The Environmental Protection Department is offering a research grant to study sediment dynamics in the St. Croix River. The grant aims to develop a model exploring the relationship between discharge, sediment transport, and the decline of juvenile mussels due to increased fine sediment deposition. Researchers will monitor suspended sediment transport, examine sediment cores, and assess shear stress above and below the hydroelectric dam at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. This grant is crucial for understanding and protecting essential habitat areas and federally-listed mussel species in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway.
Opportunity ID: 41665
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | A659008RM38 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Modeling Sediment Dynamics St. Croix River |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 00.000 — Not Elsewhere Classified |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 13, 2008 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 30, 2008 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 30, 2008 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 29, 2008 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $149,174 |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This is a single source award to Macalester College, St. Paul, MN. The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activities based upon a variety of demonstratable factors, i.e. a longstanding relationship with the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | Recent studies have shown that junvenile mussel density is decreasing in native mussel communities that harbor Federally-listed mussel species. These declines have been accompanied by increased fine sediment deposition at these locations in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. One location is listed as an Essential Habitat Area in the Higgins Eye Recovery Plan. Other monitoring sites on the river have not experienced the decline in juvenile mussels or in sediment fining. Sites that have experienced declines are found in a ten-mile stretch of river downstream of the hydroelectric dam at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. We will develop a model decribing the relationship between discharge and sediment transport, monitor suspended sediment transport, and examine sediment cores from the reservoir above the dam as well as the forces of shear-stress above and below the dam. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Theora McVay
Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1662 Email:theora_mcvay@nps.gov |
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