Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00148
The grant opportunity titled "Hurricane Sandy, Wreck Pond Monitoring, DOI Project #AC094" (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00148) is a U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 5) announcement describing the intent to issue a single-source cooperative agreement to the American Littoral Society in Highlands, New Jersey. The notice is primarily informational, meaning it is not a competitive solicitation in practice; instead, it signals that the agency plans to make one award to a specific organization that has already been identified and approved through prior Department of the Interior review.
The purpose of the award is to support ecological data collection tied to Hurricane Sandy coastal resiliency and aquatic connectivity restoration work. The project is designed to measure and document real-world resilience benefits that come from restoring or improving connections between aquatic habitats, with an emphasis on outcomes that matter both for wildlife and for communities. Data collection will target indicators such as fish abundance, changes in flooding extent (including potential reductions in flooding), and the number of stream miles that become accessible to aquatic species when barriers are removed or modified. To generate these findings, the work will rely on a mix of on-the-ground project visits, fish surveys, modeling, and other monitoring methods that can capture changes over time and connect restoration actions to measurable ecological and resilience results.
Geographically, the monitoring effort is focused on Wreck Pond, located in the Boroughs of Spring Lake and Sea Girt in Monmouth County, New Jersey. A central ecological objective is to monitor habitat that is important for spawning by anadromous fish, which are species that migrate from the ocean into freshwater systems to reproduce. By tracking how fish and habitat conditions respond to restoration and connectivity improvements at Wreck Pond, the project aims to generate practical knowledge that can be used to refine future aquatic connectivity projects, improving both their cost-effectiveness and their functional performance.
The funding authority for this work comes from Hurricane Sandy disaster relief legislation, specifically the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2), also referenced as the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act of 2013. The rationale for selecting and funding projects under this appropriation is tied to achieving the greatest return on investment by leveraging existing science and regional planning tools and by partnering with states, municipalities, communities, and other stakeholders. In broader terms, the program emphasis is on restoring and rebuilding federal public assets, including national wildlife refuges, while increasing the resilience of coastal habitat and related infrastructure so they can better withstand future storms and reduce the severity of storm-related damage.
Administratively, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency in the project’s execution or oversight compared with a standard grant. The listing references CFDA number 15.677 and notes "unrestricted" eligibility in general terms, but the text makes clear the practical intent is a sole-source award to the American Littoral Society. The announcement was created on March 7, 2017, with an original closing date of March 30, 2017, reflecting the notification timeline rather than an open competition. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $92,221.Apply for F17AS00148
- 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 "Hurricane Sandy, Wreck Pond Monitoring, DOI Project #AC094" 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 Mar 07, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 30, 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 $92,221.00 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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