The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded a $2,168,851 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456). The grant will support the Peconic Estuary Partnership's work restoring and protecting water quality and habitat in eastern Long Island through September 2025. Specifically, the funding will support staff carrying out environmental projects included in the Peconic Estuary Partnership's Comprehensive...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,819,600 project grant to the Hudson River Foundation For Science & Environmental Research Inc. under the National Estuary Program (CFDA #66.456) to accelerate implementation of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Under this award, the Hudson River Foundation and its subawardees will support 13 activities that advance the goals...
This $1,700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) supports the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in implementing the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Piscataqua Region Estuary. Key activities include assessing trends in water quality, habitats, and natural resources; coordinating CCMP implementation with partners; and monitoring the effectiveness of CCMP activities. The award...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) provides $2,149,614.00 to Save The Sound Inc. to implement a project supporting the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Conducting water quality testing and monitoring in 48 embayments around the Long Island Sound, establishing a comparable...
This $5,650,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 under the Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) will support the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Water in implementing projects to protect and restore the Long Island Sound. Specifically, the funding will be used to: Reduce nutrients and pathogens across the Long Island Sound watershed through water quality improvement projects in...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $1.8 million Project Grant to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) to support implementation of the Delaware Estuary Program Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan from October 2022 through September 2027. Key products and services to be delivered through this funding include coastal habitat restoration, water quality monitoring, public education and outreach on issues...
This Project Grant award of $850,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) supports the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) in implementing the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary. The key activities to be performed include developing an integrated monitoring strategy, creating a research study to support water clarity metrics, developing water quality...
This $21.7 million cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will fund water quality protection programs from April 2021 through March 2026 under the Performance Partnership Grants program. Key activities to be performed under the award include assessing compliance of permitted facilities, implementing a sanitary sewer overflow strategy, conducting permit quality reviews, and preparing Section 303(d)...
This $2,084,715 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) funds Save The Sound Inc. to implement the Unified Water Study. The study will coordinate water quality monitoring activities by 26 subrecipient groups across 48 embayments around the Long Island Sound. The monitoring will collect data on dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll A, macrophytes, temperature, salinity, and water clarity. The results will be...
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $430,000 Project Grant under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456) to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services to support implementation of the Peconic Estuary Partnership's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The funding will be used to: 1) conduct monthly water quality monitoring at approximately 40 surface water stations, 2) track atmospheric deposition of major cations and mercury in precipitation, and 3) monitor seagrass survival and bed expansion at 13 eelgrass beds throughout the Peconic Estuary. These activities will help improve water quality, protect natural habitat and living resources, and support sustainable human uses of the estuary by informing management decisions. The project will run from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026.