OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.  CESU&#191;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Description: The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to extend ongoing tidal wetland field research into a larger framework to support a national inventory in coastal wetland carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas exchange. This project has been funded by the NASA ROSES program (14-CMS14-0033) under the title &#191;Linking Satellite and Soil Data to Validate Coastal Wetland &quot;Blue Carbon&quot; Inventories: Upscaled Support for Developing MRV and REDD+ Protocols&#191;. This project seeks to develop the first tidal wetland verifiable carbon (C) monitoring protocol, appropriate for national policy and market-based interventions.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves, 703-648-7356&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov&lt;br/&gt;