The City of San Jose received a $419,002 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA #66.126) to implement an environmental stewardship program. The program will provide watershed protection and climate resilience education to local high school students, who will then present to elementary school students and the community. It will also facilitate creek cleanups with high school...
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 visions...
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 San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) was awarded a $2,600,100 project grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the EPA's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The grant, with a period of performance from April 1, 2024 to December 31, 2027, will support SFEI's "PFAS Sources to Solutions" project to identify and prevent PFAS pollution in the San Francisco Bay. The key project activities include: 1) monitoring...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $2,997,596 Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) under the San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) program. The grant will fund SFEI's "BayINSIGHT" project, which aims to enhance nutrient monitoring to guide water quality improvements affecting San Francisco Bay. Key project activities include: 1) Convening a multi-agency workgroup to target high priority monitoring needs related...
This $24,833,333 federal 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) supports the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) in implementing the Nutrient Management Strategy (NMS) and Bay Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) for the San Francisco Estuary. Key activities include expanding water quality monitoring, conducting targeted laboratory and field studies, data analysis and synthesis, and...
This $4,142,968 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) supports a collaborative effort led by the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) and the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to accelerate the implementation of nature-based shoreline adaptation solutions in the San Francisco Bay. The key activities funded through this grant include: 1) Developing a...
The Santa Clara Valley Water District was awarded a $3,800,000 Project Grant from 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 will fund the Calabazas/San Tomas Aquino Creek - Marsh Connection Project, which is part of the larger Lower South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. The key activities to be carried out under this award include environmental review and documentation...
This $1,500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the California State Coastal Conservancy (CSCC) aims to advance living shoreline projects in San Francisco Bay. The project is funded through the EPA's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126), which supports efforts to improve water quality and restore aquatic habitats in the San Francisco Bay region. The project will accomplish the following...
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 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 wildlife in the Santa Clara Valley.
The key activities funded under this 4-year grant include convening a regional working group, enhancing community connections, assessing benefit needs and identifying opportunities, comparing scenarios, visualizing opportunities, and implementing multi-benefit urban greening projects. Additionally, the project includes several sub-awards, such as a $98,757 sub-grant to Climate Resilient Communities to facilitate a community team and engagement strategy in East San Jose. The overall goal is to improve habitat and water quality in the Guadalupe and Coyote Creek watersheds, ultimately enhancing the water quality of San Francisco Bay.