Project Grant R15AP00176

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the California Water Security and Environmental Enhancement program (CFDA 15.533) to the Water Education Foundation. This funding supports the Foundation's public outreach efforts to educate various audiences on the importance of California's water resources, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Key deliverables include educational tours, layperson's guidebooks, maps, website updates, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (CFDA 15.517) program provides $2,254,032 to the Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Science Program. The objective is for the Delta Science Program to conduct independent science and engineering reviews that support Reclamation's environmental initiatives in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, San Francisco Bay Estuary, and upstream tributaries. The reviews will focus on protecting...

This $3,400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126) will fund the California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) to support the San Francisco Bay Restoration Regulatory Integration Team (BRRIT) over a 5-year period. The BRRIT is an interagency team that coordinates the processing of permit applications to streamline the permitting process for multi-benefit shoreline restoration projects in the San...

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 federal Project Grant award of $574,902 from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) will support the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute in developing a decision support framework to communicate the risk of significant rain-on-snow runoff events in the Mokelumne River watershed. The project aims to integrate tools that will help optimize water resource management and ensure the safe conveyance and...

The University of California, Davis was awarded a $547,077 Project Grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557) to study stream-lake interactions at Lake Tahoe. The project will involve calibrating and validating revised inflow algorithms within an existing hydrodynamic model, using comprehensive field measurements of the dynamic interactions between two major streams (Ward and Incline Creeks) and the stratified Lake Tahoe. The updated and validated...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $250,000 in funding through the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards (CFDA 11.419) program to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (Bcdc) for a project to comprehensively update the agency's Shoreline Plants, A Landscape Guide for the San Francisco Bay Area. The project will focus on integrating traditional ecological knowledge and climate resilience into the public access design guideline...

The California State University, East Bay Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $915,786 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). Through this grant, the Foundation and its university partners will engage with indigenous community members to plan, implement, and sustain culturally responsive water and land use initiatives to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Key activities...

This $1,500,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the California State Coastal Conservancy (CSCC) aims to advance living shoreline projects in San Francisco Bay. The project is funded through the EPA's Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126), which supports efforts to improve water quality and restore aquatic habitats in the San Francisco Bay region. The project will accomplish the following...

The Santa Clara Valley Water District was awarded a $3,800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The grant will fund the Calabazas/San Tomas Aquino Creek - Marsh Connection Project, which is part of the larger Lower South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. The key activities to be carried out under this award include environmental review and documentation...