Cooperative Agreement F14AC00842

Under a $145,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. will generate updated National Wetland Inventory (NWI) spatial data for approximately 1.5 million acres in the Northern Saginaw Bay of Michigan. The final product will be a spatial wetland dataset compliant with the Fish and Wildlife Service's NWI program and the Federal Geographic Data Committee mapping standards. This funding is provided through the Emergency...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $246,406 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program to the Washington State Department of Ecology. The project aims to expand the coverage of Wetland Intrinsic Potential (WIP) mapping statewide to better support wetland management, research, and conservation in Washington. Key activities include forming a WIP technical working group, developing a quality assurance plan, gathering...

This EPA Region 2 Cooperative Agreement award provides $442,770 in funding to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to carry out ground-truthing and analysis of two wetland mapping methods in Bergen and Atlantic Counties, New Jersey. The goal is to determine if these novel methods could improve future land use/land cover (LULC) mapping efforts across the state. Key activities include developing a quality assurance project plan, conducting field data collection and...

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (VFWD), in collaboration with the Vermont Natural Heritage Inventory (VNHI), was awarded a $160,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program. This 3-year project will advance the protection of Vermont's wetlands by mapping rare, threatened, and endangered (RTE) wetland plants and significant natural communities across the state. The project will share new...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to restore 193 acres of native habitat at the Mad Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area. The restoration will include excavating tidal channels and removing invasive plant species from 59 acres of salt marsh. An additional 8.5 acres will be planted as high marsh and tidal...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures program (CFDA 15.637) provides $166,620 to develop and implement improved methods for monitoring the use of restored and enhanced wetlands by birds, frogs, and people. The key activities include: Piloting the Wetland Restoration Monitoring Protocol (WRMP) to better detect spring migrating waterfowl and rare marsh breeding species at 50 point count...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Delmarva R C & D Inc., a non-profit conservation organization, to restore degraded salt marshes in the Maryland Coastal Bays. The project aims to improve fish habitat, water quality, and coastal resiliency by reversing human impacts on at least 114 acres of salt marsh. Key restoration techniques include sediment addition to nourish degraded...

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...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) program, awarded a $244,000 Project Grant to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) for the Sweet Marsh Wetland Enhancement Project. The purpose of the project is to enhance 158 acres of wetland habitat in the Upper Wapsipinicon Floodplain of northeastern Iowa that is vital to migrating waterfowl, waterbirds, and passerines. Iowa DNR will complete this wetland enhancement...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $1,310,675 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) to update and improve the accuracy of Washington's statewide hydrography dataset. The project, titled "Washington Modernized Surface Water Mapping", will focus on incorporating higher-resolution LiDAR-derived hydrography data that better captures the location and characteristics of...