Project Grant R15AP00141

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $1,775,414 Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration Program (CFDA 10.731) project grant to the Fall River Resource Conservation District (RCD) in California. The grant aims to link small private landowners to carbon markets and promote wildfire resilience practices in Northern California. The Fall River RCD, a local government entity, will use the funding to provide cost-sharing, technical assistance, outreach, and...

The National Park Service awarded a $7,944,327 Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation and Legacy Partnership (ORLP) project grant to the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The Department will subgrant these funds to the City of San Francisco to renovate the Buchanan Street Mall Park. The project will create a full-size basketball court, open space, community space, walking path, community garden, picnic area, lighting, and landscaping. This project will...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, through its WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507), awarded a $208,915.20 project grant to the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District (USGVMWD) located in Los Angeles County, California. The grant, awarded on April 8, 2025, will support USGVMWD's efforts to promote outdoor landscaping water conservation by providing residential customers incentives to remove turf grass and...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The City of North Las Vegas received a $21.2 million Cooperative Agreement awarded February 19, 2026, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (CFDA 15.235) administered by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region. The funding supports comprehensive infrastructure enhancements to Craig Ranch Regional Park, with an ultimate completion date of February 18, 2031. Project deliverables include replacement of...

The Alliance of Rouge Communities (ARC) will restore one acre of wetland habitat on the campus of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan under a $810,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5. The wetland restoration activities are funded through October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025 under the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) program (CFDA #66.469). Specifically, ARC will address three Beneficial Use Impairments in the Rouge...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the City of Long Beach Utilities Department in Southern California. The grant will support the conversion of approximately 20,000 square-feet of water-intensive turf into climate-resilient alternatives, which is expected to result in annual water savings of approximately 3 acre-feet. This project aims to...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to the Collaborative Earth Institute, a non-profit organization based in Berkeley, California. The award, effective from December 19, 2024 to December 18, 2029, supports climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners across the United States. Key objectives of the program...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $4,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Sky Harvest Resources, LLC, a small business based in Dallas, Texas, under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The award supports the "Carbon Credit Landowner Access Project" with a performance period from August 6, 2024 to March 31, 2027. The project aims to help underserved private forest landowners participate in emerging environmental markets,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $12,420,758 Cooperative Agreement under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) to American Forests, a non-profit organization, on September 23, 2024. The award supports climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners, particularly by increasing their access to emerging environmental markets such as carbon offset and ecosystem services programs. Key...

Award Summary The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded the City of Henderson a $16.7 million Cooperative Agreement on February 10, 2026, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA, CFDA 15.235) to renovate the Downtown Henderson Park. The project encompasses the comprehensive redesign and reconstruction of the 75-year-old park located in historic downtown Henderson, with work scheduled for completion by February 9, 2031. The renovation will upgrade...