Cooperative Agreement F19AC00048

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 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,420,000 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program grant (CFDA 15.614) to the Washington Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Great Peninsula Conservancy as a sub-recipient. The grant funding will be used to acquire and permanently protect 240 acres and 1.23 miles of shoreline in Mason County, Washington along the Hood Canal. The project will conserve an intact, large estuary that provides critical habitat for...

The Northwest Straits Foundation, Washington State Parks, and the Skagit and Whatcom County Marine Resources Committees will develop a feasibility study, design, permitting, and initiate community outreach for the restoration of over 1,200 linear feet of shoreline, 9 acres of backshore, and adjacent upland habitat at Clayton Beach in Larrabee State Park, Skagit County, WA under a $122,716 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The award...

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 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 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. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,410,000 Project Grant under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) program to the Washington Department of Ecology, in partnership with the Northwest Watershed Institute as a sub-recipient. The grant funding will be used to acquire and permanently protect 81 acres of coastal wetland habitat along Tarboo Creek's tributaries in Jefferson County, Washington. This project represents a critical...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) program, awarded a $665,200 Project Grant to the Washington Department of Ecology to acquire and permanently protect 1.6 acres and 430 feet of marine coastline along Samish Bay in Skagit County, Washington. The project aims to remove development rights and support future restoration of the surrounding coastal wetland properties that are already under protection. As a sub-recipient,...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $1,595,461 Project Grant to the State Coastal Conservancy under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) federal grant program. The grant will fund restoration of the Elk River Estuary in California from March 2021 through March 2025. Specifically, the grant award will support restoration and enhancement of 35 acres of coastal wetland habitat within the Elk River Estuary as part of the...