# Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with USGS Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g21as00374-cooperative-agreement-for-cesu-affiliated-partner-with-usgs/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/331999

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $49,768 to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on March 26, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G21AS00374 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | March 26, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $49,768 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 15.808 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

## What the grant funds

Funding Opportunity Description (“Long-term monitoring of riparian vegetation response to biological control of Tamarix along the lower Virgin River”) The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fort Collins Science Center (FORT), is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for conducting management, presentation, analysis and interpretation of results related to a long-term monitoring dataset examining responses of riparian vegetation to biological control of the invasive shrub, tamarisk (genus Tamarix) along the Virgin River in Nevada and Arizona. Controlling invasive shrubs in the genus Tamarix (tamarisk, saltcedar) is one of the main goals of resource managers along western U.S. rivers, including DOI agencies such as NPS, BLM, and FWS. Ecosystem responses to tamarisk defoliation are variable, and there is concern about when, where, and why unintended consequences, such as secondary plant invasions, degraded wildlife habitat, or extreme fire hazards, may develop. Land managers seek guidance on how to mitigate these undesirable effects and restore native riparian vegetation. Understanding long-term vegetation dynamics following tamarisk biocontrol can significantly help resource managers assess the need for future management interventions, but to date, most studies of tamarisk biocontrol have only included one to a few years of monitoring. This project will expand knowledge of long-term riparian vegetation response to tamarisk biocontrol along the lower Virgin River, where significant effects of defoliation began in summer 2012. During four different surveys over eight years (2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017), the USGS has made repeated observations of plant composition and cross-sectional topography along the Lower Virgin extending from Littlefield, AZ to Lake Mead, and will be resampling these study transects in the spring of 2021. Through this CESU agreement, the federal and state university partners will cooperate fully in development of a research program that will produce final products to provide resource managers with better information on which to base decisions regarding riparian vegetation response to tamarisk biocontrol. Cooperation between the USGS and its CESU partner brings a combination of expertise to address this objective that is greater than that possessed by either partner on its own.

## Questions people ask

### Is G21AS00374 still open?

No. It closed on March 26, 2021. A newer notice is open: G27AS00066, closes December 7, 2026 (30 days left).

### Who can apply for Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with USGS Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Geological Survey accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with USGS Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Closed March 26, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $49,768 each.

### Who has won U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines, University of Alaska Fairbanks, California Institute of Technology. The program made 1,128 awards worth $629 million in that time.