Project Grant 23DG11094200296

This $450,000 cooperative agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.954 - National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education) supports the delivery of technical assistance, information sharing, and guidance to locally-based organizations working on waterway revitalization projects. The goals of these projects are to enhance habitat, expand outdoor recreation opportunities, and strengthen community resilience to natural disasters, ultimately improving the...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,748,947 Project Grant under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to the Blue River Watershed Group (BRWG) and the Town of Silverthorne. The funding will support the engineering and design of a project to repair degraded aquatic habitat in the Blue River downstream of the Dillon Reservoir in Colorado. The project aims to address issues such as low flows, below average water temperatures, and lack of sediment and nutrient transport caused...

This $400,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the CFDA 15.954 National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program will fund the River Network to evolve the Urban Waters Learning Network. The project will provide technical assistance and peer learning opportunities to urban water practitioners, such as community groups, non-profits, local governments, and tribes, who are impacted by issues like water quality, habitat and wildlife...

The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC) was awarded a $833,105 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129). The funding will support the completion of final designs, permitting, and construction for several nature-based stormwater capture and treatment, active transportation, and recreational infrastructure projects along the Woonasquatucket...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Lake Thunderbird Watershed Alliance located in central Oklahoma. The funding will be used to address bank erosion and improve water quality in two impaired ponds representing the headwaters of the Lake Thunderbird watershed. The Alliance will work with local stakeholders to assess water quality, identify best management practices, and implement future...

This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $455,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) federal grant program. The award will fund the City of Duluth, Minnesota to provide public access to the newly restored St. Louis River through new and improved access at four sites adjacent to restoration project areas in the St. Louis River Estuary Area of Concern. Key...

This $668,000 Environmental Protection Agency project grant supports restoration of a 2,500-foot section of Blue Creek in the Maumee River Area of Concern in Ohio under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) CFDA 66.469 program. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry will oversee adding 2.9 acres of riparian buffer, improving 1.3 miles of instream habitat, and diverting runoff through 1.3 acres of new wetland. Biohabitats Inc. will conduct assessments and...

The Friends of the Chicago River was awarded a $157,442 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will support the design and delivery of environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage beneficial environmental behavior in the Chicago-Calumet River watershed. Key deliverables include developing and sharing curriculum, hosting workshops, and...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded Cascade Pacific RC&D a $468,430 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Columbia River Basin Restoration (CRBR) Program (CFDA #66.962). The funding will support continuation and expansion of an existing stormwater retrofit program in the Upper Willamette Metro Area of Oregon through September 2024. The program incentivizes voluntary stormwater retrofits on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties to reduce pollution...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, through its Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554), awarded a $330,885 Project Grant to The Great Springs Project, Inc. on June 11, 2025. The grant will support the development of a watershed restoration and access plan for a highly urbanized section of the lower Colorado River around Austin, Texas. The plan will guide the implementation of strategic projects focused on restoration, public access, land development, resource extraction, and...