Opportunity Information: Apply for BOR LC 18 N008
This grant opportunity is a continuation award from the U.S. Department of the Interior for the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to support ongoing environmental monitoring and management work in the Las Vegas Wash (LVW), a major drainage corridor that carries more than 170 million gallons of water per day toward Lake Mead. The need for the project is tied to long-term habitat loss in the Wash: historic flows once sustained over 2,000 acres of wetlands, but by the 1990s only about 200 acres remained. That decline in wetland vegetation reduced the Washs value as wildlife habitat and weakened its natural ability to filter water before it reaches Lake Mead, which is a critical source of the regions drinking water.
The project is positioned as a priority action under the Las Vegas Wash Comprehensive Adaptive Management Plan (LVWCAMP). The work is intended to help SNWA meet several specific LVWCAMP action items, including Action Item 1 (install erosion control structures), Action Item 41 (conduct additional research), and Action Item 37 (ensure implementation of mitigation measures). In practice, this funding supports the kind of sustained field monitoring and applied research that helps managers track whether restoration and erosion-control investments are working, and whether mitigation measures are having the intended ecological outcomes over time.
A central component of the effort is wildlife and vegetation monitoring conducted using established scientific methods. The Great Basin Bird Observatory (GBBO) carries out bird surveys using standard point count techniques, a common approach for estimating bird abundance and diversity over time at fixed locations. Alongside the bird work, vegetation is monitored at each survey point using a protocol developed by Gerald Braden of the San Bernardino County Museum, who managed the project during its first four years before GBBO continued the surveys. Pairing bird monitoring with vegetation measurements helps link changes in habitat conditions to wildlife responses, which is essential for understanding restoration effectiveness rather than simply documenting conditions.
The work is also explicitly identified in the Las Vegas Wash Wildlife Management Plan, which was created in part to address LVWCAMP Action Item 40 (develop long-term management and monitoring plans). The monitoring supports the plans recommendation to regularly track the abundance and diversity of wildlife and serves as effectiveness monitoring, meaning it is designed to evaluate whether restoration, erosion control, and related management actions are achieving measurable ecological benefits. This award continues a multi-year effort previously funded through earlier grant agreements (04FG300026, 05FG300015, and R08AP30020) that supported surveys from 2005 through 2011, indicating the intent to maintain consistent long-term datasets rather than restarting monitoring from scratch.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a continuation grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number BOR LC 18 N008) under CFDA 15.540, with special district governments listed as eligible applicants and an expectation of a single award. The posting indicates an award ceiling of $293,782, a creation date of July 13, 2018, and an original closing date of July 27, 2018. Overall, the funding is aimed at supporting ongoing, standardized monitoring and research that directly informs adaptive management of the Las Vegas Wash and helps protect habitat functions and downstream water quality benefits connected to Lake Mead.Apply for BOR LC 18 N008
- The Department of the Interior in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent to Award to Southern Nevada Water Authority" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.540.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 13, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 27, 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 $293,782.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Special district governments.
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