The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently approved funding for 28 projects to protect, restore or enhance coastal wetlands and adjacent upland habitats under the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. More than $20 million was awarded to projects in … Continued
New grants will help fund projects in the Hudson River Estuary to reduce localized flooding, create sustainable shorelines, improve water quality, and restore aquatic habitat in tributary streams, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The … Continued
The Conservation Fund announced its purchase of 32,396 acres of working forestland in southern West Virginia that will eventually create the state’s largest, conserved block of prime habitat for elk restoration. In partnership with the West Virginia Division of Natural … Continued
NOAA recently announced the award of $23.7 million in funding for the construction of the Oyster Bayou Marsh restoration project. The project will restore 600 acres of marsh habitat at the mouth of the Calcasieu River in Louisiana, which were … Continued
The Deepwater Horizon natural resources damage assessment trustees and BP have proposed approximately $34.4 million for the fifth phase of early restoration for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The first phase of the project would enhance public access to natural … Continued