Opportunity Information: Apply for BOR MP 18 N037
The grant opportunity titled "Enhanced Acoustic Tagging, Analysis, and Real-Time Monitoring of Wild and Hatchery Salmonids in the Sacramento River Valley" is a discretionary cooperative agreement planned by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. It is tied to CFDA 15.512 under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Public Law 102-575), specifically referencing Sections 3406(b)(16) and 3407(e), which support actions related to fish, wildlife, and habitat improvements connected to Central Valley Project operations. The activity area is environmental work focused on salmonid monitoring and management-relevant science in the Sacramento River system and connected floodways and the Bay-Delta.
Reclamation states it intends to make this award to the University of California, Santa Cruz, and it is presented as a notice of intent to award rather than an open competition. The agency explicitly notes that the decision not to compete the award is within the government's discretion under Departmental Manual 505 DM 2, paragraph 2.14(B)(2) and (4), meaning outside organizations should not treat the posting as a call for applications. The expected number of awards is one, and the eligible applicant category listed is public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, aligning with the named recipient. Administrative details in the listing show the opportunity number as BOR MP 18 N037, a posting date of September 6, 2018, and an original closing date of September 20, 2018, though the practical intent is to proceed with the identified partner rather than solicit proposals.
Funding is described at two levels: an estimated total agreement amount of $1,987,654.00 across the broader project period, and a Fiscal Year 2018 federal contribution of $942,265.00, which also appears as the listed award ceiling for this specific opportunity posting. The text clarifies that this additional funding is meant to continue work into Water Year 2019, implying this effort is part of an ongoing, multi-year monitoring and research program rather than a brand-new start.
The work program is organized around three main objectives that together support real-time and analysis-driven understanding of juvenile salmonid movement and survival in a heavily managed river and delta system. First, the project will deploy and maintain field monitoring acoustic telemetry stations in locations that matter for both fish management and water operations. These stations function as detection points for tagged fish, producing time-stamped movement records that can be used to understand route selection, timing, and passage through key corridors and junctions influenced by flow, diversions, and infrastructure.
Second, the project will implant acoustic tags into juvenile salmonids, including both wild and hatchery fish, with emphasis on ESA-listed stocks. After tagging, fish will be transported and released under controlled protocols so their downstream movements can be detected by the telemetry array. This objective is central to generating data that can separate survival and behavior patterns for different origins (wild versus hatchery), different release strategies, and different environmental or operational conditions, which is often essential for making defensible management decisions and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions.
Third, the project supports the production and refinement of metrics that help managers interpret the telemetry data in ways that directly answer operational and conservation questions. The notice highlights survival, distribution, and entrainment of juvenile salmonids along the Sacramento River, its floodways, and the Bay-Delta. In practical terms, "entrainment" refers to fish being drawn into water diversions or routes that increase risk of mortality or delay, and improved metrics can help quantify when and where that risk is greatest. By focusing on new or improved measures, the work aims to move beyond raw detections and toward actionable indicators that can inform water management decisions, fisheries operations, and compliance or recovery-related assessments for protected stocks.
For follow-up or administrative questions, the notice directs inquiries to Megan Bryant, Grants Management Specialist, at mbryant@usbr.gov, and it references a related notice of intent to award under the same announcement number for additional context. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as targeted continuation funding for an established acoustic telemetry, tagging, and analytics program designed to deliver near-real-time monitoring capability and management-relevant performance metrics for juvenile salmonids in the Sacramento River Valley and the Bay-Delta system.Apply for BOR MP 18 N037
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Enhanced Acoustic Tagging, Analysis, and Real-Time Monitoring of Wild and Hatchery Salmonids in the Sacramento River Valley" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.512.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 06, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 20, 2018. (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 $942,265.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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