Cooperative Agreement L15AC00183

This $500,000 project grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306), will fund Houston Wilderness' "Super Trees for Sustainability-Alief" initiative. The project aims to address the lack of climate resiliency, economic disadvantages, and urban heat island effects in the Alief-Westwood area of Houston, Texas. Key activities include developing a native tree...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, through its Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554), awarded a $330,885 Project Grant to The Great Springs Project, Inc. on June 11, 2025. The grant will support the development of a watershed restoration and access plan for a highly urbanized section of the lower Colorado River around Austin, Texas. The plan will guide the implementation of strategic projects focused on restoration, public access, land development, resource extraction, and...

The Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) will restore one acre of wetland habitat on the campus of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan under a $810,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5. The wetland restoration activities are funded through October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025 under the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ARC will address three Beneficial Use Impairments in the Rouge...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region awarded a 5-year, $310,000 Project Grant to Houston Wilderness, a non-profit organization, under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant supports Houston Wilderness' riparian reforestation efforts in smaller high-risk neighborhoods in Texas. Specifically, Houston Wilderness is producing and distributing tree seeds and seedlings to replant riparian areas, as well as implementing green stormwater...

The Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC), doing business as the Watershed Center, was awarded a $230,000 cooperative agreement from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region to support Phase III of the Weaverville Basin Community Protection project. Under the three-year award beginning May 28, 2021 through July 1, 2024, the Watershed Center will work to protect, restore, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and other natural resources on public and...

This Project Grant award of $909,800.00 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) supports the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) Galveston Bay Estuary Program (GBEP) in implementing its Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The funding will be used for three key projects: 1) Establishing the Trinity Bay Discovery Center as a demonstration site for green infrastructure to promote coastal resiliency and restore...

The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) was awarded a $3,494,219 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) program. The grant, titled "Healthy Watersheds and Thriving Cities: Collaborating for Multiple Benefits at the Landscape Scale," aims to develop a cross-organizational, landscape-scale watershed approach to identifying urban greening solutions that provide multiple benefits to humans and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to The Watershed Research And Training Center (Watershed Center), a non-profit organization, to provide technical assistance related to the Trinity County Conservation Program. The project will run from September 23, 2023 through August 31, 2026. As the prime recipient, Watershed Center will deliver...

The federal Project Grant award of $850,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). The grant was awarded on August 13, 2024 to the Trinity Park Conservancy, a non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas, to support economic development and community development activities. The grant is expected to be completed by August 31, 2032. While the...

This $652,664 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312), provides funding to the City of Dallas to measure the impact of implementing vegetative buffers along area roadways in the St. Philips community in Southeast Dallas. The project aims to improve air quality and reduce local heat island effects in this area, which faces severe regional air quality non-attainment,...