This action approves an award in the amount of $501,723 to sustaining our urban landscape (soul)

The purpose of this award is to reduce nonpoint source pollution and enhance community resilience using green infrastructure (GI) practices in the gulf of mexico watershed. Activities: the activities to be performed are obtaining community involvement and creating a tree planting plan, planting of 1-2 trees at every house in pontchartrain park (1500 trees total) and maintaining them for 1 year, and mapping and tracking the project's impact on storm water runoff and nonpoint source pollution. Outcomes: anticipated deliverables are 1,500 native trees are planted in pontchartrain park neighborhood, and an estimated 75 acres are restored. Expected outcomes are reducing an estimated 3 million gallons of storm water runoff thereby mitigating nonpoint source pollution into the gulf of mexico. Intended beneficiaries are pontchartrain park residents and the communities near new orleans, louisiana who will benefit from enhanced community resilience. Subrecipient: no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.