Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to analyze, synthesize, and interpret the latest stream temperature monitoring data in the Lake Tahoe Basin. This project will use the best available science and reproducible analytical methods to evaluate long-term trends, identify ecological thresholds, and support adaptive management. Project activities will be conducted in collaboration with interagency partners and be focused on long-term monitoring data collected and curated by the U.S. Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit to modernize their 2016 Land Management Plan for water quality/stream temperature monitoring for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Program. CESU's are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.