Cooperative Agreement L19AC00007

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...

This $750,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will support the East Bay Regional Park District's efforts to improve public access and water quality in the Tilden Regional Park and Wildcat Creek watershed. The key products and services to be delivered through this grant include: removing a concrete weir, restoring 500 linear feet of creek bed...

The Town of Superior, Arizona, was awarded a $245,308 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to engage stakeholders and create the Upper Queen Creek Watershed Group. The group will develop a watershed restoration plan, establish a baseline assessment, create monitoring plans, and prioritize projects to address water quality and quantity issues within the Upper Queen Creek Watershed, which has been impacted by mineral...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), provides $959,752.00 in funding to the City of Austin, Texas to develop plans and engineering design for the Buttermilk Creek Water Quality Improvements Project. The key activities to be performed under this award include the design phase work for this water quality improvement project, which aims to develop a green infrastructure design to...

The Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Middle Deschutes Watershed Council, will receive $263,564 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to remove western juniper trees from 460 acres of upland habitat surrounding Willow Creek in Oregon. This project aims to restore water connectivity between upland and in-stream habitats by removing juniper that has caused flows in...

The Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District Number 3 will receive $100,000 from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program to establish a local watershed group in the Kansas portion of the Middle Arkansas-Lake McKinney watershed through June 2024. The District will facilitate stakeholder outreach and coalition building to gather information on watershed health and outline a restoration plan for the portion of the Arkansas...

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 $200,673 Project Grant was awarded on February 1, 2024 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The grant recipient, Friends of Sausal Creek, will implement a restoration project for William D. Wood Park in Oakland, California with the goal of improving air and water quality and the overall health of the Sausal Creek watershed ecosystem. Key project activities include conducting...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $199,045.75 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to Trout Unlimited, Inc. and its parent organization 21 Schrems West Michigan. The grant will fund the development of a restoration plan for the Salt River watershed in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho. Key activities include coordinating with local stakeholders, conducting habitat and water quality assessments, and prioritizing restoration projects to improve...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the County of Contra Costa $1,000,000 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) to implement the Contra Costa Clean Water Program Clean Watersheds for All Project. Through this funding, the County will develop a comprehensive stormwater treatment plan and project delivery roadmap focused on underserved communities. Key deliverables include identifying viable regional stormwater capture...