Description: <div style="margin:0px; padding:0px; clear:both; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:12px;"><div style="margin:0px; padding:0px; overflow:visible; clear:both;"><p style="margin:0px -2px 10.6667px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">High quality hydrography data is critical to flood risk management, hydrologic modeling, resource management, conservation, energy development, agriculture, and a host of other nationally significant applications. The 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP) is managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on behalf of the community of Federal, State, local, Tribal, and other </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">partners</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;"> and users of terrestrial hydrography data. </span></span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px; padding:0px; overflow:visible; clear:both;"><p style="margin:0px -2px 10.6667px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;">The USGS 3D National Topography Model (3DNTM) initiative updates, improves, and integrates USGS elevation and hydrography data to model the Nation in 3D. </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px; padding:0px; overflow:visible; clear:both;"><p style="margin:0px -2px 10.6667px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;">As part of the 3DNTM implementation, the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP) changed its process for finding and selecting partnerships beginning in federal fiscal year (FY</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; color:rgb(209, 52, 56); font-size:11pt; text-decoration-line:underline; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">)</span></span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;"> 2024. The revised and streamlined structure is called the 3DNTM Data Collaboration Announcement (DCA). The DCA includes data acquisition partnerships for both the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) and 3DHP</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">. </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">The DCA is open to the broadest stakeholder community possible including Federal, State, and local governments, T</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">ribes</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">, academia, </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">nonprofits</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;"> and the private sector</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">. </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">The final geographic extents of each data acquisition project are </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">determined</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;"> by the USGS, Federal and/or State/local/other partners who fund the project to meet their mission needs</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">. </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px; padding:0px; overflow:visible; clear:both;"><p style="margin:0px -2px 10.6667px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">The 3DNTM DCA replaced the 3DEP Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) which was </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">established</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;"> in 2015. The BAA provided a fair and open process for developing 3DEP data acquisition partnerships to support community needs for high quality topographic information. The best practices </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">established</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;"> in the BAA will continue to be used for the 3DNTM DCA</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">. </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">The transition to the DCA in FY 2024 was the first year a partnership process was available for 3DHP</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">. </span></span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px; padding:0px; overflow:visible; clear:both;"><p style="margin:0px -2px 10.6667px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;">More information about the BAA and past projects can be found on the </span><a href="https://www.usgs.gov/3d-elevation-program/3dep-broad-agency-announcement-portal" style="margin:0px; padding:0px; text-decoration-line:none;" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size:11pt; text-decoration-line:underline; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">BAA Portal.</span></span></a><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> More information about the DCA and past projects can be found on the </span><a href="https://www.usgs.gov/3d-national-topography-model/data-collaboration-announcement-portal" style="margin:0px; padding:0px; text-decoration-line:none;" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size:11pt; text-decoration-line:underline; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px;">DCA Portal</span></span></a><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; color:rgb(5, 99, 193);"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px; padding:0px; overflow:visible; clear:both;"><p style="margin:0px -2px 10.6667px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-alternates:normal; font-variant-position:normal; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;">This layer depicts 3DHP DCA projects from FY 2024 to present.</span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; line-height:19.275px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div>
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