Project Grant 07DG11031000020

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,309,989.30 Project Grant to the Marin Municipal Water District on August 28, 2023 through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the restoration of stream habitat supporting endangered and threatened salmonids in two sections of Lagunitas Creek in Marin County, California. Key project activities include the installation of 15-20 large woody debris...

The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) received a $301,256 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to improve water supply forecasting and operational decision-making. The project will incorporate software technology upgrades and algorithm-based strategies to enhance MMWD's water supply operations, which will benefit not only MMWD customers but also other regional water users. Specifically, the project...

The Sausalito Marin City School District received a $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The funding will support the design, permitting, and construction of a 600-foot daylighted, vegetated perennial creek channel, as well as the installation of green infrastructure stormwater management features on the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy's Nevada Campus. The project also...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,541,128 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) Project Grant to the State Coastal Conservancy to implement the Lower College of Marin Corte Madera Creek Habitat Restoration Project. This project will restore approximately 1.5 acres of aquatic, tidal, transition zone, and riparian upland habitat in the San Francisco Bay Estuary through the partial removal of a concrete channel and the restoration of native habitats....

The Walnut Creek Watershed Council received a $298,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to engage stakeholders and develop a community-supported Watershed Restoration Plan (WRP) for the Walnut Creek Watershed in the San Francisco Bay region. The project aims to alleviate key issues of concern by establishing a vision and actionable objectives to design and implement nature-based,...

This $1,069,948.82 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) will enable Protectores De Cuencas, Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to collaborate with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to restore 107 acres of coastal wetlands in the Punta Tuna Natural Reserve. The project will remove debris, reestablish...

The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District was awarded a $4,176,441.64 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) on March 27, 2024. The grant funds will be used to create and restore 21.7 acres of aquatic and riparian habitat in the Upper Santa Ana River watershed. Key project elements include constructing 4,200 linear feet of new and restored stream channel, enhancing a 25-foot...

The Santa Clara Valley Water District was awarded a $3,800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The grant will fund the Calabazas/San Tomas Aquino Creek - Marsh Connection Project, which is part of the larger Lower South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. The key activities to be carried out under this award include environmental review and documentation...

The Moulton Niguel Water District (MNWD) in Laguna Niguel, California was awarded a $472,835 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will enable MNWD to partner with Orange County Public Works to develop a strategy to divert urban runoff and stormwater within the Aliso Creek watershed. The goal is to improve downstream water quality and increase local...

This $770,823 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will support the Redwood City Urban Creek Regreening Project. The project aims to enhance the ecological and community value of three degraded urban creek sites in Redwood City, California by removing invasive trees and plants and installing native vegetation that provides ecological and water quality benefits, as well as...