96237922

Description:
The purpose of this agreement is to provide assistance to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Marine Resources to implement its project to support the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. The goal of the project is to protect and restore Long Island Sound by acquiring properties. In the first year (Fiscal Year 2022), two properties (Watson and Kozikowski) in the Conscience Bay-Little Bay-Setauket Harbor significant coastal fish and wildlife habitat, and one property (Bateson) in the watershed of both Little Bay and Port Jefferson Harbor will be acquired. In the following years (Fiscal Year 2023 and 2024), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Marine Resources will continue to pursue priority land acquisitions. These acquisitions could include, but are not limited to, additional Bateson lots, Lloyd Harbor Seminary, and Flowerfields. Additional acquisitions will be considered and prioritized opportunistically as they become available, but all will meet grant requirements and contribute to the Long Island Sound Study Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan goals. The acquisition of these properties will provide water quality, tidal wetland, and coastal habitat protection to Long Island Sound through the preservation of land in the watershed.

Activities:
Specifically, under this grant agreement, the recipient will work with property owners to purchase the three properties at fair market values and manage the grant agreement to ensure objectives are met.

Subrecipient:
No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

Outcomes:
Under this grant agreement, the recipient will purchase and protect properties including Watson, Kozikowski, and Bateson properties. The anticipated deliverables of the project are the acquisition of properties. The project outcomes will restore and enhance targeted habitat types and protect targeted habitat types through acquisition and other mechanisms.

Direct beneficiaries of this program include the general population in the New York portion of the Long Island Sound watershed and its surrounding areas, schools, universities, and other institutions of learning, environmental managers and policymakers, and the participants in the Long Island Sound Study with a focus on disadvantaged communities.

Department Of Environmental Conservation New York

66.437 - Long Island Sound Program

EPA Region 2: New York City [EPA - RO]

New Haven, Connecticut United States

County-Wide

None

Infrastructure $6,319,600 (65%) percent this Project Grant was funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Act.
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 234% from $2,909,800 to $9,729,400.