This $1,700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) supports the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in implementing the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Piscataqua Region Estuary. Key activities include assessing trends in water quality, habitats, and natural resources; coordinating CCMP implementation with partners; and monitoring the effectiveness of CCMP activities. The award...
This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 provides $1,400,000 to the University of New Hampshire through December 31, 2023 to support implementation of the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) National Estuary Program (NEP). PREP, as the designated NEP for the estuaries in New Hampshire and Maine, will use the funding to implement tasks outlined in its annual workplans to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,819,600 project grant to the Hudson River Foundation For Science & Environmental Research Inc. under the National Estuary Program (CFDA #66.456) to accelerate implementation of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Under this award, the Hudson River Foundation and its subawardees will support 13 activities that advance the goals...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) provides $1,150,000 in funding to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to address seaweed-related nutrient pollution in the Great Bay in New Hampshire. The key activities include developing a model to relate seaweed dynamics to drivers such as nutrients, suspended solids, precipitation, and water temperature, as well as assessing...
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) was awarded a $1,499,063 Project Grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Centers of Excellence for Stormwater Control Infrastructure Technologies Grant Program (CFDA 66.490). The grant establishes UNH as the Cold Climate Center of Excellence for Stormwater Control Infrastructure Technology (CCCESIT) to conduct research on new stormwater control technologies, provide technical assistance to state, tribal, and local governments, and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded a $2,168,851 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456). The grant will support the Peconic Estuary Partnership's work restoring and protecting water quality and habitat in eastern Long Island through September 2025. Specifically, the funding will support staff carrying out environmental projects included in the Peconic Estuary Partnership's Comprehensive...
This Project Grant award of $850,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) supports the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) in implementing the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary. The key activities to be performed include developing an integrated monitoring strategy, creating a research study to support water clarity metrics, developing water quality...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $1.8 million Project Grant to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) to support implementation of the Delaware Estuary Program Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan from October 2022 through September 2027. Key products and services to be delivered through this funding include coastal habitat restoration, water quality monitoring, public education and outreach on issues...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) provides $1,819,600.00 to the University of Southern Maine through the University of Maine System to support implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership's (CBEP) Casco Bay Plan, their Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). The funding will be used to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $430,000 Project Grant under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services to support implementation of the Peconic Estuary Partnership's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The funding will be used to: 1) conduct monthly water quality monitoring at approximately 40 surface water stations, 2) track atmospheric deposition of major cations and mercury in precipitation, and 3)...