Cooperative Agreement W9126G2220009

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded a $202,355.25 Project Grant to the Clear Lake Township Land Conservancy Inc., a non-profit organization, under the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program. The grant will fund the installation of water quality gage stations at two major inflows and one outflow of Clear Lake in northern Indiana. The gage stations will collect water samples every 4 hours during April-June and weekly for the remainder...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $173,918.43 Cooperative Agreement to The Great Basin Institute (GBI) under the Youth Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.546). The purpose of the award is for GBI to recruit and manage qualified youth interns (ages 18 and older) as Resource Assistant Interns (RAIs) and Standard Interns to support the Reclamation Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility. The interns will engage in a variety of engineering and administrative projects,...

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation has been awarded a $650,354 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463). The funding will be used to establish a paid internship and training program for economically disadvantaged and minority high school and college students. The program will implement habitat restoration projects on parklands in southeastern...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will deliver two experiential learning programs focused on Great Lakes literacy and environmental stewardship through $133,650 in funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ODNR's Interpretive Paddle Program and H2Ohio Students Take Action Program (IPP + H2Ohio) will provide guided kayaking experiences for...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources received a $1,727,500 project grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office on September 14, 2021 to support development of Lake Hills County Park through September 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to fund projects included in Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plans. Funding will support acquisition and development of...

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...

The University of California, Davis was awarded a $547,077 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to study stream-lake interactions at Lake Tahoe. The project will involve calibrating and validating revised inflow algorithms within an existing hydrodynamic model, using comprehensive field measurements of the dynamic interactions between two major streams (Ward and Incline Creeks) and the stratified Lake Tahoe. The updated and validated...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to Outdoor Outreach, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization, under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654). Over the 1-year impact period from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, Outdoor Outreach will provide 200 recreational learning programs for 1,200 urban youth in local wildlife refuges and adjacent areas. These programs, which include activities like...

The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority will partner with the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation to implement green infrastructure measures at Lake Erie Metropark and the Six Points site in Rockwood, Michigan under a $1.1 million Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded May 1, 2022 for completion by April 30, 2025. Funded through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the award will support construction of 16 naturalized swales and two rain gardens at Lake Erie Metropark totaling...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District located in Minnesota. The grant funding will support public education and outreach, shoreline vegetation inventories, and bank restoration projects across the district's nine priority lakes, including Chisago County's Comfort Lake, Little Comfort Lake, Moody Lake, School Lake, and Birch Lake, as well as...