The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $3 million Project Grant to the Maryland Coastal Bays Foundation, Inc. under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) to support implementation of the Maryland Coastal Bay Program's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan from October 2021 through September 2024. Key activities supported by this funding include habitat restoration, watershed monitoring, and education/outreach efforts in Maryland. These activities are intended to...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $10 million Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program (CFDA #66.466) to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation on September 1, 2022. The grant will fund implementation of the Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Program through August 31, 2027 to support efforts that accelerate sub-watershed and regional-scale nutrient and sediment reductions in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. NFWF will administer a...
This $1,642,106 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 under the Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program (CFDA 66.466) will support the Chesapeake Conservancy, Inc. in providing the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership with updated land use/land cover data, enhanced river corridor data, and associated landscape metrics and communication products. The four primary activities of this 5-year project include: (1) developing a high-resolution land cover...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $1.65 million Project Grant to the Chesapeake Bay Trust under the Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation, Regulatory/Accountability and Monitoring Grants (CFDA 66.964) federal grant program. The grant period runs from September 1, 2022 to August 30, 2025. The purpose of the funding is to support green streets planning and implementation projects and related white papers in small to medium communities within the...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $1,650,000 project grant under the Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation, Regulatory/Accountability and Monitoring Grants (CFDA 66.964) federal grant program to the Chesapeake Bay Trust. The grant period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The purpose of the grant is to provide funding to local governments and non-profits in the Chesapeake Bay watershed for green streets planning, design, and construction...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program (CFDA 66.466) provides $549,997 to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) to conduct a 2-year nutrient limitation assessment of the Chesapeake Bay. The activities will involve obtaining water samples from 12 stations in the Chesapeake Bay each year, performing bioassays, and analyzing the results. UMCES will provide annual interpretive...
This $2,228,000 Fiscal Year 2024 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA 66.460) will fund the implementation of Maryland's Nonpoint Source (NPS) Management Program. The grant provides support to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to implement projects and best management practices (BMPs) in the areas of conservation planning, nutrient management, nutrient load reductions, watershed plan...
This federal Project Grant award of $15 million from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 provides funding for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to administer the Small Watershed Grant Program under the Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program (CFDA #66.466). NFWF will implement an annual competitive subaward program through 2027 to fund on-the-ground watershed protection and restoration projects across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Specifically, NFWF will award subgrants...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the Maryland Department of the Environment a $2.3 million formula grant under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA 66.460) on July 1, 2022 to implement nonpoint source pollution control projects through June 30, 2027. The grant will support watershed restoration and protection efforts focused on improving water quality impaired by polluted runoff in watersheds covered by EPA-approved plans. The Maryland Department of the...
This $2,277,700.00 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA 66.460) supports the State of Maryland's efforts to implement its EPA-approved Nonpoint Source (NPS) Management Program. The grant funding will be used to develop and implement projects and best management practices (BMPs) in areas such as conservation planning, nutrient management, nutrient load reduction, watershed plan implementation, and...