Project Grant NA06NOS4290173

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $2,309,989.30 Project Grant to the Marin Municipal Water District on August 28, 2023 through the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507). The grant will fund the restoration of stream habitat supporting endangered and threatened salmonids in two sections of Lagunitas Creek in Marin County, California. Key project activities include the installation of 15-20 large woody debris...

The Sausalito Marin City School District received a $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The funding will support the design, permitting, and construction of a 600-foot daylighted, vegetated perennial creek channel, as well as the installation of green infrastructure stormwater management features on the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy's Nevada Campus. The project also...

This $2.7 million project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration program (CFDA 15.614) will support restoration and enhancement of 159 acres of coastal wetlands and riparian habitats at Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont, California. The California Coastal Conservancy and East Bay Regional Park District will directly restore and enhance over 14.5 acres of wetlands and 144.5 acres of grasslands,...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the State Coastal Conservancy a $8 million Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) to implement the Southern Eden Landing Restoration Project. The project will restore approximately 1,300 acres of tidal marsh habitat and enhance 800 acres of managed ponds in the Southern Eden Landing area of San Francisco Bay through levee breaching, pond connectivity improvements, and...

This $4,142,968 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) supports a collaborative effort led by the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) and the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) to accelerate the implementation of nature-based shoreline adaptation solutions in the San Francisco Bay. The key activities funded through this grant include: 1) Developing a...

The State Coastal Conservancy will receive $1.421 million through March 1, 2023 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program to implement Phase 3B of the Prairie Creek Floodplain Restoration Project. The project will restore 0.9 miles of instream habitat, provide access to nearly 23 acres of floodplain and backwater habitat, and restore or conserve up to 19 acres of emergent wetland and nearly 24 acres of riparian vegetation in Humboldt County,...

The State Coastal Conservancy received a $1.52 million project grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration (CFDA 15.614) program. The grant will fund the Elkhorn Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration, Phase III project in Monterey County, California from February 3, 2021 through December 31, 2026. The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act program aims to provide matching...

The State Coastal Conservancy was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program to complete Phase I of the Castroville to the Coast Project. Phase I involves acquiring 24 acres of agricultural land along the Salinas Reclamation Ditch and Tembladero Slough floodplain for future restoration. The project aims to provide flood attenuation, sea level rise resilience, water quality improvement,...

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) was awarded a $2 million Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to restore 193 acres of native habitat at the Mad Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area. The restoration will include excavating tidal channels and removing invasive plant species from 59 acres of salt marsh. An additional 8.5 acres will be planted as high marsh and tidal...

The State Coastal Conservancy received a $4.725 million Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 to support the Heron's Head Park Shoreline Resilience Project. The funding is provided through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Program (CFDA 15.614) to support coastal wetlands conservation projects. Under this award, the State Coastal Conservancy will implement shoreline resilience measures and wetlands restoration...