Formula Grant F12AF01071

The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) of Connecticut received a $2,344,500 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service through the Highlands Conservation Act (CFDA 15.667) program. The grant will enable DEEP to work with the Warren Land Trust to purchase a conservation easement over the Mountain Lake property in Connecticut. This will protect the land's diverse natural resources, including core forest, wetlands, open...

The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) of Connecticut received a $2,925,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Highlands Conservation Act (CFDA 15.667) program. The purpose of the grant is for DEEP to acquire land or conservation easements to permanently protect water, wildlife, forest, agriculture, recreational, and cultural resources in the Connecticut Highlands region. Key activities include...

The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) of the state of Connecticut was awarded a $666,666 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service on January 8, 2025. The grant will fund a range of forest conservation and management activities in Connecticut over the performance period ending on December 31, 2029. Typical funded services include conservation easements, fee simple land...

The Connecticut River Watershed Council, Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 15.608). The grant will support the removal of an old earthen dam and pump house on Kimball Brook in North Stratford, New Hampshire. This project aims to reconnect four miles of pristine brook trout habitat in Kimball Brook, a direct tributary to the Upper...

The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) received a $1,871,121 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605). The grant, effective April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025, supports science-based fisheries conservation and management decisions in Connecticut. Key activities include data collection, research, and monitoring on the health, abundance, distribution, and harvest of...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $4,495,000 Project Grant under the Highlands Conservation Act (CFDA 15.667) program to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). The grant will enable DEEP to work with the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy to purchase a conservation easement over the Milde Farm property in Connecticut. The project aims to permanently protect the land in its undeveloped state to preserve wildlife...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $302,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) to the Housatonic Valley Association, Inc. to develop preliminary designs for replacing two barrier culverts on Pond Mountain Brook in Kent, Connecticut. The project aims to reconnect over 3 miles of high-quality cold-water habitat for Eastern Brook Trout within the Macedonia Brook watershed. The culvert replacements...

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $1,661,724 Project Grant under the Highlands Conservation Act (CFDA 15.667) program to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). The purpose of the grant is for DEEP to acquire land, either in fee or through conservation easements, in under-resourced and underserved communities within Connecticut's Highlands region. The goal is to permanently protect water, wildlife, forest,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) of Connecticut a $102,500 Project Grant under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species program (CFDA 15.608). The grant supports ecologically sound, science-based fisheries conservation and management decisions, including monitoring the spread of hydrilla in the Connecticut River and rapid response to hydrilla outbreaks. The intended outcome is to prevent the spread of...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $172,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) under the Highlands Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 15.667). The purpose of this 4-year agreement is to provide DEEP with technical assistance, training, and staff resources to strengthen its organizational structure, improve its grant management processes, and increase its capacity to serve its target...