This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides $352,662 to the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment to expand participation in voluntary wetland conservation programs and improve the environmental quality of watersheds, particularly in disadvantaged communities, in Oklahoma. The key activities under this award include: developing a quality assurance project plan,...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program, provides $316,932.00 in funding to the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment to utilize modern datasets to better delineate the extent and classification of lacustrine (lake) and palustrine (marsh) wetlands across the state of Oklahoma. The key activities include project planning, developing a Quality Assurance...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $429,983 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides funding to Clemson University to expand on the South Carolina Wetland Program Plan (SCWPP) objectives. The key activities include: Conducting a literature review on the state of knowledge of anuran, bird, macroinvertebrate, and vegetation communities in Carolina bays, pocosins, and other isolated wetlands in 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 $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, totaling $331,307.00, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program. The agreement funds the Kansas Water Office to quantify the capacity of farm pond wetlands in northeastern Kansas to improve water quality, store water, and provide habitat. The project involves monitoring water chemistry, discharge, and habitat conditions at 10 farm pond wetlands, and analyzing...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) provides $333,272 in funding to the Utah Geological Survey (UGS) to develop a new Wetland Program Plan (WPP) for the state, evaluate current and potential wetland protections, and create educational and outreach materials. Key deliverables include a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), progress and final reports, a wetland-focused webpage...
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 efforts. The key activities include updating the NWI for 35 HUC-12 (partial) watersheds within the city limits, conducting water quality testing and macroinvertebrate...
This $667,121 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program supports the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in carrying out several key activities to develop and enhance the state's comprehensive wetlands program. The funded activities include: 1) creating narrative wetland standards and designated uses for specific wetland types, and participating in a state permitting...
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 $360,652 in funding to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas to develop an initial wetland management plan supported by a monitoring and assessment program. The key activities include wetland mapping and classification, impact/threat assessment and monitoring, urban stormwater modeling, development of a wetlands program...
This $700,189 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program supports the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) in enhancing the state's wetlands protection and management capabilities. Key products and services to be delivered include: Assessing the impact of the Supreme Court's recent Sackett decision on the jurisdictional boundaries of wetlands along Virginia's state...