The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $349,885 project grant under the Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052) to the Gulf Consortium on March 17, 2022 for applied research to increase production of locally grown shellfish. The Gulf Consortium will partner with Manatee County and the Gulf Shellfish Institute, a nonprofit sub-awardee, to conduct applied research leading to greater availability of sustainably farmed clams, oysters, and scallops for local markets in Florida. The...
The County of Manatee, Florida was awarded a $600,000 Formula Grant from the Department of the Treasury under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (REST ORE Act) program. The grant will support completion of the Robinson Preserve Expansion Phase III Coastal Habitat Enhancements Project from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2028. Specifically, the county will use the funding to plant upland vegetation along shorelines at...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $12,604,926.00 was provided by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (the Agency) under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052). This award to the Gulf Consortium, a local government entity in Florida, will fund a 15-year "Channel Restoration and Water Quality Project" to restore and protect natural resources, ecosystems, and coastal areas impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil...
The federal Project Grant award GNSSP25FL0068 for $139,822.00, provided by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (CFDA 87.052 Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program), supports the "13-5 INSHORE ARTIFICIAL REEF" project. This grant will fund the development of an inshore artificial reef system in Florida to restore and protect natural resources, ecosystems, and coastal areas impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The project will be...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $3,052,661 Project Grant to the Gulf Consortium under the RESTORE Act Spill Impact Component Program (CFDA 87.052) to fund the Coastal Stormwater Improvement - Calienta Street project in Hernando County, Florida. The project aims to reduce flooding and improve water quality in an older residential area along the west coast of Hernando County by replacing failing drainage infrastructure, constructing a stormwater treatment system, stabilizing...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $5,000,000 in funding through a Cooperative Agreement under the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management) to Manatee County Government, Environmental Lands Division. This funding will support habitat restoration planning, engineering and design, habitat restoration implementation, and land conservation projects...
The Gulf Consortium, with subrecipient Hillsborough County, has been awarded a $27,485,976 Project Grant from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council's Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052) on May 20, 2024. The funding will support the final design, permitting, and construction of a wastewater collection and transmission system to replace aging septic tanks within the Delaney Creek watershed in Florida. This project aims to address water quality impairments in Delaney Creek, the Palm...
The Gulf Consortium was awarded a $3,374,518 Project Grant from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council under the Council's Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA #87.052) to acquire properties in flood-prone areas of Pinellas County, Florida to be maintained in perpetuity for conservation and floodplain storage. As the awardee, the Gulf Consortium will fund subrecipient Pinellas County's Land Acquisition for Floodplain Restoration and Resiliency project, which involves purchasing highest...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $12,722,469 Project Grant to the Gulf Consortium, a local government entity in Florida, to implement the Canal Management Master Plan. Under a subaward with the Gulf Consortium, Monroe County will oversee the project to restore priority canal segments in the Florida Keys. The project aims to improve water quality and protect coastal and marine resources by removing organic muck, backfilling canals, and installing air curtains at canal...
The Gulf Consortium was awarded a $4,660,161 Project Grant by the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council under the Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052) to implement Phase 1 of the Veterans Park Living Shoreline project in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Through this award, the Gulf Consortium, in cooperation with its sub-recipient Okaloosa County, will construct a 2,000-foot living shoreline at the Veterans Park site to stabilize the shoreline, restore seagrasses, provide benthic and...