Cooperative Agreement F17AC00732

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cooperative agreement award of $400,000, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), aims to improve water quality in the Portage River watershed and restore wetland habitat in northern Ohio. The key activities funded include: Restoring at least 7 acres of wetland on a former 9-hole golf course and a 51-acre agricultural property owned by The Nature Conservancy. Restoration work will involve decommissioning drainage tile,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623), awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to the Western Reserve Land Conservancy to acquire and permanently protect 87.90 acres of land in Summit County, Ohio. The property includes approximately 32 acres of critical wetland habitat that provides essential nesting and feeding areas for waterfowl and other migratory birds. The grant funding will enable the land trust to acquire a conservation...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $1,702,561 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) grant to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) to place perpetual conservation easements on 1,118.754 acres of coastal wetlands and uplands in Dorchester County, Maryland. This project will permanently protect five properties (seven parcels) located near the FWS Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, facilitating inland marsh migration and enhancing...

This $752,950 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will restore 64 acres of degraded and drained peat wetlands in Clackamas County, Oregon. The project, led by the regional government agency Metro, will improve hydrology and native wetland vegetation communities through activities such as filling drainage channels, constructing ponds and swales, weed control, and dense...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will restore 19 acres of wetlands in Allen County, Ohio under a $1.3 million Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program. The wetland restoration activities will reduce stormwater and nutrient runoff in the Western Basin of Lake Erie by an estimated 207 million gallons and 292 pounds of phosphorus annually. Allen County will hire a contractor to conduct excavation,...

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...

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...

The Conservation Fund will receive $1,520,320 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements cooperative agreement program to implement marsh restoration strategies at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2027. As part of the award, The Conservation Fund will work with Blackwater NWR staff and an expert advisory panel to identify and implement tidal marsh restoration projects that support wildlife habitat...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $160,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to Northeast Wetland Restoration, a sole proprietorship located in Berwick, Maine. The purpose of this 5-year project is to correct marsh surface hydrology and improve salt marsh resilience to climate change and sea level rise at the 141-acre Little River Estuary in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine. Northeast...

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...