Beaver Creek Rock Weirs Modification

Funding Opportunity Number: R13SS10014 Opportunity Category: ContinuationFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.517Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-BOR-PNClosing Date: Sep 05, 2013Award Ceiling: $278,688Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Aug 22, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: As part of meeting commitments in the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPs) Biological Opinions (BiOps), Reclamation provided technical assistance to OCD for the design of fish passage improvements (weirs) at six irrigation diversions as part of the collaborative efforts in Beaver Creek. Significant flood flows occurred in the spring 2011 as a result of above average precipitation and was further acerbated by fires which burned more than half the upper basin of Beaver Creek in 2006. Now, three of the weirs (Fort Thurlow, Thurlow Transfer, and Marracci) do not presently meet the design criteria for providing fish passage at all flows, and must be reconstructed.

Due to factors beyond MSRFs control an extension of time and additional funding is needed. Delays and cost increases arose because Reclamation engineers have had difficulties in finalizing a preferred design that satisfies the challenging nature of the project site, is agreeable to landowners and irrigators, and tha...

Source: Grants.gov - August 23, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding