Project Grant F17AP01022

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) a $1,389,100 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) grant to acquire, conserve, and improve 621.42 acres of coastal wetlands and uplands in Accomack County, Virginia. This fee-simple acquisition will expand a key wildlife management area, facilitate inland marsh migration, enhance coastal resiliency, and provide new public recreation land. The project aims to restore and...

This $9,065,777 project grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will permanently protect 964 acres through fee title acquisition and 2,560 acres through conservation easements, as well as enhance 365 acres of wetlands and associated uplands in the Mid-Atlantic region, including tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay and Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia and North Carolina. The...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded Ducks Unlimited, Inc. a $3,007,500 project grant under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund program (CFDA 15.623) to support wetlands conservation efforts in Virginia from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2027. Through its Southern Regional Office division, Ducks Unlimited will protect, restore, and enhance priority wetlands along blackwater rivers and coastal bays in northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia....

This $700,189 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program supports the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) in enhancing the state's wetlands protection and management capabilities. Key products and services to be delivered include: Assessing the impact of the Supreme Court's recent Sackett decision on the jurisdictional boundaries of wetlands along Virginia's state...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $535,926 from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 will fund the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to improve decision-making capacity regarding the long-term sustainability of coastal wetlands facing sea level rise. Key products and services include developing a repeatable monitoring method for assessing changes to marsh communities, conducting expanded investigations of species' use of newly migrated marsh, and developing a framework to...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $126,697 Project Grant under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The grant supports ecologically sound, science-based conservation and management decisions regarding invasive aquatic species in Virginia. Key activities include research, field surveys, mapping, monitoring, and controlling invasive plant species like Phragmites,...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $4,229,920 Project Grant under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) to Ducks Unlimited, Inc.'s Southern Regional Office. The purpose of this award is to permanently protect 462 acres through fee title acquisition and 950 acres through conservation easement, as well as enhance 947 acres of wetlands and associated uplands in Virginia and North Carolina. This project will benefit migratory birds and other...

This $3 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623) will permanently protect 1,495 acres of habitat in Virginia for the benefit of migratory birds and other wildlife. Ducks Unlimited, Inc., through its Southern Regional Office, will acquire fee title to 504 acres and accept donation of conservation easements on 991 acres, delivering permanent land protection and habitat conservation....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,702,561 Project Grant to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). The grant will fund the placement of perpetual conservation easements on 1,118.754 acres of coastal wetlands and uplands in Dorchester County, Maryland, expanding the resilience of the nearby Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area. The project...

This $111,858 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420) will fund Phase I planning and design for an integrated shoreline protection and habitat restoration project at a research reserve headquarters in Virginia. The project aims to develop a high-energy, natural and nature-based shoreline protection strategy that integrates structural elements like breakwaters with the...