This $6,102,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will fund the "Restoring Wildcat Creek: Community-Led Watershed Health Update and Priority Project Implementation" project. The key products and services to be delivered include:
Restoration of 5,000 feet of sediment-choked riparian corridor and 10 acres of adjacent habitat along Wildcat Creek
Creation of a 50,000...
This $19,076,843 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will support a comprehensive set of community resilience and sustainability initiatives in North Richmond, California.
Key project activities include: energy efficiency upgrades and appliance installations in homes, expansion of the Wildcat Creek trail, green infrastructure development, creation of community gardens,...
This $750,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will support the East Bay Regional Park District's efforts to improve public access and water quality in the Tilden Regional Park and Wildcat Creek watershed.
The key products and services to be delivered through this grant include: removing a concrete weir, restoring 500 linear feet of creek bed...
This $770,823 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will support the Redwood City Urban Creek Regreening Project. The project aims to enhance the ecological and community value of three degraded urban creek sites in Redwood City, California by removing invasive trees and plants and installing native vegetation that provides ecological and water quality benefits, as well as...
The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District received a $1.8 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund program (CFDA 66.126). The grant will support implementation of the Wildcat Creek Fish Passage Improvement Project to construct a 400-foot long ecologically-friendly fish passage facility with step pools and roughened ramps. Additional funded activities include constructing...
This $200,673 Project Grant was awarded on February 1, 2024 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The grant recipient, Friends of Sausal Creek, will implement a restoration project for William D. Wood Park in Oakland, California with the goal of improving air and water quality and the overall health of the Sausal Creek watershed ecosystem. Key project activities include...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $1.73 million Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund to develop and implement a green stormwater infrastructure curriculum and engagement program. The grant period runs from June 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026.
Under the award, SFEI will partner with Urban Tilth, University of California Berkeley, and the San Francisco Estuary Partnership to...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $5,826,000 Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126).
The 4-year project aims to: (1) develop strategies to increase beneficial reuse of up to 45,000 tons of flood control channel sediment for habitat restoration; (2) implement pilot projects to restore several acres of tidal marsh and creek habitat; (3) develop...
The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) was awarded a $3,494,219 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) program. The grant, titled "Healthy Watersheds and Thriving Cities: Collaborating for Multiple Benefits at the Landscape Scale," aims to develop a cross-organizational, landscape-scale watershed approach to identifying urban greening solutions that provide multiple benefits to humans and...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $133,333 Project Grant to Earth Team A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951). The grant will fund environmental education activities in Richmond, CA from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023.
Specifically, Earth Team will educate K-12 students and teachers about their local watershed through hands-on restoration projects, field trips, and youth leadership programs. They will...