Cooperative Agreement 00A00232

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 66.818) program. The funding will support the recipient in conducting eligible assessment-related activities authorized under CERCLA 104(k)(2) in Piscataquis County, Maine. Specifically, the recipient will inventory, characterize, assess, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), will fund the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council to re-capitalize a revolving loan fund for brownfield site cleanup and redevelopment activities in Piscataquis County, Maine. Specifically, the $1,000,000 award will enable the Council to issue approximately two...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) will develop a fish passage management plan for the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in Maine. The $1,160,000 award, effective from November 15, 2024 to November 14, 2029, will evaluate the suitability and productivity of existing stream impoundments for river herring, and use the data collected to inform future habitat...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631), provides $200,000 in funding to the Essex County Department of Public Works (ECDPW) to restore, enhance, and reconnect brook trout habitat within the Lake Champlain Basin in New York. ECDPW will work cooperatively with partners and landowners throughout the watershed to achieve restoration outcomes developed through a watershed management plan and other shared...

The Forest Society of Maine will receive $250,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5. The funding is provided under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program (NRDAR, CFDA 15.658) to support conservation efforts for the Coburn Gore Project. The goal of the Coburn Gore Project is to permanently conserve a tract of working forestland containing important loon nesting habitat and headwaters of a major...

This $331,752 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: E-CORE RII: STRENGTHENING MAINE'S RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM AND PATHWAYS THROUGH STRATEGIC CAPACITY BUILDING" project led by the University of Southern Maine. The project aims to enhance Maine's research and development (R&D) ecosystem through four synergistic cores: The Administrative Core will advance diversity,...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 provides $1,300,000.00 in funding to the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point to conduct eligible assessment-related activities under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818). The key activities to be performed include inventorying, characterizing, and assessing brownfield sites, as well as developing cleanup plans and supporting...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463), will fund the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to continue construction of structures to improve fish passage at Woodland Dam on the St. Croix River. The $7,478,009 grant, with a project period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will provide access to significant habitat for migratory fish, including 60,000...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $11,992,935 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to the Pleasant Point Indian Reservation, on behalf of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, to increase fish passage at the Woodland Dam on the Skutik River (St. Croix River). This effort will improve access to habitat for alewife and other migratory fish species that are culturally and ecologically important to the tribe. The project aims to address one...

This $210,000 Cooperative Agreement (Federal Grant Award ID: P24AC02472) was awarded in September 2024 by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Northeast Region under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.962). The purpose of the award is to protect the wild and scenic river values of the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in Vermont through comprehensive river management. The funding supports a range of programs and projects to achieve...