Project Grant F15AP00272

Palmer Soil & Water Conservation District will provide $212,985 in land rehabilitation and maintenance services on U.S. Army training lands in Alaska through October 2024 under a cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska. The agreement supports the Integrated Training Area Management program and its goal of conserving and rehabilitating natural resources on military installations, as outlined in the Conservation and...

The Palmer Soil & Water Conservation District will provide land rehabilitation and maintenance services on US Army training lands in Alaska through a $409,500 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska. The agreement supports implementation of the Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance component of the Integrated Training Area Management program from May 20, 2022 to May 19, 2023. Services will enhance biological diversity and ecological...

Palmer Soil & Water Conservation District will provide $537,855 in land rehabilitation and maintenance services on U.S. Army training lands in Alaska through May 1, 2024 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Alaska. The funding supports implementation of the Integrated Training Area Management program and objectives under the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations federal grant...

The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to the Tides Center to train agricultural producers in sustainable agricultural practices under the Soil and Water Conservation federal grant program (CFDA #10.902). The two-year award will support training producers in New Mexico to utilize modern tools, equipment, and techniques alongside traditional Native American agricultural practices to make ongoing agricultural activities...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to Civic Works, Inc. to provide brownfields job training services under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815). Through this award, Civic Works will recruit, train, and place 82 unemployed and underemployed Baltimore County residents in environmental careers by June 2025. Trainees will complete 154 hours of classroom and hands-on training, earning six certifications in...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Pathstone Corporation under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815) from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. Under this award, Pathstone will recruit, train, and place 55 unemployed and underemployed residents of Puerto Rico municipalities impacted by solid and hazardous waste in environmental remediation careers. Trainees will receive classroom and practical instruction to earn nine certifications in...

This cooperative agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Brownfields Job Training Program (CFDA 66.815), funds OAI, Inc., a non-profit workforce training organization, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Chicago's South and West Sides in environmental careers related to the assessment, cleanup, and management of solid and hazardous waste sites. The $342,400 award supports delivering 40-hour Hazardous...

The Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc., doing business as CRCd, received a $130,009 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Jardin Botanico Sur. The award will fund CRCd's "INTEGRATING URBAN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS WITHIN THE RIO HONDO COMMMUNITY FOREST" project from September 16, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The project aims to plan for, establish, manage and protect trees, forests, green spaces...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, under the Brownfields Job Training Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.815), provides $500,000 in funding to ST. Nicks Alliance Corp., a non-profit organization and community development corporation, to recruit, train, and place unemployed and underemployed residents of Brooklyn, New York in environmental careers. The project aims to equip 120 trainees with skills and certifications needed to...

The University of Arizona was awarded a $501,937 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation) to empower the next generation of diverse farmers through trainings and farm apprenticeships for urban and small-scale agriculture. The project aims to deliver conservation technical assistance, planning, practice implementation, education, and outreach services to private landowners, farmers,...