPS TO OBTAIN ACCURATE BOREHOLE LOCATIONS IN GIS, ATTRIBUTING TABULAR DATA, SUCH AS GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS RECORDED IN THE BOREHOLE LOG, THEN APPENDING THE PRODUCED RECORDS TO OUR STATEWIDE SUBSURFACE DATABASE AND ADDING METADATA RECORDS FOR EACH IN THE NATIONAL BOREHOLE INVENTORY AND RESCICOLL. DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMESPROVIDE REPORTS DIGITALLY, ALONG WITH QUERYABLE ATTRIBUTES, IN A PUBLIC-FACING DATASET. THIS DATASET IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AT THE SURVEY, RECEIVING ON AVERAGE A THOUSAND UNIQUE VISITS PER MONTH ON OUR WEBSITE. THIS DATASET WILL ALLOW OTHERS TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY ON PROJECTS BY BETTER UNDERSTANDING SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIESENGINEERS, GEOLOGISTS, PLANNERS, HOMEOWNERS, STUDENTS. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIESN A AWARD PURPOSEPROJECT BTO CONTINUE A PREVIOUS YEARS EFFORT TO SCAN AND GEOREFERENCE THE SURVEYS THIN SECTION COLLECTION. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMEDCOMPLETE SCANNING OF HISTORICAL SAMPLES AND SCAN RECENTLY COLLECTED SAMPLES FROM THE MOST RECENT MAPPING PROJECTS. AS MANY AS CAN BE LOCATED WILL BE GEOREFERENCED AS TIME ALLOWS. THE ENTIRETY OF THE COLLECTIONS METADATA WILL THEN BE UPLOADED TO RESCICOLL. DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMESTHE FINAL PRODUCT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE RECIPIENT S WEBSITE AS A WEB SERVICE AND ALL IMAGES AND MAP DATA ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD. INTENDED BENEFICIARIESGEOLOGISTS, STUDENTS, GENERAL PUBLIC SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIESN APRIORITY 2 AWARD PURPOSE IMPROVE WGS DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE BY PURCHASING AN IMPROVED CAPACITY SCANNER. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMEDPURCHASE NEW SCANNER. DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMESTHIS NEW PURCHASE WILL KEEP PRESERVATION GOING INTO THE FUTURE. THIS PURCHASE WILL ALLOW WGS TO MAKE AS MANY SCANS AS POSSIBLE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. INTENDED BENEFICIARIESGEOLOGISTS, STUDENTS, GENERAL PUBLIC SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIESN A
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 1/27/26 | ||
| Not listed | ($21k) | 1/27/26 | ||
| Not listed | $368.5k | 6/23/23 |