Cooperative Agreement NA10NMF4570045

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654), awarded a $1,485,167 Cooperative Agreement to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy to conduct the Kelly Run Stream Restoration Project. This project aims to restore and maintain natural river processes, reconnect floodplains, improve water quality, and enhance aquatic connectivity in the Kelly Run watershed in Pennsylvania. The primary goals are to enhance ecological diversity,...

The Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District will enhance 170 acres of habitat within the New York State Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area along Lake Ontario through the $500,761 Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded April 1, 2022 and set to be completed by June 30, 2025. Funded under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program (CFDA 66.469), the District will restore up to 2.5 miles of hydrologic connectivity through reconstructing a historic creek...

Stroud Water Research Center, Inc. will receive $400,000 in federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Chesapeake Bay Studies program (CFDA 11.457) from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. Through this Cooperative Agreement award, Stroud Water Research Center will establish regional hubs and liaisons to distribute environmental literacy and meaningful watershed educational experience professional development across Pennsylvania. Standardized processes and...

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 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...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630), awarded a $1,301,886.79 Cooperative Agreement to the Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. to assist with strategic habitat restoration and conservation planning, survey, project construction, administrative support, and project inspection of stream restoration projects on Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The overall effort aims to help the Army installation meet...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $284,193 Project Grant to the Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, Inc. under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664). The grant will fund a landscape scale restoration initiative titled "Riparian Rangers: A Collective Community Approach to Successful Afforestation" from December 9, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Under this award, the Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, Inc. will work...

The Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation will receive $730,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). The Foundation will significantly improve wetland and stream habitat across multiple locations in Pennsylvania through restoration and stabilization projects. Specifically, over 200 acres of wetlands at two sites will be restored by...

The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) was awarded a $999,521 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) on June 7, 2024. The grant will fund the study and design of two 25-acre floodplain restoration projects along the lower Mokelumne River, a tributary to the San Joaquin River in California's Central Valley. Once implemented, these restoration projects will inundate approximately 50 acres...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $4,997,072 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to implement the Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program (WRMP) for the San Francisco Estuary. Through this award, ABAG will facilitate WRMP governance and administration, strengthen partnerships with wetland decision-makers, integrate equitable community engagement,...