WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program
The Cooperative Watershed Management Program provides funding to watershed groups to encourage diverse stakeholders to form local solutions to address their water management needs through two phases: 1) Watershed Group … Read more
Land and Water Conservation Fund – State and Local Assistance Program
The LWCF is funded by revenues from offshore oil and gas leases and uses funding to conserve resources, like parks, wildlife refuges, forests, open spaces, trails and wildlife habitat. The … Read more
Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program
The Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program provides funding for community-based organizations to engage in model activities that achieve measurable environmental impacts in communities who disproportionately bear the burden of pollution. … Read more
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program
The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program provides financial assistance to organizations working to address local environmental or public health issues in their communities. The program assists recipients … 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 Culvert Removal, Replacement & Restoration Grants (Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage Program)
The National Culvert Removal, Replacement & Restoration Grants (Culvert Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) Program) is an annual competitive grant program that awards funding for projects to replace, remove, and repair … Read more
Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant Program
The NAE funds were all awarded in FY24. The program will only be the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program moving forward. This new program, established by the Inflation Reduction Act, … Read more
Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides a total of $60 million for actions that support the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force’s Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan to significantly expand … 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