The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $1,000,000 project grant to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Comprehensive Plan Component Program (CFDA 87.051). The grant will fund planning activities to enhance hydrologic connectivity in Justin's Bay within Mobile Bay in Alabama from March 2023 through March 2026. Specifically, the project builds on a prior 2015 study of the Mobile Bay causeway and hydrology...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $3,541,936 in funding through the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law National Estuarine Research Reserve Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) for a Cooperative Agreement. This funding will increase climate resilience of coastal communities within coastal counties in Alabama through habitat...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Delmarva R C & D Inc., a non-profit conservation organization, to restore degraded salt marshes in the Maryland Coastal Bays. The project aims to improve fish habitat, water quality, and coastal resiliency by reversing human impacts on at least 114 acres of salt marsh. Key restoration techniques include sediment addition to nourish degraded...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $13,747,500 Project Grant (CFDA 87.052) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) on January 23, 2025. The grant funding will be used by ADCNR, along with co-funding from the City of Mobile and the Mobile Area Water Sewer System, to implement the "One Mobile: Reconnecting People, Work and Play Through Complete Streets" project. This project will construct utility infrastructure improvements, roadway,...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council), under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA #87.052), awarded a $5,339,224 Project Grant to the Gulf Consortium on September 9, 2022 to complete the Manatee River Oyster Restoration project by June 30, 2035. Under a subaward, the Gulf Consortium will fund Manatee County to plan, design, permit, and construct oyster reef restoration in the estuarine portions of the Manatee River and its tributaries in...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded $4 million under the Comprehensive Plan Component Program (CFDA 87.051) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on January 22, 2021. The project grant supports the implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive living shoreline initiative through August 30, 2026. As part of the award, $250,000 was provided to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (doing business as Dauphin Island Sea Lab) to conduct living...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $572,355 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This funding will support the planning and development of a holistic restoration plan for the 360-acre Damson Tract within the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Specifically, the agency will contract with an engineering firm to conduct a hydrological...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $2,063,726 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) for the restoration of 11.5 acres of oyster reef along Ayres Point in the Mesquite Bay complex. This project will increase climate resilience of coastal communities within the surrounding coastal counties through habitat restoration planning, engineering and design,...
The City of Jacksonville, North Carolina was awarded a $8,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028. The purpose of this award is to restore critical habitat and alleviate flooding within the urban, underserved coastal community of the New River Watershed through four project areas. Key project activities include wetland...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $25.58 million cooperative agreement to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463) to construct the No Name Bayou Marsh Creation Project. Through this award, the Authority will restore over 530 acres of marsh habitat in Cameron Parish, Louisiana from April 2023 to March 2027. The project aims to combat open water formation along the Gulf Coast and...