Cooperative Agreement F16AC00836

This $1,069,948.82 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) will enable Protectores De Cuencas, Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to collaborate with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to restore 107 acres of coastal wetlands in the Punta Tuna Natural Reserve. The project will remove debris, reestablish...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $156,500 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Stewardship Program (CFDA 15.944) to the Save The Dunes Conservation Fund Inc. (Save Dunes) for a project to enhance native pollinator habitats across 115 acres in the Indiana Dunes region. The objective is to increase connectivity of pollinator habitat by improving marginal lands to serve as corridors. Key activities include invasive species management, converting turf to prairie, and planting...

The U.S. Department of the Interior is providing a $500,000 project grant award under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098) to the Waihapakai organization. The purpose of the grant is to envision and develop a new Hawaiian fishpond in the Punaluu ahupuaa stream mouth in Hawaii. The project, titled "Understanding Practices to Educate on Native Abundance (UPENA)," aims to demonstrate how constructing new fishponds can enhance climate resilience for Native...

The Department of Fish & Game Division of Ecological Restoration received a $1,501,430 Project Grant under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to implement the Windswept Bog Ecological Restoration Project. This project will restore over 43.8 acres of decreasing coastal wetland habitats on a retired cranberry bog site in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Key restoration activities include removing berms and water control...

The Pacific Coastal Research & Planning organization received a $4,026,332 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) to support habitat restoration, community resilience, and marine debris removal efforts in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Palau from 2024 to 2028. Additionally, the organization has received two Cooperative Agreements totaling $9,332,848 from...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) will provide $200,000 to the Chicago Park District to establish 1.25 acres of native dune habitat along the Lake Michigan shoreline at Calumet Park in Chicago. Key project activities include importing and grading clean sand, installing gravel to create nesting habitat for piping plovers, and planting native marram grass and milkweed to stabilize the dunes and support pollinators. The...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) provides $1,369,868.46 to the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) to expand Anza Borrego State Park in Borrego Springs, CA. The project will acquire approximately 3,156.43 acres, protecting over 600,000 acres of public land for outdoor recreation in perpetuity. This will preserve the unique landscape and biodiversity of Anza Borrego...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award in the amount of $370,409.00 was granted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Plant Conservation and Restoration Management program (CFDA 15.245), to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, doing business as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The award, with an effective date of October 1, 2023 and a project period through September 30, 2028, will support the development of tools and strategies to enhance...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center awarded a $799,911 Project Grant to the PUA Foundation, a Native Hawaiian organization, under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098). The grant, titled "Kapapahuliau Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program - 2024", will fund a 2-year initiative (10/1/2024 - 9/30/2026) to enhance the climate resilience of the Native Hawaiian community through integrated environmental, cultural, and community-based...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Ducks Unlimited, Inc. a $303,461 Cooperative Agreement through the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) National Estuarine Research Reserve Habitat Protection and Restoration Grant Competition for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award supports the development of data-driven restoration designs for 125 acres of salt marsh across three priority marshes using...