Cooperative Agreement F24AC01539

This $1,500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the California State Coastal Conservancy (CSCC) aims to advance living shoreline projects in San Francisco Bay. The project is funded through the EPA's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126), which supports efforts to improve water quality and restore aquatic habitats in the San Francisco Bay region. The project will accomplish the following...

This $111,858 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420) will fund Phase I planning and design for an integrated shoreline protection and habitat restoration project at a research reserve headquarters in Virginia. The project aims to develop a high-energy, natural and nature-based shoreline protection strategy that integrates structural elements like breakwaters with the...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides $599,060 in funding to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) for a project focused on improving shoreline erosion control practices with a focus on living shorelines. The key products and services to be delivered include: Revisions to the state's shoreline management planning and living shoreline design...

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,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $1,399,920.00 in funding to the County of Escambia, Florida for the Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project. The project will construct a large living shoreline within the lower Pensacola Bay system along exposed shorelines around the Naval Air Station Pensacola and near the entrance to Bayou Grande. The key products and services to be...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $1,875,000 in federal funding to Auburn University under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) for the Living Shoreline Initiative in Baldwin County, Alabama. Specifically, Auburn University will use these funds to design and permit a large-scale (> 3,800 linear feet) demonstration living shoreline, and to design, permit, and construct a small-scale (> 1,200 linear feet) living...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $528,337 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) to The Georgia Conservancy Inc., a non-profit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. The funding will be used to collaborate with the Seabrook Village Foundation to create a living shoreline along a public landing in Seabrook, a historic Gullah Geechee community. The project aims to design and construct the living shoreline to...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $920,372 project grant to North Carolina State University under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to co-develop a coastal protection design and siting framework and living shoreline training courses and certification program from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026. The university will collect stakeholder survey data on coastal adaptation options to compile in a centralized database, and continue monitoring living shoreline...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $3,541,936 in funding through the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law National Estuarine Research Reserve Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) for a Cooperative Agreement. This funding will increase climate resilience of coastal communities within coastal counties in Alabama through habitat...

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded $4 million under the Comprehensive Plan Component Program (CFDA 87.051) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on January 22, 2021. The project grant supports the implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive living shoreline initiative through August 30, 2026. As part of the award, $250,000 was provided to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (doing business as Dauphin Island Sea Lab) to conduct living...