The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) received a $2.93 million Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 on January 28, 2022 through the Geographic Programs – Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) program. The award will fund Phase I of the Port Fourchon Marsh Creation project to create 514 acres and nourish 91 acres of marshland with dredged materials from Belle Pass. Phase I activities include...
The Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) received a $312,441,026 Project Grant from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council's Comprehensive Plan Component Program (CFDA 87.051) on March 12, 2024. This funding will support the "River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp (Construction)" project, which aims to improve the structure, function, and resilience of coastal forest habitat in Louisiana through the reintroduction of fresh, oxygenated water,...
The federal Project Grant award, with ID GNSSP25LA0072, was provided by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (GCERC) under the Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052). The $312,441,026 grant will fund the "River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp (Construction)" project, which is sponsored by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA). This project aims to improve the structure, function, and resilience of the coastal forest habitat in the Maurepas...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $349.6 million Project Grant to the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority Of Louisiana under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052). The grant will fund Phase I construction of the Houma Navigation Canal Lock Complex Project from February 2021 through March 2031. Approximately 95% of dredging for the project will be completed during this phase, removing around 1.2 million cubic yards of...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $25.58 million cooperative agreement to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463) to construct the No Name Bayou Marsh Creation Project. Through this award, the Authority will restore over 530 acres of marsh habitat in Cameron Parish, Louisiana from April 2023 to March 2027. The project aims to combat open water formation along the Gulf Coast and...
The Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) has been awarded a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects (CFDA 11.469) program. The funding will support the construction of ten hardened structures that will serve as data collection platforms, collecting real-time environmental data such as water levels and salinity east and west of the Mississippi River. This...
The Capital Region Planning Commission received a $115,482 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring, and Technology federal grant program (CFDA 11.451) to support watershed management project selection and governance in Louisiana. Specifically, the award will fund the Commission's work with Louisiana's eight designated watershed regions to coordinate...
The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded $806,990 under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to the California Coastal Conservancy and Humboldt County Resource Conservation District to implement the Mad River Slough - Wadulh Lagoon Restoration Project. The Project will restore 48.6 acres of diked, subsided agricultural wetlands to estuarine and palustrine wetland habitats including salt marsh, brackish marsh, mudflat,...
The Department of the Treasury, through the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE) Act program (CFDA 21.015), has awarded a $3,580,000.50 Formula Grant to Jefferson Parish Government in Louisiana. The goal of this grant is to install two pumps at the Chighizola Pump Station and expand existing pump stations at Landry's Hole and Cypress Lane in Jefferson Parish. This project aims to increase the efficiency of...
This $218,706 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will benefit 3,170 acres of coastal wetlands in southeast Louisiana. The award will fund the following conservation activities: Enhancement of 1,645 acres of intermediate marsh in Lafourche Parish through the construction and planting of earthen terraces. Restoration of 425 acres in Terrebonne Parish by hydraulically...