The work to be accomplished with this award is to support lake champlain basin program's implementation of priority projects funded with appropriations from the infrastructure investment and jobs…

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Award ID
00A01022
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Awarding agency
Obligated
$22,641,000

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Completion date 58% complete
Originally
Place of performance
Vermont, USA

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Description
The work to be accomplished with this award is to support lake champlain basin program's implementation of priority projects funded with appropriations from the infrastructure investment and jobs act in support of the lake champlain management plan, opportunities for action (OFA). Special emphasis will be placed on projects and project sites that benefit 'disadvantaged' or 'environmental justice' communities and/or the impacts of climate change. In FY22, priority work includes improving aquatic organism passage for resilience to climate change and mitigation of flooding, land acquisition and conservation for flood mitigation, climate change resilience, and restoration efforts, and tree nursery support to increase the availability of stem plantings to support habitat restoration efforts in the lake champlain basin. Activities:the activities to be performed by the funding of this award include: - tracking progress towards goals in the opportunities for action, including the lake champlain basin program annual report. - design of a phosphorus 'treatment train.' - development and coordination of an aquatic organism passage program, including staff support, direct implementation funding, DAM removal and river corridor protection program, and a competitive grant program. - strategic land acquisition for high priority land parcels that will improve water quality, improve aquatic habitat, climate change, and improved flooding resilience in communities with environmental justice concerns. - tree nursery support for conservation habitat planting. - aquatic invasive species management and spread prevention subrecipient:activities implemented through subawards include: aquatic organism passage (AOP) improvements via the AOP competitive grants program, including engineering, design, and implementation for passage projects and DAM removals; assessment of the impact of private roads on AOP in the missisquoi and chazy watersheds; strategic land acquisition for priority lands for habitat conservation, habitat restoration, floodplain restoration and protection for mitigation of and resilience to climate change; tree nursery support program to increase the availability of stems for conservation habitat plantings; wetland and floodplain restoration in new york; and aquatic invasive species management and spread prevention. Outcomes:anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes will support implementation of the lake champlain management plan, opportunities for action. This management plan was most recently updated and approved in june 2022. Deliverables and outcomes include: - lake champlain basin program annual report of activities leading to coordination and collaboration to engage in the discussion of environmental challenges facing the lake champlain basin. - engineering and design for a treatment train leading to phosphorus reductions. - identification, coordination, and prioritization of projects with partners for aquatic organism passage, including permitting and engineering design, leading to increased resilience to climate impacts and flooding. - at least 2 DAM removals to improve aquatic organism passage and increase climate change and flooding resilience. - assessment of impacts of private roads on aquatic organism passage in the missisquoi and chazy watersheds to increase resilience to climate change and flood impacts. - increased availability of stems for conservation plantings, or reduced/eliminated costs of stems for conservation plantings to increase acres of river miles of conservation plantings. - restoration of critical wetlands or floodplains in the NY portion of the lake champlain watershed to improve habitat, mitigate climate change impacts, and reduce sedimentation and nutrient loading to lake champlain. - 3 contracts or subawards to advance aquatic invasive species management and

Transactions

Action Federal Non-federal Date
Amendment $0 $0
Amendment $7,437,000 $0
Amendment $0 -$8,796,000
Amendment $0 $8,796,000
Amendment $7,555,000 $0
Original award $7,649,000 $0

