Cooperative Agreement F19AC00661

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,835,196 Cooperative Agreement to the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation, serving as fiscal sponsor for the West Coast Ocean Alliance (WCOA) Regional Ocean Partnership. This funding, provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law over the next two years, will support the WCOA in coordinating and enhancing tribal engagement, convening regional government partners, maintaining and promoting the West Coast Ocean Data...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 awarded a $121,807 cooperative agreement to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026 under the Coastal program (CFDA 15.630). The award will support technical and financial assistance to implement voluntary coastal habitat protection, restoration, and improvement projects that benefit federal trust species, including threatened and endangered species and migratory...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) awarded $3.48 million through a Cooperative Agreement to the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation, serving as fiscal sponsor for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO), under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through November 30, 2027, supports MARCO's coordination of interstate and intertribal management of ocean and coastal resources...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012) to the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System, Inc. (CARICOOS), a non-profit organization in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The purpose of this five-year award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2029, is to enhance CARICOOS's observational capacity to: 1) continue providing water column structure data for...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System, Inc. (CARICOOS) a $2,029,590 Cooperative Agreement under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program (CFDA 11.012) effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2028. CARICOOS will deliver enhanced coastal and ocean observing infrastructure and services across two primary topic areas. Under Topic 1, the organization will upgrade and...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $5,040,000 to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources under the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards program (CFDA 11.419) effective October 1, 2025 through March 31, 2027. This award provides ongoing federal funding to support the administration of Puerto Rico's federally approved Coastal Zone Management Program. NOAA's...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award (CFDA 11.419 - Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards) to the California Coastal Commission to develop technical and policy guidance documents for local and regional governments on conducting sea level rise adaptation planning at a neighborhood scale. The award will support projects that help further enhance California's Coastal Management Program, with a focus on ensuring that...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) awarded $3.48 million in federal funding to the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation, effective October 1, 2025, through November 30, 2028, to support the West Coast Ocean Alliance (WCOA) Regional Ocean Partnership. Under this Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded cooperative agreement, the WCOA will coordinate interstate and intertribal management of...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $1,505,975 Project Grant to the State Coastal Conservancy to enhance wetlands at the Loma Alta Slough in California. The award period runs from February 3, 2021 through December 31, 2025. The funding supports coastal wetlands conservation efforts under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614). This program provides matching grants to coastal states for projects that plan for the...

This $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012) will support the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (Secoora) in achieving four key objectives over the 5-year project period from August 2024 to July 2029: Building regional capacity to participate in pan-regional and national IOOS initiatives, 2) Recapitalizing and modernizing Secoora's...