Cooperative Agreement W912DY1920401

The Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) will restore one acre of wetland habitat on the campus of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan under a $810,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5. The wetland restoration activities are funded through October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025 under the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ARC will address three Beneficial Use Impairments in the Rouge...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded a $500,000 Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreement to The Hope Program, Inc., a non-profit organization, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of the Bronx, New York in environmental careers. The program provides participants with skills and certifications needed to safely conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites, as well as training in green remediation...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Fortune Society, Inc. (doing business as The Fortune Academy) under the EPA's Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815). This 5-year project will provide training to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of New York City in environmental careers with skills needed to conduct remediation work at solid and hazardous waste-contaminated sites. The training program will...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 awarded $1.92 million under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) to the Hudson River Foundation for Science & Environmental Research Inc. to implement the New York-New Jersey Harbor and Estuary Program's (HEP) Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports core estuary management activities including water quality trend assessment, habitat and natural...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $90,000 Project Grant under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) to Envirolution, a woman-owned non-profit organization, to design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques in Reno, NV. The project aims to increase environmental literacy and encourage environmentally beneficial behaviors. Key activities include providing 50 Nevada teachers with curriculum, training, and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $1,225,150 Cooperative Agreement on October 1, 2023 to the Nantucket Islands Land Bank under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The funding will support Phase 1 of a wetland restoration and stormwater system project at Lily Pond Park in the Nantucket Harbor watershed. Key activities include improving the North Liberty Street Park entrance with upgrades to the...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) provides $699,000.00 in funding to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Management (ODNR OCM) to monitor wetland sites within the Lake Erie watershed in the Maumee River basin. The activities will involve sampling soils in multiple wetland restoration projects to measure parameters that predict phosphate retention and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $3,458,178 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) under the Geographic Programs - Columbia River Basin Restoration (CFDA 66.962) program. The funding will support Ecology's long-term toxics monitoring and reduction efforts in the Columbia River Basin. The project has two main components: a synoptic survey of major tributaries to assess toxics loads and concentrations, and the use of fish otolith...

This $200,000 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 funds the City of Rochester, New York to deliver environmental job training services under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program. The city will recruit, train, and place 60 individuals from communities impacted by solid and hazardous waste sites in environmental careers. Trainees will complete 12 classroom and practical training modules to earn up to eight certifications in areas...

This $1,069,948.82 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) will enable Protectores De Cuencas, Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to collaborate with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to restore 107 acres of coastal wetlands in the Punta Tuna Natural Reserve. The project will remove debris, reestablish...