WaterSMART Applied Science Grants for the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative

The objective of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite States, tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, universities, nonprofit research institutions, nonprofit organizations, and other entities with water or power delivery authority to leverage non-Federal monies and resources by cost sharing with the Bureau of Reclamation on applied science projects, to meet shared priorities with Southern Rockies LCC partners, and that are designed to enhance the management of natural and cultural resources in a changing climate. This includes analyzing the impacts of climate change and other landscape scale stressors on natural or cultural resources that affect or are affected by water resources management, and developing tools to assess and adapt to those impacts within the boundaries of the Southern Rockies LCC. Eligible projects are intended to focus on the shared priorities of Reclamation and LCC partners identified through the formation of the Southern Rockies LCC. Projects will also support ongoing efforts under the SECURE Water Act (Subtitle F of Title IX of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Public Law 111-11 (42 United States Code [U.S.C] 10364)) and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (FWCA), 16 U.S.C 661-666c, as delegated to Reclamation in Departmental Manual (DM) 255 DM 1.1B.