This $909,800 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456), will support the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in implementing the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) and strategic plan for the Piscataqua Region estuaries. The key activities include: Protecting and restoring habitats, including wetlands, through the Habitat Program Supporting water quality protection and restoration, including...
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...
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...
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 Casco Bay Estuary Partnership in implementing their Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Casco Bay estuary in Maine. The grant funding will enable a range of activities to protect, restore, and enhance key habitats, address water quality impacts, engage communities, and strengthen regional collaboration to benefit the Casco...
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 $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 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) provides $910,200 in funding to the Partnership For The Delaware Estuary, Inc. to implement the organization's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Delaware Estuary. The award will support a range of activities, including watershed enhancement, habitat restoration, capacity building, and other projects to improve water quality, ecological integrity, 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)...
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 $910,400 to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. (PDE) to support implementation of the Delaware Estuary's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The key products and services to be delivered include: Construction of a freshwater mussel hatchery facility, continued support for the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Wetlands Assessment, the Philadelphia Shell...