Fish Passage Monitoring at Bradford and White Rock Dam Removal Sites; Hurricane Sandy Resiliency Project

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Opportunity number
F18AS00085
Agency
Applications due
Award size
Not on record

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Natural Resources
Eligible applicants
  • Unrestricted
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Synopsis

This is an announcement for issuing a single source financial assistance award to the University of Rhode Island. This announcement is for notification purposes only. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is interested in the collection of data to evaluate fish passage efficiency at projects funded through the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Act and completed in 2015-2018. This award is authorized by the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, Public Law 113-2 (Service CFDA 15.677) and the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) North Atlantic CESU award number F14AC00282 (Service CFDA 15.678). The primary focus of evaluation for this funding opportunity are the White Rock and the Bradford dam removal sites, in Connecticut and Rhode Island but research will also include sites extending along the Pawcatuck River. The grantee will support the U. S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in collection of telemetry data to evaluate passage of migratory fish. This will include providing technical assistance with 1) capture and tagging of migratory fish (Alewife, American Shad and Blueback Herring) with both radio and PIT tags over two fish passage seasons 2) installation and maintenance of telemetry equipment, including downloading of data a minimum of two times per week during the fish passage season 3) analysis and report writing.

Files

File Type Posted
oppF18AS00085-cfda15.677-instructions.docx DOCX document
URI Telemetry NOFO.docx DOCX document

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