Endangered Species Program Support – Upper Klamath Lake (UKL)
OVERVIEW This project will continue monitoring of water quality conditions in Upper Klamath Lake (UKL) and tributary nutrient loading. Long-term monitoring of water quality allows continued evaluation of lake management...
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Award$2.7MDeadline4123 days agoLocationAlabamaTypegrantLevelFederalClosedposted Apr 22, 2015
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Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
Funding amount: up to $2,651,656 (total pool ~$2,651,656).
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Eligible applicants:
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Where:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia.
Award:
$2.7M.
Total program pool: $2,651,656.
Matching funds:
not required.
Deadline type: Fixed.
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OVERVIEW This project will continue monitoring of water quality conditions in Upper Klamath Lake (UKL) and tributary nutrient loading. Long-term monitoring of water quality allows continued evaluation of lake management operations, effects of climatic variables, and evaluation of restoration activities in the watershed. Continued water quality monitoring by the Klamath Tribes will serve to document long term trends in water quality and allow for assessment of restoration activities as they are implemented to improve quality. Additionally, Klamath Tribes data is used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to report on water quality and algal bloom conditions. These reports are distributed to Reclamation and its partners throughout the irrigation season to provide critically needed information on habitat conditions, which could potentially reduce sucker survival and lead to fish-kills each summer season. The measure of success will be determined by successful completion by the Tribes of the seasonal water quality assessment objectives specified in the Project objectives. The goal of Reclamation and the Tribes is to demonstrate trends in water quality and nutrient conditions that can be used to determine whether landscape level changes in watershed management conditions ( on farm management improvement programs, cattle grazing containment activities, water conservation programs, wetland enhancements) result in positive improvements in UKL water quality conditions. RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT This modification will add additional scope of work 5.1.1, 5.6.1 with funds to the existing agreement (R14AP200077). 5.1.1 The Tribes also will also be working with the USGS to determine if toxic microcystins, M. aeruginosa cell abundance, and M. aeruginosa potential (genetic) toxicity vary in predictable ways along nutrient gradients. Restoration projects around UKL and Agency Lake have the potential to alter spatial gradients in nutrient concentrations. The Tribes will assisting with this work by analyzing nitrogen, and phosphorus at a number of existing sites as well along several transects across UKL and Agency Lake. 5.6.1 The Klamath Tribes will provide a thorough analysis of multivariate analyses of the historical 24-year Upper Klamath Lake hydrology database. The 25th year of this data collection is currently being completed under Tasks 5.1 and 5.2 of the grant agreement. Additionally, the Tribes subcontractor will provide an analyses of microcystin findings. A draft report of analyses of the historical 24-year Upper Klamath Lake hydrology database will be provided by May of 2016, with a final report incorporating comments to be provided in September of 2016. A data report of preliminary microcystin analyses will be provided by February 16, 2016. RECLAMATION INVOLVEMENT No substantial involvement on the part of Reclamation is anticipated for the successful completion of the objectives to be funded by this award. It is anticipated that Reclamation’s involvement will consist of standard federal stewardship responsibilities such as monitoring project performance, technical assistance at the request of the recipient, etc. SINGLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SINGLE SOURCE POLICY REQUIREMENTS Department of the Interior Policy (505 DM 2) requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for each single-source award. The justification must address one or more of the following criteria as well as discussion of the program legislative history, unique capabilities of the proposed recipient, and cost-sharing contribution offered by the proposed recipient, as applicable.
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