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Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary CWI Works, Inc. received a $195,596 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912), effective December 26, 2025, through December 31, 2027. Under the Agricultural Conservation Experienced Services (ACES) program, CWI Works will provide technical services in Louisiana to support NRCS conservation initiatives. The award...

The Watershed Research and Training Center (WRTC), doing business as the Watershed Center, was awarded a $230,000 cooperative agreement from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region to support Phase III of the Weaverville Basin Community Protection project. Under the three-year award beginning May 28, 2021 through July 1, 2024, the Watershed Center will work to protect, restore, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and other natural resources on public and...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a $1.0 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management under the Fossil Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.089), awarded May 1, 2026 with completion targeted for April 30, 2028. The award supports development and demonstration of bench-scale technologies for critical minerals and materials (CMM) extraction, processing, refining, and...

The Lamoille County Conservation District (LCCD) will receive $112,500 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.658). LCCD will design and implement four projects identified in the Lake Eden Watershed Action Plan to address nutrient and sediment loading stresses impacting the lake. This includes creating preliminary designs for additional...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,953,858 Cooperative Agreement on February 7, 2025 to the State of Utah's Division of Water Resources under the CFDA 15.078 Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program. The project aims to enhance snowpack monitoring and streamflow prediction capabilities in the Weber River watershed in north-central Utah over a 3-year period, ending on September 30, 2027. Key activities include conducting airborne snow observatory flights to gather snowpack data using aerial...

Learning By Doing, Inc. received a $179,972 Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CWMP, CFDA 15.554) awarded on November 18, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2029. The grant supports a collaborative, locally-led watershed management initiative in Grand County, Colorado, focused on improving the aquatic environment at the headwaters of the Colorado River in northern Colorado. The awardee will deliver public awareness and engagement...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 awarded a Congressionally Mandated Projects cooperative agreement (CFDA 66.202) to the City of Lovington, New Mexico in the amount of $1,199,690 on December 30, 2025. The award funds wastewater treatment plant improvements designed to enhance the city's environmental infrastructure and compliance capabilities. Specific deliverables include replacing air lines, relocating and installing new air pumps,...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $1,060,448 Cooperative Agreement on December 20, 2023, under the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program (CFDA 15.078) to The Regents of the University of Colorado. This grant aims to improve water supply forecasts by enhancing snow monitoring through the deployment of emerging technologies, such as airborne LiDAR, and better integration of snow data into forecasting models. The project has two sub-awards - one to Oregon State University to assist in...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) on June 1, 2026, with a completion date of May 31, 2029. The award supports the organization and conversion of construction management documentation into Long-Term Care Documentation (LTCD) for three contaminated sediment cleanup sites—Howard's Bay, Newton Creek, and...

This $500,900 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund research at Iowa State University to develop theoretical foundations and systems for enabling industrial automation using low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs). Specifically, the university will address challenges in adopting the leading LPWAN technology, LoRa, for industrial automation applications requiring real-time communication and scheduling over large...