Cooperative Agreement P21AC11330

Chesapeake Conservancy, Inc. was awarded $134,711 under the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3's Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to develop bilingual environmental education programming and community engagement with Latinx communities in three urban parks near Baltimore, Maryland from May 2023 to May 2025. Through this Project Grant, Chesapeake Conservancy will hire bilingual park rangers to supplement environmental educators at Patuxent Research Refuge, Masonville...

The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network program (CFDA 15.930) to Baltimore County, Maryland. The grant funds projects that connect people to the natural and cultural heritage of the Chesapeake Bay watershed through activities such as developing water trails, public education and recreation programs, resource interpretation, and facilitating community stewardship. Specific initiatives include a bi-lingual...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded a $1.54 million cooperative agreement project grant to the Corporation for the Conservation of the San Juan Bay Estuary (CCSJBE) under the National Estuary Program (NEP, CFDA 66.456). The two-year award will support CCSJBE's implementation of its Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan to improve water quality, protect natural habitats and living resources, and support sustainable human uses of the San Juan Bay Estuary in Puerto Rico....

The City of Richmond, Virginia will receive $344,026 through a cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Chesapeake Bay Studies program (CFDA 11.457) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. As part of this award, the City of Richmond will implement a project titled "The Richmond Environment: Students as Teachers in Their Watershed" to provide information for the living marine resources of Chesapeake Bay. Funding will support...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $2,517,050 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves (CFDA 11.420) program supports operations, research and monitoring, education, training, and stewardship activities at the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (JBNERR) in Puerto Rico. The funding will enable the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER) to manage and administer...

This $3,103,648 project grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), aims to enhance the participation of Latine communities in government decision-making processes related to climate change and environmental justice in Duplin and surrounding counties in North Carolina. The key activities include education and capacity building for 30 staff and constituents of grassroots community-based...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469), will provide $802,000 to The Ocean Foundation for the restoration of 221 acres of mangroves in the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Salinas, Puerto Rico. The funding will support hydrological, topographic, and biological restoration activities, including channel creation, culvert maintenance,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a 2-year, $273,669 Cooperative Agreement under the Chesapeake Bay Studies program (CFDA 11.457) to the Virginia Science Education Leadership Association (VSELA). VSELA, in partnership with the Virginia Association for Environmental Education and the Virginia Department of Education, will use the funding to build state capacity in environmental education. The key goals are to: (1) enhance the capacity of division leaders and...

This Project Grant award of $150,000 from the National Park Service's Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network program (CFDA 15.930) will support the Black In Marine Science (BIMS) nonprofit organization in advancing two key objectives: Increase environmental DNA (eDNA) literacy in Black communities within the Chesapeake Bay watershed by collecting eDNA data and incorporating it into BIMS's long-term datasets. Provide a platform to share and intertwine ecological data with storytelling from Black...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program awarded a 3-year, $293,959 Cooperative Agreement to Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS) to support Project Watershed. This initiative is designed to deepen environmental literacy by building the capacity of K-12 educators in HCPS through a specialized micro-credential program, rooted in NOAA's Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE) 101 and Facilitator's...