Project Grant 72038620IO00001

The County of Marinette, Wisconsin received a $348,856 project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) program. The grant will fund the Peshitgo Fish Passage and Streambank Restoration project from August 1, 2021 through August 25, 2025. The purpose of the project is to restore natural resources and their services that have been injured by an oil spill or hazardous substance...

This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658) will fund the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (MDEGLE) to collect sediment core samples and conduct probing transects upstream of the Allegan City Dam along the Kalamazoo River. The data collected will characterize the sediments down to pre-dam historic riverbed levels, which...

The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, in collaboration with the Kawuneeche Valley Ecosystem Restoration Collaborative (KVERC), received a $1,182,400 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580). The award will fund a study and design project to restore the Kawuneeche Valley in Rocky Mountain National Park to a natural beaver-willow ecosystem. Key activities include developing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) awarded a $949,261.05 Cooperative Agreement to the City of Waynesboro, Virginia under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) program (CFDA 15.658). The grant funding supports habitat improvements, water quality enhancements, and recreational access projects along the South River in Waynesboro. Key activities include the installation of a constructed wetland, daylighting of a currently piped stream...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) supports the restoration of several severely degraded stream systems and wetland habitats in the area administered by the BLM Taos Field Office in New Mexico. The non-profit organization RIO Grande Return will employ low-tech process-based restoration techniques to remove non-native and invasive species, plant native...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award through the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management) to the California State Coastal Conservancy. This funding will support habitat restoration planning, engineering and design, habitat restoration implementation, and land conservation projects to increase climate...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 awarded $400,000 under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission for the Flint River Restoration project in Flint, Michigan. The two-year project will restore nearly 25 stream miles to improve fish habitat and passage for species of conservation concern in the Flint River watershed. Key activities include removing dams and installing constructed riffles...

The City of Casper received a $872,488 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) to study and design a project to restore approximately 3 miles of the North Casper and Knife River reaches of the North Platte River in Natrona County, Wyoming. The project aims to address issues such as invasive species, bank erosion, and sediment buildup that have degraded the river's ecosystem function, with the goal...

The Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) will restore one acre of wetland habitat on the campus of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan under a $810,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5. The wetland restoration activities are funded through October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025 under the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ARC will address three Beneficial Use Impairments in the Rouge...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, through its Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658), awarded a $103,750 Cooperative Agreement to the Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust. The funding will support the permanent conservation of over 8 acres of land along the Ammonoosuc River in northern New Hampshire, including the Griswold Island and Clarks Landing properties. The award will cover legal, stewardship, and planning costs, as well as...