Cooperative Agreement F19AC00813

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $5,826,000 Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The 4-year project aims to: (1) develop strategies to increase beneficial reuse of up to 45,000 tons of flood control channel sediment for habitat restoration; (2) implement pilot projects to restore several acres of tidal marsh and creek habitat; (3) develop visions...

The Sausalito Marin City School District received a $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The funding will support the design, permitting, and construction of a 600-foot daylighted, vegetated perennial creek channel, as well as the installation of green infrastructure stormwater management features on the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy's Nevada Campus. The project also...

The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District will receive $315,000 from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) federal grant program to restore riparian corridors along 16 miles of Ashwaubenon Creek and 10 miles of Dutchman Creek in Wisconsin. Over the next three years, the Sewerage District will address water quality, riparian and instream habitat fragmentation, and degraded aquatic habitat through...

This $648,585 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the Tioga County Soil & Water Conservation District to implement wetland, buffer, and stream restoration projects in the Upper Susquehanna Watershed. The key activities include restoring 100 acres of riparian forest buffer, 100 acres of wetland, and 2,500 feet of stream corridor, as well as acquiring...

This Project Grant award of $400,000 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance program (CFDA 15.664) will fund the design and permitting phase of a pipeline project to connect the Montague Water Conservation District's main canal to the Big Springs Irrigation District's upper ditch. This pipeline would allow Montague's water to be delivered to Big Springs Irrigation District, reducing the need for pumping...

The Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement awarded a $519,348 Cooperative Agreement to Stream Restoration Inc. (DBA US Carbon Sequestration Council), a non-profit organization, under the Not-for-Profit AMD Reclamation - Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 15.253). The funding will be used to rehabilitate the Maiden Passive Treatment System in Pennsylvania, which is expected to treat an estimated 150 million gallons of acid mine drainage...

This $1,526,621 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the CFDA 66.126 Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund supports the City of Sonoma's North Bay Water Quality Partnership Project. The key project activities include: Installing large and small-scale trash capture devices in four municipal stormwater systems to improve water quality and meet Phase II stormwater permit requirements. The project aims to install full...

This Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 under the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program (CFDA 66.447) provides $645,000 to the District of Columbia's Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) to support the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The primary activity to be performed is the construction of the Fort Dupont Stream and Wetland Restoration, Phase II project....

The Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper will implement green infrastructure practices across a 2.23-acre site along Gill Creek in Niagara Falls, NY through a $1.23 million Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) CFDA 66.469 program. Activities include constructing an infiltration trench, floodplain benches, exfiltration systems, and restoring fringe wetlands and natural areas to capture 2.3 million gallons of stormwater runoff...

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,...