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This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Navy Installations Command (CFDH 12.005 - Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations) provides $1,008,106.00 to Mississippi State University to deliver ecosystem management technical assistance to promote carbon sequestration at four Navy installations: Naval Air Stations Whiting Field, Pensacola, Panama City, and Meridian. The award term is from September 27, 2024 to September 26, 2026. The goal of this project...

The U.S. Geological Survey, through its Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, awarded a $386,408.49 Cooperative Agreement to Louisiana State University Agricultural Center to conduct research on carbon stocks and seagrass ecosystems within the Guam Naval Base. The project has four main objectives: 1) Assess above-ground and below-ground carbon stocks across various land cover and ecosystem types, including wetlands, grasses, and seagrass habitats; 2) Monitor seagrass extent,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) under the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations program (CFDA 12.005) provides $784,913.00 in funding to the Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, Inc. to deliver services that will establish a stable and secure natural environment to support mission activities and air operations at the Naval Air Station Patuxent (NAS PAX). The key products and services to be delivered...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the Office for Coastal Management federal grant program (CFDA 11.473), is providing $600,000 in funding to the University of Texas Marine Science Institute to build the capacity of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). This 3-year Cooperative Agreement award, with a period of performance from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, will enable the Mission-Aransas NERR to support a full-time Restoration...

This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) supports a study on the carbon sequestration potential of native aquatic plants in freshwater, estuarine, and wetland ecosystems across Hawaii's Heeia National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) and Kuhialoko in Waiawa, Oahu. The key objectives are to: 1) establish baseline carbon sequestration estimates for these...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Marine Corps, under the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations program (CFDA 12.005), provides $474,999.00 in funding to Texas A&M AgriLife Research to conduct climate change assessments and provide project support for Headquarters Marine Corps. The award period runs from September 25, 2024 to September 24, 2025. The Sikes Act-authorized program supports comprehensive environmental management and...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District awarded a $276,048 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to conduct new seagrass surveys of a post-construction survey site. The purpose is to determine the recovery and site conditions for environmental natural resource technical support. This award falls under CFDA 12.005, the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations program, which supports environmental management...

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provided a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement grant (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management) to the University of Texas at Austin to implement projects and programs that increase the climate resilience of coastal communities in Texas. Specifically, the funds will be used by the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (MA-NERR) to plan, engineer, and design a restoration project that prevents shoreline erosion, restores tidal...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation), aims to build local capacity and reduce fishers' vulnerability to climate change impacts in Puerto Rico. The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the prime awardee, will receive $199,995.00 from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2026 to execute the following key activities: Provide capacity building support through the Strengths of...