Formula Grant F12AF70246

The Gulf Consortium was awarded a $4,660,161 Project Grant by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council under the Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052) to implement Phase 1 of the Veterans Park Living Shoreline project in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Through this award, the Gulf Consortium, in cooperation with its sub-recipient Okaloosa County, will construct a 2,000-foot living shoreline at the Veterans Park site to stabilize the shoreline, restore seagrasses, provide benthic and...

The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment awarded a $9.2 million Project Grant to Escambia County, Florida under the Community Investment federal grant program (CFDA 12.600). The grant will fund the Naval Air Station Pensacola Sherman Inlet Living Shoreline project from September 2021 through February 2025. The County will implement nature-based infrastructure solutions to reduce coastal erosion and protect habitat along Sherman Inlet near Naval...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) program. The grant will support TPWD's partnership with the Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) to conserve 420 acres of coastal wetland ecosystems in East Galveston Bay and construct a 1-mile living shoreline. The project will protect salt and brackish marshes, freshwater wetlands, and associated upland...

This $1,500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the California State Coastal Conservancy (CSCC) aims to advance living shoreline projects in San Francisco Bay. The project is funded through the EPA's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126), which supports efforts to improve water quality and restore aquatic habitats in the San Francisco Bay region. The project will accomplish the following...

The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $1.5M Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning grant (CFDA 15.916) to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will sub-grant these funds to the City of Port Isabel to renovate Laguna Madre Park. The project will improve the existing recreational fields and amenities, and add new features including fitness equipment, a perimeter...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program provides $599,060 in funding to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) for a project focused on improving shoreline erosion control practices with a focus on living shorelines. The key products and services to be delivered include: Revisions to the state's shoreline management planning and living shoreline design...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $5.75M through the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program to Lake Forest Open Lands Association to execute the Advancing Innovative Great Lakes Habitat Solutions project. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, funds comprehensive habitat restoration and coastal ecosystem enhancement across a 61-acre public nature preserve along Lake Michigan's shoreline...

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) received a $6,175,557 Project Grant award from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA #87.052) to implement the Little Lagoon Restoration Project. As the prime recipient, ADCNR will oversee the City of Gulf Shores, who serves as a subrecipient and implementing agency. Working with Auburn University, the University of South Alabama, and...

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $920,372 project grant to North Carolina State University under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to co-develop a coastal protection design and siting framework and living shoreline training courses and certification program from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026. The university will collect stakeholder survey data on coastal adaptation options to compile in a centralized database, and continue monitoring living shoreline...