The District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency (DCEMA) received an $805,763.96 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program to conduct project scoping for developing living shorelines in Buzzard Point and the Southwest Waterfront area of Washington, D.C. The BRIC program aims to make federal funds available to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments for hazard mitigation activities. Under this award issued on December 23, 2022 and set to be completed by December 22, 2025, DCEMA will scope out plans to create living shorelines, a nature-based coastal protection method, in the specified D.C. locations to help build resilience against flooding and erosion.
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