HAB News Archive

USACE HAB Demonstration FY25 Funding Opportunity Released
The US Army Corps of Engineers Harmful Algal Bloom Demonstration Program funding opportunity announcement has been released! Submissions are being accepted now until January 27, 2025. For information about eligibility, solution brief (aka pre-proposal) requirements, and more – please check out this website: Harmful Algal Bloom Demonstration Program - ERDCWERX

HAB Explorer web app is now public!

Go to the Esri web application, HAB Explorer and the HAB Explorer Landing Page!

HAB Demonstration Program Funding Opportunity. Solution briefs (no more than 5 pages) are being accepted now through May 10, 2024. You can learn more about this opportunity here: https://www.erdcwerx.org/harmful-algal-bloom-demonstration-program/

USACE Freshwater HAB R&D Initiative. If you’d like to learn more about the USACE Freshwater HAB R&D Initiative, funded projects and more, please check out our online report!

New Start Project “CyAN-S2”. CyAN-S2, which stands for Cyanobacteria Assessment Network – Sentinel 2, is an interagency collaboration project that targets development of a national chlorophyll-a product capable of 10 to 60 meter spatial resolution. Cyan-S2 would enable satellite HAB monitoring for > 270,000 lakes and reservoirs and potentially avoid an estimated $42M/year in HAB-associated costs. Checkout the CyAN-S2 factsheet to learn more!

Updated project factsheets and publications. Scroll down to find updated project factsheets, including for a new-start project led by The Ohio State University’s Dr. Michael Brooker titled “Developing Scalable Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Prevention Technologies in the Ohio Region.” Check back early March 2023 for additional new project announcements and factsheets as well as FY23 funding opportunities!

Programmatic NEPA Document for HAB Demo Program, Public Review Period Sept 19 – Oct 3, 2022. Section 128 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 authorized a HAB Technology Demonstration Program, which will generate field-scale technology cost and performance data to guide optimal technology use. Implementation Guidance for this program required preparation of a programmatic National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document. The NEPA document is now available for public review through 9am ET Monday Oct 3, 2022. Please submit review comments via email to HABDemoPrgm@usace.army.mil.

Multiple new funding opportunities are now available! Pre-proposals for Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit (CESU) opportunities are due July 15, 2022. Statements of Interest for “Harmful Algal Bloom Field Validation Program: Aquatic Nuisance Species, Broad Agency Announcement Special Topic Area” are due June 21, 2022.

Select recorded presentations from the 2nd Interagency Freshwater HAB Research & Development Workshop, hosted March 29-31, 2022 virtually and in-person at the USACE South Florida Operations Field Office, are now available online!

USACE Implementation Guidance issued for WRDA 2020 Sec 128-authorized HAB Demo Program.