Project Grant 23DG11094200241

The Onondaga County Soil & Water Conservation District received a $107,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664). The grant will fund mitigation of the impacts of Emerald Ash Borer in Onondaga County, New York through Feb 2025. As part of its mission to assist with forest resources management and conservation on nonfederal lands, the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program supports...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) was awarded a $837,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) to control invasive species and restore the Silver Maple-Ash Swamp natural community at Beaver Island and Buckhorn Island State Parks. The project aims to address significant ash loss, reduced canopy cover, low forest regeneration, and...

The Monroe County Soil And Water Conservation District was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Forest Service's Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) on February 12, 2024. The grant will fund reforestation efforts in response to Emerald Ash Borer infestations that have decimated ash trees in the Great Lakes region. The 3-year project aims to develop genetically improved tree seedlings, produce and distribute them for reforestation, and undertake other landscape...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will receive $219,507 from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program to develop a restoration plan for the 115.3-acre Yanty Marsh coastal wetland on Lake Ontario. The design will include plans to create open water channels and potholes through dredging of cattail monocultures to provide fish and wildlife access to spawning and nesting sites while enhancing habitat. The...

This $1,421,821 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) supports the acquisition and long-term stewardship of approximately 275 acres of land within the Onondaga Lake watershed in New York. The project aims to implement the preferred restoration alternative of land preservation to address natural resource damages, as outlined in the 2017 Onondaga...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will receive $1.47 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program (CFDA 66.469) to expand and enhance wetlands in Woodlawn Beach State Park from September 2021 through September 2024. Specifically, the recipient will increase existing wetland areas by 1.36 acres and plant over 16,000 native trees, shrubs and wetland plants across 4.46 acres. This expanded and...

The Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District will enhance 170 acres of habitat within the New York State Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area along Lake Ontario through the $500,761 Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded April 1, 2022 and set to be completed by June 30, 2025. Funded under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program (CFDA 66.469), the District will restore up to 2.5 miles of hydrologic connectivity through reconstructing a historic creek...

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $625,000 project grant to Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership Inc. under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #10.664) to support combined emerald ash borer and watershed mitigation projects in Wisconsin from January 2021 through May 2025. The funding will support the advancement of forest resource management and conservation efforts, including activities to address the invasive emerald ash borer species...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) will receive $1,025,108 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program to conduct invasive species control and habitat enhancements across the 52.1-acre Four Mile Creek Coastal Wetland in Youngstown, New York from July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. Specifically, OPRHP will expand ongoing efforts to map and control invasive plant species...

The Niagara County Soil & Water Conservation District received a $143,560 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 10.664). The grant will fund tree planting services to replace ash trees damaged by the Emerald Ash Borer in Niagara County, New York through December 2025. The Cooperative Forestry Assistance program supports efforts to advance forest resource management, conservation, and...