Project Grant MAC7L1

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) to permanently protect 851 acres of a high-priority coastal wetland ecosystem along the Sippican River in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. This project will conserve diverse wetland habitats, including emergent marshes, shrub swamps, forested wetlands, and...

The Department of Fish & Game Division of Ecological Restoration received a $1,501,430 Project Grant under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to implement the Windswept Bog Ecological Restoration Project. This project will restore over 43.8 acres of decreasing coastal wetland habitats on a retired cranberry bog site in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Key restoration activities include removing berms and water control...

The Snipatuit Coastal Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Project, funded by a $260,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's North American Wetlands Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.623), will permanently protect 101 acres of an important forested wetland complex at the headwaters of the Mattapoisett River in Rochester, Massachusetts. The grant funds will be used by the grantee, Buzzards Bay Coalition, Inc., to acquire fee title to the property, with the Rochester Land Trust holding a conservation...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $900,000 Project Grant under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. The grant will fund the Windsor Brook Wetland Restoration Project, which aims to restore the natural hydrology and function of a wetland area that was previously altered. Key objectives include removing a berm that impedes water flow, reducing invasive species, and allowing...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,230,000 Project Grant through the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) to the Ipswich River Watershed Association, Inc. for the Ipswich Mills Dam Removal Project. This project will permanently restore 49 miles of mainstem and tributary habitat for native and migratory fish populations in the Ipswich River watershed and the Great Marsh Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Key project elements include full removal of the Ipswich Mills...

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 Weweantic River Buzzards Bay Wetland Conservation Project is a $1,333,334 federal Project Grant awarded on January 10, 2025 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) program. The grant will permanently protect 737 acres of a high priority coastal wetland ecosystem along the Weweantic River, a primary tributary and key component of the Buzzards Bay estuary, an area of national significance. The grantee is the...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Geographic Programs - Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program (CFDA 66.129), provides $597,780 to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. to conduct environmental activities in Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. The key activities include planning, permitting, and implementation of 160 acres of saltmarsh and coastal upland restoration, as well as education and knowledge...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,666,515 Cooperative Agreement to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management). The funding will be used to restore 57 acres of former cranberry bogs to a functioning wetland system in the town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Restoration...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI) awarded a $160,000 Cooperative Agreement under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements program (CFDA 15.654) to Northeast Wetland Restoration, a sole proprietorship located in Berwick, Maine. The purpose of this 5-year project is to correct marsh surface hydrology and improve salt marsh resilience to climate change and sea level rise at the 141-acre Little River Estuary in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine. Northeast...