This $273,381 Project Grant was awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 under the CFDA 66.437 Long Island Sound Program to the University of Connecticut. The purpose is to support the University of Connecticut, which hosts the Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve, in implementing the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan to protect and restore Long Island Sound. Specifically, the University of Connecticut will plan and organize 8 eelgrass...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) provides $2,149,614.00 to Save The Sound Inc. to implement a project supporting the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Conducting water quality testing and monitoring in 48 embayments around the Long Island Sound, establishing a comparable...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) provides $2,950,000 to Restore America's Estuaries to implement its Long Island Sound Community Impact Fund program. The primary objectives are to: 1) Administer a competitive subaward program focused on community-based projects that address environmental and human health risks in the Long Island Sound region, and 2) Provide technical assistance...
This $2,084,715 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) funds Save The Sound Inc. to implement the Unified Water Study. The study will coordinate water quality monitoring activities by 26 subrecipient groups across 48 embayments around the Long Island Sound. The monitoring will collect data on dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll A, macrophytes, temperature, salinity, and water clarity. The results will be...
This $148,554 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 supports the University of Connecticut in measuring rates of nitrate removal and characterizing stream geomorphology in tributaries discharging to eight Long Island Sound embayments. The University will conduct stream nitrate tracer experiments under three discharge conditions and concurrent stream surveys and sampling to characterize streambed sediment and channel geomorphology. It will also evaluate the...
This $20,585,000 project grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) supports the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's (NFWF) implementation of the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Key activities include: developing and disseminating grant solicitations, providing technical assistance to applicants, managing a competitive sub-award process, delivering public outreach events,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $21,106,362 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to support the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Through this cooperative agreement, NFWF will: develop and disseminate annual competitive grant program requests for proposals; provide technical assistance to applicants and sub-recipients; manage the grant...
The Department of Environmental Conservation of New York received a $3,214,385 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) to implement a project supporting the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The key activities under this 3-year award include: Deploying 10 acoustic release receivers to monitor fish populations and habitat use in western Long Island Sound Hiring a technician to...
This $5,650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) will support the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Water in implementing projects to protect and restore the Long Island Sound. Specifically, the funding will be used to: Reduce nutrients and pathogens across the Long Island Sound watershed through water quality improvement projects in...
This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 through the Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437), will fund the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) to implement a multi-year project supporting the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The $3,759,119 award, spanning October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, will enable NEIWPCC to coordinate key activities across...