Cooperative Agreement 00J09101

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded Puget Sound Partnership $73.55 million on October 1, 2025, under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) to implement ecosystem recovery and restoration activities for the Puget Sound estuary through September 30, 2030. Puget Sound Partnership serves as the lead organization coordinating development and implementation of the Puget Sound Action Agenda—the comprehensive conservation and management plan for the estuary. The award funds...

This two-year, $298,908 project grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group to deliver meaningful watershed educational experiences and curriculum integration for all 5th grade students in the East Wenatchee, Washington school district. The goal is to increase authentic, locally relevant science education and student-led stewardship actions to improve local watersheds and recover imperiled salmon...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the State of Washington Department of Ecology $281,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to conduct pre- and post-construction surveys and monitoring at King County shoreline restoration sites on Vashon and Maury Island through December 31, 2029. The work evaluates the effectiveness of restoration projects in building resilience to sea-level rise while benefiting forage...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $389,994 cooperative agreement to the University of Washington under the Sea Grant Support federal grant program (CFDA 11.417) from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The award will support research investigating methods to improve stability in U.S. commercial and recreational fisheries through management strategy evaluation and simulation modeling. Specifically, the University of Washington will explore how management strategies can...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Washington received a $1.116 million Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2028. Washington Sea Grant will develop and expand workforce development training for the shellfish aquaculture industry through optimization and statewide expansion of the TIDES OUT pilot program,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,333,334 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology in partnership with the Great Peninsula Conservancy. The funding will support the permanent protection and conservation of 13.1 acres, including 11.1 acres of coastal wetlands, along 530 feet of the Eastern Hood Canal shoreline in Kitsap County, Washington. The protected habitat features...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $249,675 to Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (doing business as Cascade Fisheries) on July 1, 2026, under the Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA 11.429) to deliver meaningful watershed educational experiences and teacher professional development for K–12 students in East Wenatchee and Rock Island, Washington through June 30, 2028. Cascade Fisheries will expand districtwide access to classroom-integrated watershed education for...

The Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) will receive $289,000 through a two-year Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Sanctuary Program (CFDA 11.429). NSEA will implement a six-month, 40-hour professional development series for Whatcom County fourth grade teachers focused on watershed science. NSEA staff and community partners will provide hands-on training to help teachers successfully implement an updated, place-based...

The Puget Sound Restoration Fund received a $298,017 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will fund work to develop methods for monetizing seaweeds and cockles that foul shellfish aquaculture farms in the Puget Sound region of Washington state between September 2021 and August 2023. The goal of the NOAA program is to...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $197,420 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Friends of the San Juans, a non-profit organization located in Friday Harbor, Washington. The primary goal of this project is to restore the Eastsound Waterfront Park on Orcas Island to improve feeding and rearing habitat for out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon, increase forage fish spawning habitat, and enhance prey for other protected marine species like bocaccio rockfish...