Cooperative Agreement F16AC00455

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) provides $150,000 to the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation to restore coastal processes and functions at Adelma Beach in Discovery Bay, Washington. The project will remove 530 square feet of wooden bulkhead, including two cabins, spanning 115 linear feet of shoreline. This will restore sediment transport and habitat connectivity, as well as remove non-native vegetation and...

The Washington State Department of Ecology was awarded a $1,423,333 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614). The grant will fund the acquisition of a conservation easement over 227.89 acres of undeveloped marine shoreline, pocket estuary, salt marsh and forested habitat on Steamboat Peninsula in Thurston County, Washington. This will permanently conserve over 2.5 miles...

The California Department of Parks and Recreation received a $552,390 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420) for the period of July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The funding supports the management and operations of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in California, including the development, monitoring, research,...

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 (NOAA) awarded $1.126 million under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420) to the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) for a cooperative agreement from July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. $386,673 in federal funds will support operations, research and monitoring, education, training, and invasive species control activities at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,423,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe as a sub-grantee, to restore approximately 73 acres of coastal wetland habitat in Mason County, Washington. The project will restore 1.2 miles of Skookum Creek by re-aligning the channel to its historic alignment, restoring streamside channels, removing a...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is awarding $2,332,854 under the Office for Coastal Management federal grant program (CFDA 11.473) to the Washington Department of Ecology for a habitat restoration and conservation project at Padilla Bay in Skagit County, Washington. The three-year cooperative agreement will support the permanent protection of 74.5 acres of former and current tidal marsh, plus associated tidelands. This effort is part of a larger 105-acre tidal marsh...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,410,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration grant (CFDA 15.614) to the Washington Department of Ecology. The grant will enable the Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Northwest Watershed Institute as a sub-recipient, to acquire and permanently protect 81 acres of coastal wetland habitat along Tarboo Creek's tributaries in Jefferson County, Washington. This project represents the current phase of a larger landscape-scale...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $5,999,290 through the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves Program (CFDA 11.420) to the California State Coastal Conservancy, with $3,775,575.00 obligated as of the October 1, 2025 award date. The cooperative agreement supports Phase 1 of the Ormond Beach Coastal Restoration Project, a transformative habitat restoration initiative on 260 acres of public lands in Southern...

This $100,000 cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA #15.631), will fund habitat restoration activities in Tomales Bay, Marin County, California. The key deliverables include: 1) developing a conceptual design plan to increase connectivity between Marks Marsh and Tomales Bay, and 2) invasive plant control on 1 acre of salt marsh habitat adjacent to the Walker Creek Delta and Cypress Grove Preserve. These actions...