The national oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA) is providing$3,476,716 in federal funding to the coastal states stewardship foundation, serving as fiscal sponsor for the west coast ocean…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $3,476,716 in federal funding to the Coastal States Stewardship Foundation, serving as fiscal sponsor for the West Coast Ocean Alliance Regional Ocean Partnership, through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, with an award date of October 1, 2025 and performance period ending November 30, 2028.

The West Coast Ocean Alliance will coordinate and enhance tribal engagement within the partnership, convene regional government partners to support information exchange and regional planning around shared ocean management interests, maintain and promote regional use of the West Coast Ocean Data Portal, add indicators to the Ocean Health Dashboard, and engage in a regional science action agenda. These activities implement priority actions funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's support for established Regional Ocean Partnerships to coordinate interstate and intertribal management of ocean and coastal resources and enhance sharing and integration of federal and non-federal data.

Performance occurs in Washington, DC. The assistance type is a Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management program (CFDA 11.473). The dollars obligated total $4,201,391.

The national oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA) is providing$3,476,716 in federal funding to the coastal states stewardship foundation, serving as fiscal sponsor for the west coast ocean alliance (wcoa) regional ocean partnership through the bipartisan infrastructure law. The bipartisan infrastructure law provides funding for established regional ocean partnerships (rops) to coordinate the interstate and intertribal management of ocean and coastal resources and to implement their priority actions, including to enhance associated sharing and integration of federal and non-federal data. Specifically, the west coast ocean alliance will use these funds to coordinate and enhance tribal engagement in the west coast ocean alliance, to convene regional government partners to support information exchange and regional planning around shared ocean management interests, to maintain and promote regional use of the west coast ocean data portal, to add indicators to the ocean health dashboard, and to engage in a regional science action agenda.