OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.&#160; &#160;
Description: The US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC), is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner to provide financial assistance for research investigating changes in vegetation greenness and water use in western U.S.A. riparian zones which include monitoring of native and non-native riparian plants. Related to riparian ecosystem change monitoring due to both natural and anthropogenic landcover change in rivers and streams of the Lower Colorado River Basin, as well as monitoring of all restoration activities along these tributary streams, USGS seeks to measure changes in greenup and evapotranspiration using satellite images.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: FAITH GRAVES&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.