95338001

Description:
This cooperative agreement, funded with $45,000,000 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provides the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) with incremental funds of $22,000,000 for administration of the Small Watershed Grants (SWG) program, which promotes community-based efforts to develop and implement conservation strategies to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed in connection with the goals and outcomes of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and any future watershed agreements.
Federal funds in the amount of $23,000,000 are contingent upon availability.

Activities:
Activities that will be performed under this award include implementation of a competitive SWG subaward program; technical and grants management assistance to develop capacity to manage federal funding and deliver on-the-ground watershed restoration and conservation efforts; monitoring, reporting, and evaluating to ensure comprehensive understanding, accounting, and communicating of the SWG program's environmental outcomes and to support ongoing adaptive management efforts to enhance those outcomes through time; and networking, information-sharing, communications, and outreach to promote program awareness, engagement, and shared learning.

Subrecipient:
NFWF will issue subawards on a competitive basis to local governments and nonprofit organizations in the Chesapeake Bay region working to improve the condition of their local watersheds while building community-based stewardship.

Outcomes:
The SWG program supports advancement of the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership's achievement of the goals and outcomes of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The expected outcomes are the creation, restoration, protection, or enhancement of living resources and habitats associated with the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, as well as improved organizational ability to advance environmental and community goals within the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Beneficiaries include local governments and environmental organizations, the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership, and residents of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

National Fish And Wildlife Foundation

5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 1 - CORE MISSION 1.2 - PROVIDE FOR CLEAN AND SAFE WATER 2 - TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2.1 - PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL, TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS 4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS

66.466 - Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program

EPA Region 3: Philadelphia [EPA - RO]

Frederick, Maryland United States

County-Wide

Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Applications for: Small Watershed Grants Program and Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Program Funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (EPA-I-R3-CBP-23-13)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 45% from $25,283,896 to $36,783,896.