Formula Grant 01D03020

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $412,525 under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants program (CFDA 66.461) to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate storm response and flood storage capacity in urban piedmont wetlands in Raleigh, North Carolina. Activities supported under the three-year cooperative agreement include participating in watershed planning groups, developing a quality assurance project plan, conducting background research and...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality a $199,164 cooperative agreement under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants program (CFDA 66.461). The award will support the development of online interactive guides and a digital application focused on wetland plants in North Carolina. Specifically, NC DEQ will create an online interactive guide to wetland plants found in the state. They will also develop a NC Wetlands digital...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) provides $475,365.72 to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to conduct an integrated stratigraphic and geochemical investigation exploring for heavy mineral placers in ancient shoreline deposits of the Southeast Atlantic Coastal Plain in North Carolina. The key activities funded under this 3-year project include identifying...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $6,147,100.00 in federal funding through the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards program (CFDA 11.419) to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) under a Cooperative Agreement. This funding will support the administration and implementation of North Carolina's federally approved coastal management program from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The award will fund a range of activities to...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $170,744 under the Multipurpose Grants to States and Tribes federal grant program (CFDA 66.204) to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. The funding will support the NC DEQ Division of Water Management's use of the grant for information technology support to migrate historical environmental data to the EDAMS/EQUIS systems, conduct a stormwater workshop, and work on permitting data projects. The award period is from March 1,...

This $850,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) will provide funding to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to support implementation of the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). The key activities to be performed include developing an integrated monitoring strategy, creating a research study to support water clarity...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $3,205,000 to the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust through the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund program to acquire and protect 2,130 acres of wetlands and associated uplands habitat in North Carolina. The project grant funding will be used to permanently protect important migratory bird and wildlife habitat through fee title acquisition of at-risk wetland properties from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. As a...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $900,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to build capacity for habitat restoration and conservation projects in North Carolina's coastal areas. The funding will support two key tasks: 1) Habitat Acquisition and Restoration Project Implementation, which will employ a Conservation Project Coordinator to plan and...

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $298,114 Cooperative Agreement to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to support the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) program (CFDA 15.980) from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025. Under this award, NCDEQ will: Provide persistent data services for two years to ensure NCDEQ's water-level and water quality network data continues to flow to the NGWMN data portal and that site...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $191,801 Cooperative Agreement under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). The funding will support the update and revision of the "Field Guide to North Carolina Wetlands," including updates to wetland type categories, threats, photographs, plant taxonomy, and the National Wetland Plant List. Additionally, the project will...