Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00182
The Hyde Pond and Pond Lily Monitoring and Assessment grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00182) was issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service as a discretionary grant under CFDA 15.677. Although the eligibility field is listed as unrestricted, the notice makes clear that this is a single-source financial assistance award intended specifically for the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, and it is published primarily for notification purposes rather than as a competitive solicitation. The opportunity was created on April 3, 2017, with an original closing date of May 3, 2017, and it anticipated one award with a maximum (ceiling) amount of $213,420.
The purpose of the award is to support post-construction monitoring and assessment of restoration work funded through the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2). The Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking collection of both biotic and abiotic data to evaluate construction projects completed in 2015 to 2016. The primary focus is on two Connecticut sites where dam removals took place: the Pond Lily site and the Hyde Pond site. In practical terms, the grant is meant to verify whether these projects are delivering the ecological benefits they were designed to achieve and whether they are meeting conditions established in permits.
The core project goal being evaluated is improved passage for migratory and resident fish, a common objective of dam removal and aquatic connectivity work. To measure outcomes tied to that goal, the grantee is expected to gather monitoring metrics that reflect fish community response and stream and riparian habitat condition. The notice identifies likely fish-related measures such as abundance, diversity, and migration patterns, which together can indicate whether fish are returning to, moving through, and using upstream habitats that were previously blocked or impaired.
Beyond fish passage outcomes, the monitoring is also designed to address permit-driven requirements related to vegetation and physical habitat. Expected metrics include riparian plant community composition, the extent of invasive species, and stream channel profiles. These elements help document how the river corridor is stabilizing and re-vegetating after dam removal, whether native plant communities are establishing as intended, whether invasive plants are spreading, and whether the stream channel is evolving in ways consistent with project design assumptions and regulatory commitments. The grant also allows for additional variables to be incorporated if site-specific interests or permit requirements warrant them and if funding is sufficient.
One explicit boundary of the project is that it is not expected to conduct inundation modeling at the project sites. The notice states that inundation modeling will be accomplished independently of this effort, which clarifies that the funded work is centered on field monitoring and ecological and geomorphic assessment rather than hydrologic or flood inundation simulation.
Overall, the opportunity funds a targeted, compliance- and outcomes-oriented monitoring program tied to Hurricane Sandy recovery investments in Connecticut dam removal projects. It is structured as a single expected award to a named organization, supporting data collection that can be used to evaluate ecological performance, document restoration progress, and satisfy permit conditions related to vegetation, invasive species management, and channel form.Apply for F17AS00182
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Hyde Pond and Pond Lily Monitoring and Assessment; Hurricane Sandy, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013" 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 Apr 03, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 03, 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 $213,420.00 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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