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 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...
Under this $7.2 million cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will manage the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense Wild program authorized under the Adaptive Science federal grant program (CFDA 15.670). NFWF will develop a competitive grant program through June 2027 to conserve, steward, and enhance fish and wildlife habitats in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Eleven sub-awards...
The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $2,207,574 Project Grant under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) to The Nature Conservancy to implement the "Empowering Farmer Innovation to Advance Nutrient Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed" project. The 5-year grant, awarded on September 26, 2024, will support innovative conservation practices, technologies, and approaches to enhance environmental benefits, improve soil health, manage...
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 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are collaborating under a 5-year, $14,426,000 Cooperative Agreement to manage the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (WILD) Program. Authorized by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, the program aims to conserve, steward, and enhance fish and wildlife habitats, build regional conservation capacity, and improve coordination among federal, state, local, and...
This $1.8 million Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 Project Grant will support the Center for Inland Bays' implementation of the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan through September 2027. Funded through the National Estuary Program, the award aims to improve water quality and restore ecological integrity in the Delaware Inland Bays estuary through habitat restoration, water quality monitoring, public education, climate resiliency efforts,...
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) received a $14,450,351 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to manage the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (WILD) program under the FWS's Adaptive Science federal grant program (CFDA 15.670). The goal of the WILD program is to conserve, steward, and enhance fish and wildlife habitats and related conservation values in the Chesapeake Bay, build capacity of regional partners to address shared...
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...