The new york state department of environmental conservation is awarded $712,835 in federal funds in FY 2022 to provide operational support for the hudson river national estuarine research reserve,…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $712,835 cooperative agreement to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for the 2022 fiscal year to support operations of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve. As part of the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program, the funding will allow the reserve to continue implementing its research, monitoring, education, and training programs focused on the Hudson River estuary. Specific activities include community education programs like canoe tours and an eel survey, teacher workshops on the estuary, additional training on nature-based shoreline stabilization techniques, and system-wide monitoring of weather, water quality, marsh vegetation, and submerged aquatic vegetation. The total award amount is $2,036,672 for the period of July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023.

The new york state department of environmental conservation is awarded $712,835 in federal funds in FY 2022 to provide operational support for the hudson river national estuarine research reserve, including the continued implementation of the reserve's research, monitoring, estuary training, and education programs as well as basic operations of the reserve. Specific educational activities supported through the award include community education programs, such as summer canoe tours and the juvenile EEL survey, and teachers workshops on the hudson river estuary. The reserve will also provide additional training workshops and technical assistance to continue implementation of the hudson river sustainable shorelines project that promotes the use of nature-based solutions for stabilizing eroding shorelines. In addition, the reserve will continue to implement its system-wide monitoring program to collect and analyze weather and water quality and monitoring marsh and submerged aquatic vegetat