Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00177
The grant opportunity titled "Bloede Dam; Monitoring and Assessment of the Dam Removal; Hurricane Sandy" (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00177) is a discretionary U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funding action under the Department of the Interior. It is tied to CFDA 15.677 and is authorized through the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2), which provided Hurricane Sandy disaster relief funding for environmental recovery and resilience work. While the listing shows eligibility as "unrestricted," the announcement makes clear that this is a single-source award intended specifically for American Rivers, Inc., and is being posted mainly as a public notification rather than an open competition.
The purpose of the award is to fund long-term monitoring and assessment connected to the Bloede Dam removal project on the Patuxent River in Maryland. The dam removal itself was funded through Hurricane Sandy disaster relief authorities and was expected to be completed in 2018. This grant focuses on collecting the scientific and field data needed to evaluate whether the removal actually achieves its core ecological goal: improving fish passage for both migratory and resident fish. Another practical driver is compliance with permit requirements, meaning the monitoring is not just research-oriented but also supports regulatory commitments made as part of the removal project.
A major component of the work is biological monitoring during fish spawning season to measure passage effectiveness. The grantee is expected to coordinate with and support federal and partner agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, by surveying sampling sites located both upstream and downstream of the former dam location. The field effort centers on collecting migratory fish during spawning periods to determine whether targeted species are successfully moving through the restored river reach. Sampling is planned as weekly electrofishing events during the spawning season, focusing on key anadromous and river herring species: Alewife, American Shad, Blueback Herring, and Hickory Shad. These species are commonly used as indicators of connectivity and habitat access because their life cycles depend on migrating between saltwater and freshwater spawning areas.
Alongside the fish work, the opportunity funds physical and geomorphic monitoring of the river channel and site conditions after the dam comes out. That includes systematic photo monitoring to document visible changes, development of sediment facies maps to characterize sediment types and distributions, and calculations of net channel change over time to quantify how the river is adjusting post-removal. Together, these physical measurements help explain why fish passage outcomes improve or fall short by tracking how sediment movement, channel shape, and habitat features evolve once the impoundment is gone.
The monitoring is designed as a multi-year effort rather than a short snapshot. Post-removal tracking of both fish and physical site features is planned over a five-year period, from 2018 through 2023, recognizing that rivers and fish populations often respond over several seasons as habitat stabilizes and migratory runs reestablish. The grantee is required to produce annual reports and a final report summarizing methods, results, and findings from the surveys and site assessments, ensuring that partners and permitting entities have documentation of outcomes and trends over time.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was posted on June 18, 2018, with an original closing date of July 18, 2018. The expected number of awards is one, consistent with the single-source nature of the notice, and the listed award ceiling is $476,250. The project is also framed as supporting Department of the Interior financial assistance priorities, particularly around partnering and broader departmental themes such as building a lasting conservation stewardship legacy, restoring trust and being a good neighbor, and delivering results effectively through strong team leadership.Apply for F18AS00177
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Bloede Dam; Monitoring and Assessment of the Dam Removal; Hurricane Sandy" 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 Jun 18, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 18, 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 $476,250.00 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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