Project Grant MAC16L1

This $3,059,800 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound Program (CFDA 66.437) will support the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in implementing the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The grant funds will be used to acquire and protect in perpetuity valuable natural habitats such as the 45-acre Gyrodyne property in St. James and a 50-acre parcel in...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will receive $219,507 from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program to develop a restoration plan for the 115.3-acre Yanty Marsh coastal wetland on Lake Ontario. The design will include plans to create open water channels and potholes through dredging of cattail monocultures to provide fish and wildlife access to spawning and nesting sites while enhancing habitat. The...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, under the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623), provides $800,000.00 to permanently protect 85.25 acres within the Piscataqua River Estuary in York County, Maine. The funding will be used by the Great Works Regional Land Trust (GWRLT) to acquire the property in fee title, which includes 16.25 acres of freshwater and intertidal wetlands, 0.26 miles of shoreline, and 69 acres of uplands....

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) will receive $1,025,108 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) federal grant program to conduct invasive species control and habitat enhancements across the 52.1-acre Four Mile Creek Coastal Wetland in Youngstown, New York from July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. Specifically, OPRHP will expand ongoing efforts to map and control invasive plant species...

The Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District will enhance 170 acres of habitat within the New York State Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area along Lake Ontario through the $500,761 Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Project Grant awarded April 1, 2022 and set to be completed by June 30, 2025. Funded under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program (CFDA 66.469), the District will restore up to 2.5 miles of hydrologic connectivity through reconstructing a historic creek...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded a $2,168,851 Project Grant to the Research Foundation of the State University of New York under the National Estuary Program (CFDA 66.456). The grant will support the Peconic Estuary Partnership's work restoring and protecting water quality and habitat in eastern Long Island through September 2025. Specifically, the funding will support staff carrying out environmental projects included in the Peconic Estuary Partnership's Comprehensive...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,333,334 Project Grant under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) program to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The grant will be used, along with non-federal matching funds, to permanently protect 851 acres of high-priority coastal wetland ecosystem along the Sippican River, a key tributary of Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts. The project will conserve diverse wetland...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection $1.49 million under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration federal grant program (CFDA 15.614) to acquire 517 acres of wetlands in Egg Harbor Township and Upper Township, New Jersey. Funding will support the acquisition of coastal wetlands from May 2021 through April 2025 to support conservation efforts. The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614), awarded a $1,702,561 Project Grant to the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) to place perpetual conservation easements on 1,118.754 acres of coastal wetlands and uplands in Dorchester County, Maryland. This grant, awarded on January 10, 2025, will facilitate the permanent protection of five properties (seven parcels) located near the Blackwater...

The National Audubon Society Inc. will receive $390,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 to implement post-construction adaptive management techniques at the Great Meadows Marsh Unit of the S.B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge from April 29, 2022 to December 31, 2026. Funded activities under the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Activities program (CFDA 15.677) include invasive species control through herbicide...