The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council), under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA #87.052), awarded a $5,339,224 Project Grant to the Gulf Consortium on September 9, 2022 to complete the Manatee River Oyster Restoration project by June 30, 2035. Under a subaward, the Gulf Consortium will fund Manatee County to plan, design, permit, and construct oyster reef restoration in the estuarine portions of the Manatee River and its tributaries in...
This federal Formula Grant award of $500,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE) Act Direct Component program. The grant was awarded to the Bay County Board of County Commissioners in Florida on May 1, 2025, with a completion date of May 1, 2028. The grant funds a project to conduct water quality surveys of 39 water bodies in the St. Andrew Bay...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE) Act program has awarded a $13.4M Formula Grant to Okaloosa County, Florida to support the construction of the Shoal River Ranch Water Reclamation Facility (SRRWRF) project. The grant funding will be used to complete construction of the headworks, which processes raw wastewater, and treatment units 1 and 2, which house the biological...
The Escambia County Board of Commissioners was awarded a $147,600 Formula Grant from the Department of the Treasury under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE Act) program. The grant will fund planning, design, and permitting work for public beach access points along Perdido Key, Florida from March 2023 through November 2025. The objective is to design safe access to the Gulf of Mexico for visitors to...
This federal Project Grant award of $12,604,926.00 was provided by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052). The funding will support a 15-year "Channel Restoration and Water Quality Project" in Florida, with a project period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2030. The primary objectives of this project are to restore and protect natural resources, ecosystems, and economic infrastructure in Gulf...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,416,668 Project Grant to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Ocean Forest Estates Estuarine and Rockland Hammock Restoration Project. This 3-year project aims to restore 14.8 acres of coastal hammock and wetlands in the North Key Largo ecosystem, a highly diverse and unique area in Florida. The primary goals are to benefit fish and...
The County of Okaloosa, Florida was awarded a $2.5 million Formula Grant from the Department of the Treasury under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE Act) program. The grant will fund the Stormwater Program (Design and Permitting) Project to provide planning assistance for the design and permitting of stormwater improvement projects in Okaloosa County through August 2027. Specifically, the project will...
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection received a $1,083,036 cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support site operations, management, education and monitoring activities at the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The award will fund the Reserve's work to advance the goals of the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program, which provides assistance to U.S....
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) will provide $14,592,212 to the County of Sarasota, Florida to restore stream, shoreline, and floodplain habitat. The project aims to benefit endangered smalltooth sawfish and recreational species like red drum, while also increasing resilience to sea level rise and removing barriers to low-salinity habitat important for...
This federal Project Grant award of $139,822 was provided by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council's Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052) and is focused on a 13-5 Inshore Artificial Reef project in Florida. The grant was awarded to the Gulf Consortium, a local government entity serving as a collaborative mechanism for coordinating and implementing environmental restoration and infrastructure improvement projects across Gulf Coast communities in Florida. Through this funding, the Gulf...