The national oceanic and atmospheric administration is providing $1,578,389 in federal funding to the rhode island coastal resources management council through the FY2024 and FY2025 coastal zone…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $1,578,389 to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (the Natural Resources Rhode Island Bureau Of, doing business as CRMC) on October 1, 2025, through the FY2024 and FY2025 Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Grant Competition (CFDA 11.473).

The award funds habitat restoration planning, engineering and design projects, habitat restoration implementation projects, and land conservation projects to increase the safety and productivity of coastal communities. Specifically, CRMC, in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and the Town of Westerly, will preserve three ecologically important coastal properties in Westerly, Rhode Island. The project advances a coordinated vision to conserve, connect, and eventually restore high-ecological-value coastal wetland and migration corridors along a sensitive and dynamic barrier peninsula.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027. Place of performance is Wakefield, South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The obligated amount is $3,156,778. CRMC is a child entity of the State of Rhode Island.

The national oceanic and atmospheric administration is providing $1,578,389 in federal funding to the rhode island coastal resources management council through the FY2024 and FY2025 coastal zone management habitat protection and restoration grant competition. This funding will increase the safety and productivity of coastal communities within coastal counties through habitat restoration planning, engineering and design projects, habitat restoration implementation projects, and land conservation projects. Specifically, the rhode island coastal resources management council, in partnership with the rhode island department of environmental management, the narragansett BAY national estuarine research reserve, and the town of westerly, will use these funds to preserve three ecologically important coastal properties in westerly, rhode island. The project advances a coordinated vision to conserve, connect, and eventually restore high-ecological-value coastal wetland and migration corridors along a sensitive and dynamic barrier peninsula.