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W81EWF-22-SOI-0004: Avian Monitoring and Analysis in Upper Mississippi River Floodplain

Closed Closed March 28, 2022 Opportunity W81EWF-22-SOI-0004 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: ERDC Broad Agency Announcement (W912HZ26S0001). Status: Closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left). It is in our archive of Engineer Research and Development Center notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$100,000
• Expected awards2
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

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

This opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU).

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering awards averaged $1.1 million; this notice allows up to $100,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (69% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The proposed project would seek to implement an updated scope of work for the Avian Monitoring in the Floodplain Forests, complete analysis on the bird-habitat interaction models (in relation to estimating abundances), update established avian populations trends, update established avian density-estimates and provide recommendations for habitat management/restoration. The project would also include implementation of a summary report and toolkit that incorporates goals and objectives that set forth an adaptive management framework for monitoring, science and habitat management for birds in the Mississippi and Illinois river floodplains and lastly overviews of our analyses. Objectives: The objectives of the proposed research effort include: Objective 1: Conduct avian inventory surveys utilizing existing data collection protocols on Rivers Project Office fee title lands. Data collection will improve the capabilities of quantitative analyses (i.e. abundance, trends, and habitat use) of avian species in these systems. Objective 2: Update current and create new quantitative models to reflect new data collected for existing density-estimates, trends, bird-habitat interactions and spatial prioritization. These analyses will provide an understanding avian population abundance, trends, and avian response to management/restoration actions in the surrounding ecosystems. The findings will allow adaptive management strategies to benefit avian species who use the UMRs diverse habitats throughout their lifecycle. Objective 3: Create reports and toolkits that summarize the management recommendations based on monitoring survey data. These will inform Corps, partners, stakeholders and landowners alike can utilize for floodplain habitat management. These reports/toolkits will also be used outline future research needs when eliciting additional partnerships. The focus area consists of USACE lands in navigation Pool 27, 26, 25 and 24 and the lower portion of the Illinois River. The Mississippi river miles that the areas border are 183 to 298. The efforts outlined shall be expandable throughout the floodplain forests of the UMR System (bluff to bluff), wetlands and grasslands for future inclusion. Requirements: Successful applicants should have expert knowledge and work experience in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) ecosystems.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, W912HZ26S0001, which is open now.

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