Cooperative Agreement L19AC00208

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $140,000 Cooperative Agreement to Bluestem Ecological Consulting LLC from October 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022 under the Coastal (CFDA 15.630) federal grant program. The award funded technical assistance services to enhance the Bird Island rookery habitat in Sewall's Point, Florida through voluntary implementation of coastal habitat protection, restoration and improvement projects benefiting federally protected coastal...

The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The grant will fund the installation of new recreation facilities at the McNab House and Botanical Gardens in Pompano Beach, Florida, including a picnic facility, nature trails, outdoor event lawn, and landscaping. It...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,416,668 Project Grant to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Ocean Forest Estates Estuarine and Rockland Hammock Restoration Project. This 3-year project aims to restore 14.8 acres of coastal hammock and wetlands in the North Key Largo ecosystem, a highly diverse and unique area in Florida. The primary goals are to benefit fish and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System), will fund the expansion of living shoreline oyster restoration efforts at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve in Jacksonville, Florida, as well as similar approaches to stabilize shorelines and recruit oysters at three other National Parks in Northeast Florida. The $388,000 award, with a performance period from...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4, through the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484), has awarded a $648,903 Project Grant to the National Audubon Society to continue physical and ecological parameter monitoring at coastal mangrove wetland sites in northeastern Florida Bay. The project aims to collect and analyze data that are valuable for designing, implementing, and evaluating multiple large-scale Comprehensive Everglades Restoration...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $478,574 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The grant will fund the development of new recreational amenities at the Mussallem Beachfront Park in St. Augustine, FL, including a picnic pavilion, nature trail, boardwalk with scenic overlook, restrooms, outdoor showers and foot washing stations, changing stations,...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $953,154 Project Grant through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning (CFDA 15.916) program to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for improvements to Lyons Park in Belle Glade, FL. The grant funding will support the creation of a new picnic pavilion area, installation of six shade structures with lighting over existing playground units, development of ADA sidewalks, installation of playground...

The Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office awarded $690,000 under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning federal grant program (CFDA 15.916) to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on January 1, 2022 for completion by December 31, 2024. The funding will support Phase II improvements on 19.46 acres of land in Palm City, Florida for recreational purposes. Martin County will serve as a sub-grantee to implement a proposed project...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 under the Coastal program (CFDA 15.630) provides $100,000 in funding from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2028. The purpose of the project is to establish a plan for conserving the federally and state threatened Eastern Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis) as coastal habitats change. Key activities include surveying for Eastern Black Rails in identified high marsh areas...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection received a $1,083,036 cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support site operations, management, education and monitoring activities at the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The award will fund the Reserve's work to advance the goals of the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program, which provides assistance to U.S....