This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $316,932 in funding to the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment. The primary objectives are to utilize modern datasets to delineate the extent and classification of lacustrine and palustrine wetlands across the state of Oklahoma, obtain a clear picture of wetland gains and losses, and provide updated area maps...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides $405,294 in funding to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The purpose of the award is to conduct research to protect and manage wetlands under new state regulations and address a critical gap in the New York State wetland condition assessment. The key activities to be performed include: 1) Evaluating the...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides $170,100 in funding to the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) from May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2026. The award supports three key project activities: 1) Enhancing wetland mapping and monitoring in D.C. to demonstrate historic wetland losses and current trends, including making data publicly...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) provides $297,393 to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to enhance environmental data management and sharing capabilities. Key activities include: Improving the monitoring location metadata storage structures and management processes in OWRB's Assessment and Watershed Quality Management System (AWQMS); enhancing data access through...
This $248,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Formula Grant under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) funds the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment to conduct water quality management planning activities in the state. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a eutrophication/harmful algal bloom fact sheet Updating a groundwater model to evaluate drought scenarios for the cities of Norman and Noble Enhancing water...
This $168,775 formula grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment for a statewide water quality monitoring and assessment program. Key activities include: Conducting a probabilistic survey of approximately 35-40 stream and river stations annually across three ecoregions in Oklahoma to characterize water...
This $484,019 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides funding to the City of Kansas City, Missouri to update the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) and promote public awareness of wetland conservation. The key activities include updating the NWI for 35 watersheds within the city, conducting water quality testing and macroinvertebrate assessments, and developing...
This $248,138 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program. The objective is to provide a resource for local governments in Washington state to digitize wetland data using a consistent and reliable approach. The grantee, the Washington Department of Ecology, will develop a guidance document and template Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for wetland mapping digitization. This...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $336,626 in funding to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). The funding will support CDPHE's efforts to develop a program that authorizes and regulates discharges of dredge or fill material to wetlands and other state waters no longer considered "Waters of the United States"...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality a $7,266,960 cooperative agreement under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award supports Oklahoma's air quality planning and monitoring, radon assessment and mitigation, hazardous waste management, public water system oversight, underground injection control, lead-based paint programs, and PFAS drinking...