Cooperative Agreement F21AC03052

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $109,756 cooperative agreement to The Longleaf Alliance Inc. from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026 under the Coastal Program. The purpose of the award is to support priority species habitat restoration and gopher frog head-starting optimization efforts in South Carolina. Specifically, the funding will enable technical and financial assistance to implement voluntary coastal habitat protection, restoration, and...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (SCPRT) under the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management). This funding will be used to preserve 107 acres of pristine coastal habitat in Horry County, South Carolina, increasing public access and recreational...

Under a $114,654 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain will restore 80.39 acres of wet pine savanna habitat near the Mississippi Sandhill Crane Refuge. The project utilizes mechanical mulching, chemical mowing, and bush hogging techniques to establish alternative restoration methods and explore their ecological and economic viability. This effort builds on the...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $309,396 cooperative agreement to Protectores De Cuencas Inc. from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026 under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630). The agreement will support coastal and wetland restoration in two priority areas of the Northeast Ecological Corridor Nature Reserve in Puerto Rico. Specifically, Protectores De Cuencas Inc. will implement voluntary coastal habitat protection, restoration, and improvement...

The Three Rivers Land Trust Inc., doing business as The Landtrust For Central North Carolina Inc., received a $540,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The award was made under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund program to acquire 168 acres on McLendons Creek in Moore County, North Carolina. The project will protect critical wildlife habitat and water quality for wildlife through the fee simple acquisition of...

This $9,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) program will permanently protect 2,849 acres of habitat for the benefit of migratory birds and other wildlife in South Carolina. The award was made to the non-profit organization Open Space Institute Land Trust, Inc. based on their proposal dated July 7, 2023. The grant funding will be used to acquire land through fee title...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $3,205,000 to the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust through the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund program to acquire and protect 2,130 acres of wetlands and associated uplands habitat in North Carolina. The project grant funding will be used to permanently protect important migratory bird and wildlife habitat through fee title acquisition of at-risk wetland properties from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. As a...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $2 million Project Grant to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614). The grant will support conservation activities on the Todd Creek Tract in Georgia from February 2021 through December 2021. The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program provides matching grants to coastal states for wetlands conservation...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $6,782,805 Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463). This 4-year project will construct a living shoreline at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, accelerate living shoreline projects in underserved communities, and develop a statewide resilience implementation plan using nature-based solutions. These actions will protect eroding marshes,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $205,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to the Upper Savannah Land Trust (USLT), a non-profit organization in South Carolina. The purpose of the award is to enhance habitat for the Carolina heelsplitter, a federally endangered freshwater mussel, in the Stevens Creek watershed. USLT will implement habitat restoration activities such as stream bank contouring, improved road crossings,...