Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00146
This grant opportunity, titled "Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief; Gandy's Beach, DOI Project Number NJ077" (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00146), was issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service as a discretionary cooperative agreement. It is a single-source financial assistance award intended specifically for The Nature Conservancy (New Jersey Operating Unit, based in Arlington, Virginia). The announcement is described as being for notification purposes only, meaning it was not presented as a typical open competition, even though the eligibility field is listed as unrestricted in the source data. The opportunity was created on March 7, 2017, with an original closing date of April 17, 2017, and it anticipated one award with a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $339,749 under CFDA 15.677. The funding authority for this work is tied to Hurricane Sandy recovery through the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2).
The main purpose of the award is to support monitoring and ecological data collection associated with "living shoreline" coastal resiliency restoration work at Gandys Beach in Downe Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, as well as nearby wetlands. Gandys Beach is an undeveloped stretch of shoreline on the Delaware Bay that The Nature Conservancy owns and manages as a preserve. The site is important because it provides diverse and highly productive coastal habitats, including open marsh, salt ponds, exposed mud flats, shrub-dominated areas, and shallow water environments. These habitat types are particularly vulnerable to wave action and storm-driven erosion, and the Delaware Bay coastline has experienced chronic erosion over time, with storm events accelerating losses. Hurricane Sandy is highlighted as a major event that further worsened shoreline decline in this area.
A central problem the project addresses is ongoing shoreline retreat and wetland degradation, which threaten the ecological integrity of Gandys Beach and the wildlife that depends on it. The Nature Conservancy documented roughly 130 meters of shoreline retreat at Gandys Beach since 1930, illustrating the long-term scale of erosion. The affected habitats are critical for migratory birds, providing breeding, foraging, and resting areas for shorebirds, wading birds, raptors, and waterfowl. The announcement specifically notes the spring migration period, when hundreds of thousands of shorebirds use the Delaware Bay shoreline and adjacent marshes, including species such as ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres), the federally listed candidate red knot (Calidris canutus), semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla), and sanderlings (Calidris alba). By focusing on shoreline resilience at this location, the work aims to help protect the physical habitat features these species rely on.
The project itself is framed as monitoring and evaluation rather than construction. The grantee is expected to collect ecological data that can be used to measure the coastal resilience benefits of living shoreline techniques used in Hurricane Sandy-related restoration efforts. The types of data called out include vegetation cover (as an indicator of habitat establishment and stability), oyster population metrics (relevant to reef-based living shoreline designs and their role in dampening wave energy), and sediment accretion (a key measure of whether the shoreline and marsh platform are building elevation and resisting erosion). Data collection methods mentioned include site visits, vegetation surveys, and other field approaches suited to tracking ecological condition and shoreline response over time.
Overall, the opportunity is designed to generate practical, field-based evidence on how well living shoreline restoration performs in a high-energy, erosion-prone environment like the Delaware Bay, particularly in the context of post-Hurricane Sandy recovery investments. By producing monitoring results on performance, costs, and ecological outcomes, the project is meant to strengthen understanding of an emerging set of resilience techniques and improve future decision-making about nature-based coastal protection strategies in New Jersey and similar coastal settings.Apply for F17AS00146
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief; Gandy's Beach, DOI Project Number NJ077" 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 Mar 07, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 17, 2017. (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 $339,749.00 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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