Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00247
The grant opportunity titled "Monitoring and Assessment of White Rock and Bradford Dam Removals, Hurricane Sandy" is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior) funding notice describing a single-source financial assistance award intended for the University of Rhode Island. It was posted mainly as a public notification rather than as a competitive call for proposals. The project focuses on post-construction monitoring for dam removal and stream restoration work that was funded under Hurricane Sandy disaster recovery authorities and completed during the 2015 to 2017 period.
The core purpose of the award is to collect both biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) data to evaluate ecological outcomes at two primary project locations: the White Rock dam removal site in Connecticut and the Bradford dam removal site in Rhode Island. These dam removals were implemented to improve connectivity and passage for migratory and resident fish species, and the monitoring effort is meant to determine whether those ecological goals are being met and to document how the river and surrounding habitat are responding after construction.
A key deliverable is the development of a structured monitoring plan. The notice indicates that the plan is expected to follow the Stream Barrier Removal Guide (Collins et al., 2007), which is a commonly referenced framework for evaluating ecological and physical responses to barrier removals. While the exact sampling design is to be developed, the agency anticipates metrics such as riparian plant community composition (to track vegetation recovery and shifts in plant communities), invasive species extent (to detect and quantify invasive plant spread or control needs), and river morphology (to assess channel form, sediment movement, bank stability, and related physical habitat characteristics). The monitoring is also intended to help meet any permit-related requirements tied to potential changes in vegetation communities and abiotic conditions resulting from the dam removals.
The scope explicitly notes what is not included: inundation modeling at the project sites is not expected to be part of this effort, because that analysis will be handled separately outside this award. In other words, this project is centered on field-based monitoring and assessment rather than hydrologic flood or inundation modeling.
Administratively, the award is issued under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) framework, specifically the North Atlantic CESU (award number F14AC00282). The funding opportunity number is F17AS00247, the instrument type is a grant, and it is categorized under a discretionary program activity labeled as "Other" (with further explanation referenced in the full listing). The CFDA number associated with the program is 15.677. The opportunity listed an award ceiling of $99,000 and anticipated a single award. The posting date was June 12, 2017, with an original closing date of July 15, 2017, consistent with the announcement being primarily informational given the single-source intent.
Finally, the legal authority for the project is tied to federal Hurricane Sandy recovery legislation: the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2). This places the monitoring work within the broader federal effort to evaluate and document outcomes from Sandy-related resilience and restoration investments, using the White Rock and Bradford dam removals as focal sites for measuring ecological and habitat responses after barrier removal.Apply for F17AS00247
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Monitoring and Assessment of White Rock and Bradford Dam Removals, Hurricane Sandy" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.677.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 12, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 15, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $99,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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