The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded $209,940 under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal grant program to continue supporting Coral Fellows placements in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands from July 25, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The program addresses current capacity gaps in coral reef management in each jurisdiction by placing highly qualified individuals with...
This $213,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs provides continuing support for the first year of two-year Coral Fellow positions in each of the seven U.S. coral reef jurisdictions - American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The Coral Fellows will work in the local agencies responsible for managing coral reefs, with each assigned a supervisor to help them transition...
This $286,837 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (CFDA 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program) supports the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Division of Coastal Resources Management (DCRM) in executing five key coral reef conservation and management projects: Coordination and representation at the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force and annual Micronesian dues. Development of an eco-tour...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs awarded a $324,374 Project Grant under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program to the American Samoa Government Department of Commerce (Community Planning and Development Programs) to facilitate and conduct coral restoration activities in five sites across Tutuila, Ofu, and Tau Islands. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Coral transplanting to restore critical...
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) will receive $124,223 from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) to support coral reef initiatives from July 25, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the funding will enable the CNMI Office of the Governor to provide regional coordination and representation for coral reef management efforts as well as conduct citizen science...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $725,891.00, was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482). The primary goal of this 4-year cooperative partnership is to increase coral conservation and resilience knowledge in U.S. jurisdictions, including American Samoa, CNMI, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and USVI. The Nature Conservancy, the grant recipient, will develop and implement capacity building and...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $300,000.00, was provided by the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant funding will be used by the Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands, Division of Coastal Zone Management, to hire a full-time Coral Disturbance Response Coordinator. The coordinator's responsibilities will include: Convening monthly working...
This $350,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (CFDA 15.875 - Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories) to the Executive Office of the Government of the Virgin Islands, Division of Coastal Zone Management, will support coral reef restoration activities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The project will directly incorporate enhanced sexual reproduction techniques into the division's ongoing coral restoration efforts, a...
The Department of the Interior Insular Affairs awarded a $163,526 Project Grant to the Government of Guam - Department of Administration Bureau of Statistics and Plans to support economic and social development activities in Guam through September 2025. Under the grant, the awardee will use $9,650 to attend the US Coral Reef Task Force meeting and US All Islands Committee meeting to address high priority coral reef policy and regulatory issues. An additional $64,155 will fund a coral reef...
The federal Project Grant award D24AP00434 in the amount of $999,431.95 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant funds the Coral Restoration St. Croix, USVI project, which is being implemented by the non-profit organization The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc. (doing business as CRF). This project aims to restore coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin...