Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant Program
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) established the Community Change Grants program to advance community-driven environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities through projects that reduce pollution, increase community … Read more
Five Star Wetland and Urban Waters Restoration Grants
The Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program is a joint collaboration between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, EPA, and USDA and provides financial assistance to grassroots partnerships for … Read more
National Fish Passage Program
The National Fish Passage Program provides funding and direct technical assistance to restore rivers and conserve our nation’s aquatic resources by removing or bypassing barriers. The resulting infrastructure is more … Read more
Climate and Environmental Justice Block Grants
Climate and Environmental Justice Block Grants provide $3 billion in competitive, 3-year grants to states, Tribes, and municipalities and community-based nonprofit organizations for financial and technical assistance to address clean … Read more
Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Restoration Fund
The Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Restoration Fund invests in on-the-ground projects to restore, enhance and conserve bottomland hardwood forest and wetland habitats to benefit wildlife and improve water quality and … Read more
National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS)
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, competitive and non-competitive program capacity funds will be provided through the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) to protect and restore … Read more
Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Grants
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will fund competitive and non-competitive grants to protect, restore, and conserve ecologically significant coastal habitats. The projects will help communities increase resilience to natural hazards like … Read more
Restoring Fish Passage through Barrier Removal Grants
NOAA is implementing a fish passage program as a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The program will provide technical assistance and funding through a competitive grant process over five … Read more
Emergency Coastal Resilience Fund (ECRF)
This program was established to increase resilience of coastal communities affected by federally declared disasters from hurricanes and wildfires. ECRF supports conservation projects to strengthen natural systems that will mitigate … Read more
National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF)
The National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) funds conservation projects to restore or expand natural features to lessen the impacts of natural disasters. NCRF has four focus areas: (1) community capacity … Read more