# Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project-Environmental Natural Resource Technical Support

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/w9126g-22-2-soi-6092-matagorda-ship-channel-improvement-project-environmental/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/336248

> Fort Worth District offered grants of up to $917,000 (at least $917,000) to any type of organization. It expected to make one award. Applications closed on November 5, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | W9126G-22-2-SOI-6092 |
| Agency | Fort Worth District |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | November 5, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $917,000 |
| Award floor | $917,000 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.010 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

ELIGIBILITY: This funding opportunity is ONLY available for CESU Studies Units under the Gulf Coast Unit, South Florida-Caribbean Unit, Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast.

## What the grant funds

Project Title: Oyster surveys for the pre-construction engineering and design phase of the Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project, Port Lavaca, Texas. Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) will be used to identify potential investigators for a project to be funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District which provides professional and technical support for the environmental compliance requirements for the USACE Galveston District Civil Works Missions. Approximately $917,000.00 is expected to be available to support this project, depending on availability of funds. Background: The Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project, was authorized in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020. The Final Environmental Impact Statement (2019) for the project requires preconstruction oyster surveys of the project area to finalize the mitigation requirements and the identification of mitigation locations(s) with suitable conditions and available surface area to offset the unavoidable impacts to oysters that would result from the project. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: The primary objective of this project is to collect and provide information needed to finalize the mitigation plan for the project. Information is needed to quantify the project impacts and assess the suitability of mitigation locations for oyster reef propagation. The survey activities follow the protocols used by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and include the use of electronic equipment and bottom grabs/cores to characterize substrate composition followed by verification of hard bottom targets using divers or hydraulic patent tongs. a. The surveys should collect all position data with a minimum requirement of using higher level DGPS technologies or RTK GPS that provide sub-meter accuracy. i. Side scan sonar: Data should be collected using a high-resolution side scan sonar system (single or dual frequency 255/400/900 KHz) to identify or detect hard bottom habitat. Side scan sonar results should be ground truthed using grab samples. ii. Sub-bottom profiler: Sub-bottom profiler data should also be collected to determine substrate strata type down to a depth of 25 feet. Sub-bottom profiles should be tied to DGPS positional information and analyzed to determine start and stop of soft sediments and surface shell alongside scan survey transects. iii.

## Questions people ask

### Is W9126G-22-2-SOI-6092 still open?

No. It closed on November 5, 2021.

### Who can apply for Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project-Environmental Natural Resource Technical Support?

Fort Worth District accepted applications from any type of organization. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project-Environmental Natural Resource Technical Support?

Closed November 5, 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 $917,000 each.

### Who has won Youth Conservation Services grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The Student Conservation Association, Inc., Northwest Youth Corps, Oyster Recovery Partnership, Inc. The program made 84 awards worth $9.0 million in that time.