Project Grant 18650644421

The Conservation Fund will receive $1,520,320 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements cooperative agreement program to implement marsh restoration strategies at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2027. As part of the award, The Conservation Fund will work with Blackwater NWR staff and an expert advisory panel to identify and implement tidal marsh restoration projects that support wildlife habitat...

The $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) will support the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce in establishing healthy wetland ecosystems in Vatia Village (15.5 acres) and Aunuu Island (4.5 acres). The key objectives are to 1) remove waste, scrap metals, debris, and household trash from the mangrove forest zones, 2) replant degraded...

The National Audubon Society Inc. will receive $390,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 to implement post-construction adaptive management techniques at the Great Meadows Marsh Unit of the S.B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge from April 29, 2022 to December 31, 2026. Funded activities under the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Activities program (CFDA 15.677) include invasive species control through herbicide...

The Oconto County Sherrif Department received a $139,472.35 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 to undertake the WESO Dam Repair and Wetlands Restoration project. Funded under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program, the project will involve constructing a new whistle tube structure, repairing the auxiliary spillway with heavy rip rap for erosion control, reseeding the dike to reestablish approved vegetation,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,333,334 Project Grant to the Washington State Department of Ecology in partnership with the Great Peninsula Conservancy. The funding will support the permanent protection and conservation of 13.1 acres, including 11.1 acres of coastal wetlands, along 530 feet of the Eastern Hood Canal shoreline in Kitsap County, Washington. The protected habitat features...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $197,420 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to Friends of the San Juans, a non-profit organization located in Friday Harbor, Washington. The primary goal of this project is to restore the Eastsound Waterfront Park on Orcas Island to improve feeding and rearing habitat for out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon, increase forage fish spawning habitat, and enhance prey for other protected marine species like bocaccio rockfish...

The Department of Fish & Game Division of Ecological Restoration received a $1,501,430 Project Grant under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to implement the Windswept Bog Ecological Restoration Project. This project will restore over 43.8 acres of decreasing coastal wetland habitats on a retired cranberry bog site in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Key restoration activities include removing berms and water control...

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy will receive $113,802 under a Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support the Crissy Field Center's Project WISE program. Project WISE provides meaningful outdoor experiences in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco's diverse high school youth through educational, stewardship, and restoration activities. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Project WISE must adapt its programming to continue...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $733,200 Project Grant to the Washington Department of Ecology to acquire and permanently protect 26 acres and 1,750 feet of riverine shoreline on the Samish River in Skagit County, Washington. This project, with a sub-award to the Skagit Land Trust, will restore approximately 3 acres of the property and provide education and outreach to the public. The goal is...

This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the National Park Service's (NPS) Save America's Treasures program, awarded to the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) in Bladensburg, MD, will fund repairs and improvements to the George Washington House. The project will address door, window, floor, brick, and siding repairs, as well as safety and security upgrades to this historically significant property. The project period is from September 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The Save America's Treasures...