The Fiscal Year 2022 RESTORE Mitigation Program Grant of $4,076,320 was awarded by the Department of the Treasury's Departmental Offices to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on September 30, 2022. The grant funding will support three projects under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States program (CFDA 21.015) until September 29, 2026. The three projects aim to mitigate harm to fish, wildlife and natural...
The Department of the Treasury awarded the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality $801,531.44 under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE Act) Formula Grant program (CFDA 21.015) to implement a Gulf Seafood Marketing Program Project from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025. The project aims to promote consumption of seafood harvested from the Gulf Coast region through marketing and promotion efforts...
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality was awarded a $2.37 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 program on February 18, 2022. The grant funds the Texas Master Plan for Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Project, which will create a planning document and tools to identify placement area locations along the Texas Gulf Coast where dredged materials may...
This federal Project Grant award of $253,799.00, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (CFDA 11.407) Program, supports the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) in determining the status of shellfish populations to formulate management and harvest regulations in Texas coastal waters. The grant will fund random sampling surveys along shoreline areas within Texas coastal bays and waters to monitor trends in abundance...
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (CFDA #87.052) for the IB Magee Beach Park project in Port Aransas, TX. The funding will support the recovery of damaged primitive campsites and affiliated infrastructure to promote nature-based tourism and provide environmental/recreation opportunities for low to moderate income families along the Texas coast. Under a subaward, Nueces County will manage the...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $11,518,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards (CFDA 11.419) program to the Texas General Land Office. This funding supports the Texas Coastal Management Program, including projects addressing coastal nonpoint pollution, beneficial use of dredge material, and public access to coastal resources. Specific initiatives include studying the ability of beneficial use restoration sites to...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $8,223,567 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). This funding will enable TPWD to collaborate with local partners to select, construct, and monitor at least 20 acres of oyster reef throughout the Mission-Aransas Estuary near Corpus Christi, Texas. The project aims to expand a network of protected oyster reserves that will provide a long-term...
This $373,000 Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472), supports the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) beach monitoring program for the 2024-2026 swimming seasons. The program's key activities include monitoring water quality for pathogens at recreational beaches in Texas, notifying the public of water quality results and risks, issuing advisories or beach closures as...
The Department of the Treasury's Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE) Act Direct Component program awarded a $129,324 Formula Grant to St. Mary Parish, Louisiana to develop a strategic plan for a Coastal Resilience Laboratory in Morgan City. The project aims to support workforce development and job creation in the coastal communities of St. Mary Parish. The Water Institute of the Gulf will serve as the...
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...