This $10.8 million formula grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency provides funding to the Washington State Department of Ecology to implement its nonpoint source pollution management program under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA #66.460) program. The grant supports various best management practices, watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations and education/outreach programs focused on improving water quality impaired by nonpoint source runoff in...
This $600,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 under the Geographic Programs - Puget Sound Protection and Restoration: Tribal Implementation Assistance Program (CFDA 66.121) provides funding to the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe to support protection and restoration actions in the Skagit River and Samish River watersheds. The key activities include serving as the Skagit Watershed Council lead entity, collaborating with partners on Federal...
This $1,279,540 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides funding to the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust in Issaquah, WA to implement a creek restoration project on Issaquah Creek. The key activities include installing over 400 pieces of large woody material along 6,600 linear feet of the creek, reconnecting over 1,100 feet of side channels and oxbows, and planting native trees...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the State of Washington's Department of Ecology a $5,324,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) formula grant, effective January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025. The purpose of this grant is to capitalize the state's CWSRF program with a primary focus on addressing emerging contaminants in water. The funds will provide low-interest financing to numerous eligible subrecipients for costs associated with planning, designing, and...
This $623,170 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program provides funding to the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians to operate and enhance its environmental programs. The key activities include: Building the tribe's core environmental program capacities for administrative, financial, information management, and baseline assessment systems. The tribe will conduct water quality planning,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the Walker River Paiute Tribe a $111,111 Formula Grant under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA #66.460) to implement its nonpoint source management program from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The grant will support projects focusing on watersheds impaired by nonpoint source pollution in runoff. Projects include best management practices, watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe $721,963 under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA #66.460) to carry out water quality improvement activities from October 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. Specifically, the funding will allow the Tribe to maintain, protect, and improve water quality in rivers, streams, groundwater and other waterbodies within its territory. Environmental benefits will focus on reducing copper and manganese...
This EPA Region 5 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant (CFDA 66.460) provides $4,827,450.00 in funding to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff. The grant supports a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices (BMPs), watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and education/outreach programs to reduce nutrients,...
This $138,889 EPA Region 6 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.460) award to the Santa Clara Pueblo supports the implementation of their nonpoint source management program. The grant funding will be used to address water quality impairments in the Santa Clara Creek watershed caused by polluted runoff. Key activities include installing best management practices (BMPs) such as rock check dams, log barrier dams, and log mattresses to reduce sediment loading and control erosion. The grant...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded Cascade Pacific RC&D a $468,430 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Columbia River Basin Restoration (CRBR) Program (CFDA #66.962). The funding will support continuation and expansion of an existing stormwater retrofit program in the Upper Willamette Metro Area of Oregon through September 2024. The program incentivizes voluntary stormwater retrofits on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties to reduce pollution...