Provide assistance to the national fish and wildlife foundation to implement its project to support the long island sound comprehensive conservation and management plan to protect and restore long…

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Award ID
00A01069
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$14,200,000

Award facts

Completion date 81% complete
Funding
  • $10,650,000.00 Federal
  • $3,550,000.00 Non-federal
Place of performance
Connecticut, USA

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Description

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Description
The purpose of this agreement is to provide assistance to the national fish and wildlife foundation to implement its project to support the long island sound comprehensive conservation and management plan to protect and restore long island sound by: 1) develop the long island sound futures fund request for proposals and associated materials; 2) disseminate the long island sound futures fund request for proposals through multiple venues and in multiple formats; 3) provide multiple forms of technical assistance to applicants and subrecipients including one-to-one outreach, webinars, shared learning and networking opportunities, geographically focused technical assistance, and guidance materials; 4) develop and manage grant evaluation; 5) deliver a subrecipient and partner technical networking and announcement event; 6) deliver and support multiple forms of education about long island sound futures fund investments and impact; 7) engage federal and nonfederal partnerships; 8) support development of an enhanced community-facing, community of practice networks within the long island sound study area boundary; 9) administer subrecipient grant agreements and the recipient cooperative from inception to closure; and 10) manage and update a spatial decision tool and strategy about priorities for conservation investment for the long island sound futures fund in the long island sound watershed and related geography in a multi-year investment plan. Activities:specifically, under this cooperative agreement the recipient will: 1) develop the long island sound futures fund request for proposals and associated materials. Develop the request for proposals and associated materials (narrative application, evaluation criteria, tips for preparing an application, and educational materials and tools including pollution calculators, budgets, long island sound study educational resources, quality assurance project plan materials and portal, etcetera). 2) disseminate the request for proposals. Disseminate an announcement to inform potential applicants about long island sound futures fund funding availability. Dissemination will include: 1) national fish and wildlife foundation and the long island sound study posting the announcement on their respective web pages; 2) via an electronic listserv based in the mailchimp platform maintained by national fish and wildlife foundation. 3) conducting individual outreach within the long island sound futures fund geography to inform potential applicants or communities of practice about long island sound futures fund (for example, state based 319 programs, nonpoint source pollution groups); 4) via social media; 5) via the technical field liaison team with a particular focus in non-coastal connecticut and the upper basin states of the long island sound watershed (massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont); and via the sea grant extension professionals. 3) provide technical assistance to applicants and subrecipients. Applicants: technical assistance is coordinated and delivered by national fish and wildlife foundation as follows through the upper basin field liaison team, long island sound study partners and new york and connecticut sea grant extension professionals and long island sound study staff from the new england interstate watershed pollution control commission. Technical assistance activities will involve one-to-one written and other forms of feedback about the general fit of project ideas to the conservation priorities of the long island sound futures fund and comprehensive conservation management plan update and implementation actions, educational resources focused on LIS, a tips guidance document about preparing a long island sound futures fund application and using the online application system and multiple on-the-ground workshops and webinars. Subrecipients: the technical assistance program is comprised of national fish and wildlife foundation, long island sound study partners and quality ASS

Transactions

Action Federal Non-federal Date
Amendment $0 $0
Original award $10,650,000 $3,550,000

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
City Island Oyster Reef, Inc. Expand stewardship oyster reef restoration and environmental education programs at City Island New York. Project will enhance the capacity of a grass-roots… $233,372
The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York Complete final design and permitting plans for ten Nitrogen Removing Biofilter septic installations at zones designated priority one or two for nitrogen… $58,173
The Connecticut Audubon Society Inc. Deliver lessons and train teachers about the problem of debris polluting coasts and the ocean in communities of the Long Island Sound watershed in… $137,481
University Of Connecticut Control invasive plants to improve 18 acres of beach and dune habitat on Great Gull Island, New York. Project will benefit Roseate and Common Terns iconic… $217,784
The Trust For Public Land Engage 60 students in project design; 700 people in environmental education; remove 22,360 sq. ft. of asphalt and replace it with 20,101 sq. ft. of green… $214,579
Citizens Campaign For Enviroment Inc. Install 4,200 sq. ft. of rain gardens; deliver public education including educational literature, an educational video, educational signs, and a community forum… $73,878
Sea Research Foundation, Inc. Develop an educational display with Public Art for Racial Justice about the problem of plastic pollution for use in the field and at Mystic Aquarium reaching… $118,035
National Audubon Society, Inc. Provide school and community environmental education and stewardship activities about wildlife and local climate change for 650 urban K-12 students and… $181,874
Community Action Southold Town, Inc. Remove the invasive common reed plant from 3.1 acres of public and private land around the 32-acre Great Pond freshwater wetland in Southold, New York.… $79,864
University Of Connecticut Marine Debris Education for High School Students in Coastal Communities of Long Island Sound (CT) $20,246
Franklin Regional Council Of Governments Develop standardized designs and an associated permitting pathway for river restoration projects in Franklin County, Massachusetts. Project will foster the… $437,517
Suffolk County Council Inc Boy Scouts Of America Conduct a site assessment and create a conceptual plan for fish passage at Lake Arrowhead in New York. Project will take the first step in restoring fish… $121,765
Citizens Campaign For Enviroment Inc. Deliver an educational program about challenges to restoration and protection of the health and living resources Long Island Sound at high schools on Long… $156,353
National Wildlife Federation Deliver classroom and field-based studies for middle and high school schools in tandem with stewardship activities and events for the community in the Bronx,… $123,161
Bronx Childrens Museum Deliver a traveling exhibit on an electric “Museum On the Go!� bus, a school environmental education program, and printed maps and materials… $215,075
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Who received award 00A01069?

00A01069 was awarded to National Fish And Wildlife Foundation by EPA Region 1 (Regional Offices) on October 1, 2022.

How much is award 00A01069 worth?

$14,200,000 has been obligated on 00A01069: $10,650,000 in federal funding and $3,550,000 in non-federal funding.

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