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Natural Resources Conservation This culvert replacement is shovel-ready project with a 100% design completed in 2021 that is located on an unnamed tributary to Taft Brook in the Upper… $410,750
Adirondack Land Trust, Inc. The permanent protection by conservation easement of 945 acres encompassing forest, 23,500’ of shoreline on three ponds, and 6,228’ of streams in the… $2,486,000
Department Of Environmental Conservation Vermont The Champlain Water Chestnut Management and Aquatic Plant Control Program Project (the Project) gap funding for the 2026 field season’s support from the Lake… $500,000
Vermont River Conservancy The LeBlanc Village parcel will be acquired by Vermont Riverlands, VRC’s sister land holding entity, and a permanent conservation easement will be placed on the… $91,946
Poultney Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District This proposal will support infrastructure and workforce development investments for the Champlain Valley Native Plant Restoration Nursery including expansion of… $98,545
Essex County Soil & Water Conservation District This project will replace one culvert in the Cold Brook sub-watershed (Lower Reber Rd) of the Boquet River to benefit aquatic habitat and the free passage of… $472,340
Friends Of The Winooski River, Incorporated The project will advance the design for the Old Batchelder Mill Dam removal from the current conceptual state to about 60% complete and engage with partners,… $92,990
Boquet River Association, Inc. We are completing final engineering and implementation funds to remove a defunct fish weir and adjacent bridge abutments that disrupt fish passage on the main… $461,274
Friends Of The Mad River Friends of the Mad River will work with local partners and regional experts to launch a native plant nursery with the goal of increasing the availability and… $142,854
Ausable Freshwater Center Incorporated AFC's “Scaling up for Success” project builds on the strong foundation established at the Ausable Conservation Nursery (ACN) since its inception in 2023. This… $590,141
Burlington City Treasures OFC Acquisition, conservation, and stewardship of a 7-acre parcel along Lake Champlain contiguous to an existing City natural area. $671,267
Weathered Tree LLC Weathered Tree seeks to increase efficiency and scale for all our nursery species as well as increase community engagement and education through the improvement… $39,375
Intervale Center, Inc. The Intervale Center and partners will continue development of the Riparian Lands Native Seed Partnership (Seed Project) to support nursery sector development… $168,165
Lamoille County Nrcd This project will grow native and regionally appropriate plant species to support habitat and restoration projects in Lamoille County and surrounding areas, and… $149,424
Vermont Land Trust, Inc. VLT will complete a conservation easement acquisition on a +/-226-acre parcel in East Montpelier, Vermont, with enhanced river corridor protections and… $444,110
Vermont Land Trust, Inc. VLT will complete a conservation easement $128,610
Vermont River Conservancy VRC will protect the Big Falls Eddy parcel with a conservation easement that protects the riparian and wetland habitat and provides safe and low-impact public… $47,415
Champlain Area Trails The “High Point Conservation Project” in Willsboro, NY will acquire and conserve the 118-acre Harbison Property, secure permanence to its popular High Point… $375,151
Town Of Willsboro Town Hall The Town will acquire 67.80 acres from the Adirondack Land Trust with an agreement for public access, water quality protection and land use conversation. $1,067,500
Vermont Land Trust, Inc. VLT will complete two concurrent "overlay" easement acquisitions totaling +/-133 acres on two previously conserved farmland parcels in Charlotte, Vermont, to… $125,103
Missisquoi River Basin Association, Inc. This project will enable the Town of Jay to acquire an important wetland complex and floodplain of the Jay Branch and enable the MRBA to acquire the abutting… $381,639
Hazen's Notch Conservation Trust, Inc. A unique opportunity was offered to the HNCT to purchase a conservation easement on the Bear Paw Pond property, a large, bio-rich, forested property with a… $181,247
Boquet River Association, Inc. The objective of this project is to open one of the three final barriers to aquatic organism passage on the entirety of Cold Brook on the Boquet River. In 2019,… $77,232
The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy will develop engineering studies for two undersized culverts on Cold Brook and upgrade existing culvert infrastructure on Church Brook. $241,882
Winooski Soil & Water Conservation District This project seeks to continue AOP restoration efforts in the Jail Branch by replacing a perched, undersized culvert on Woodchuck Hollow Road on the East Branch… $300,000
Ausable Freshwater Center Incorporated This project seeks to improve aquatic organism passage in the Pettigrew Brook watershed by implementing a culvert replacement at John Bliss Road and… $354,645
Friends Of The Winooski River, Incorporated The purpose of this project is to replace an undersized culvert to improve aquatic organism passage on an unnamed tributary of the Stevens Branch in… $299,983
Friends Of The Winooski River, Incorporated The primary objective of the project is to remove the Brooklyn Street dam, a barrier to aquatic organism passage and sediment transport in the Winooski River… $438,325
Lake Eden Association, Inc. LEA, in coordination with our partners, will complete a permit application with the VT DEC, for use of ProcellaCO to mitigate Eurasian Watermilfoil in Lake… $93,400
Friends Of The Mad River Friends of the Mad River (FMR) will work with Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) partners, local municipalities, and a contractor to identify and provide… $78,998
Trout Unlimited, Inc. Working in partnership with other organizations, the team will remove 2 priority aquatic organism barriers, reconnecting 1.8 miles of high-quality habitat while… $272,155
Vermont Natural Resource Council Inc. The project consists of removing 2 dams to restore natural stream function and aquatic organism passage and habitat. $30,000
Natural Resources Conservation This is a shovel ready culvert replacement in Westfield, Vermont. The project will connect 2.5 miles of critical brook trout habitat in the Taft Brook watershed $150,000
Mace Chasm Farm LLC Mace Chasm will expand into offering wholesale, native, bareroot shrubs/trees made available to conservation projects in out region. We will engage with… $56,455
Vermont Natural Resource Council Inc. This project will restore natural stream function and aquactic organism passage (AOP) and habitat. The outputs for each of these implementation projects will be… $250,000
Ausable Freshwater Center Incorporated The primary outcome for this project is the prioritization of culvert replacements to reduce fragmented aquatic habitat in the Ausable River watershed $68,000
Caledonia County Natural Resources Conservation District This project is to remove 1 fish passage barrier to restore access to 5 miles of high quality climate change resilient eastern brook trout habitat; improve… $250,000
Ausable Freshwater Center Incorporated This project is a partnership between ARA and Essex County Dept of Public Works to replace an undersized culvert with a bridge on a high priority road-stream… $249,986
Friends Of The Winooski River, Incorporated The primary objective of the project is to complete engineering designs for the removal of 3 barriers to aquatic organism passage in the Winooski River… $223,002
Intervale Center, Inc. This project will expand out partners' capacity to provide native trees and shrubs for conservation partners throughout the Lake Champlain Basin of VT and NY.… $173,265
Poultney Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District This project will increase and restructure the responsibilities of our permanent nursery staff and to increase seedling production. Outputs include an updated… $39,085
Verterra LLC The main goal of this project is to establish Verterra Nursery as a regional supplier of locally sourced native plants for habitat restoration projects.… $49,431
Redstart, Inc. This project supports investments in infrastructure, equipment, supplies and staffing which allows Redstart to increase nursery production of important native… $150,000
Intervale Center, Inc. This project will expand Intervale Center and our partners' capacity to provide native trees and shrubs for conservation partners throughout the Lake… $173,265
Ausable Freshwater Center Incorporated This project will 1. support expansion and repair of nursery infrastructure (greenhouse glass repairs, a high tunnel for plants, and fencing) and allow ARA to… $651,000
Missisquoi River Basin Association, Inc. MRBA will host the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program, administered by EnviroCert International, for the first time in the Lake Champlain… $401,477
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Who received award 00A01022?

00A01022 was awarded to New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission by EPA Region 1 (Regional Offices) on October 1, 2022.

How much is award 00A01022 worth?

$22,641,000 has been obligated on 00A01022.

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