coastal restoration News
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EPA Awards $4 Million to Protect America’s Estuaries and Coastal Waters
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $4 million cooperative agreement with Restore America’s Estuaries to help fund projects supporting National Estuary Program coastal watersheds and estuaries. Restore America’s Estuaries will operate a competition that provides entities from across the country an opportunity to apply for funding for projects that will ...
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Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region Receives $25K Grant for Lower Meramec Watershed Stewardship, Education
The non-profit Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region has received a $25,000 grant from the national 2014 Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program to support hands-on stewardship and watershed education efforts aimed at restoring 500 miles of five rivers in Missouri’s Lower Meramec Watershed. The Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Program began in 1999 as a partnership among ...
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86% of Louisiana Voters Support Adoption of 2012 Coastal Master Plan
Eighty-six percent of Louisiana voters say they want their legislators to approve the state's 2012 Coastal Master Plan, according to a new poll released today. The plan lays out a 50-year vision for protecting and restoring the coast, including increased hurricane risk reduction for coastal communities and reconnecting the Mississippi River with disappearing coastal wetlands. Overwhelming ...
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Restoring natural habitats in Myanmar a reconstruction priority, says IUCN
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) offers to share its broad environmental experience to help with the reconstruction efforts in Myanmar. A vital long-term environmental need is to restore coastal ecosystems, following the catastrophic damage caused by the recent cyclone. “While we, like the rest of the world, are worried about the pace of the relief effort, we also believe we ...
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EPA, Southern Co. and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Recognize Five Star and Urban Waters Projects in the Southeast
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Southern Company met with 2013 Five Star and Urban Waters Program awardees to recognize and highlight their work to restore streams and watersheds. “Watershed and stream restoration projects play a significant role in improving public health, providing additional recreational opportunities and ...
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Up to $2 Million in Competitive Grants Available to Restore Clean Water and Resilient Coasts in Southeast New England
Southeast New England is defined by our relationship to water –ocean waves breaking along Cape Cod’s expansive beaches; rivers that powered the textile mills of Pawtucket and Fall River; harbors that created historic maritime cities like Providence, New Bedford, and Newport. From a simple day at the beach, to the operations of our multi-billion-dollar fishing and tourism industries, ...
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EPA awards $2.4 million to restore coastal habitats in the Gulf
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded more than $2.4 million to revitalize coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP), and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) are the grant recipients. They will use the money to restore land lost in areas where commercial and ...
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84% of Florida Voters Support Bill to Spend BP Fines on Gulf Restoration
Eighty-four percent of Florida voters and 92 percent of Panhandle voters support a bill approved by a Senate committee that would ensure the BP oil spill fines are spent on Gulf restoration, according to a new poll released today at news conferences in Tallahassee and Pensacola. The poll also showed 75 percent of Florida voters and 82 percent of Panhandle voters are more likely to support ...
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NOAA Budget Asks $10 Million for Maine`s Penobscot River
AUGUSTA (ENS) - The Bush administration today announced that it is requesting $10 million dollars from Congress to restore the once abundant sea-run fisheries of the Penobscot River in Maine, the second largest river in the Northeast. The announcement includes details of the FY2008 budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. The NOAA budget includes $38 million ...
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EPA Awards Over $1.1 Million to Assist In Restoration of Coastal Habitats
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program $597,333 each to assist in the restoration of disappearing coastal habitats along the U.S. Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas. The National Estuary Program (NEP) was established by the federal Clean Water Act to protect and restore water quality and ...
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Sen. Jack Reed and Restore America’s Estuaries Announce Grants for Coastal Conservation and Restoration
With the support of Senator Jack Reed, Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are awarding $2.3 million in new funding to local organizations working for clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems in Southeast New England. On Sept. 23, elected officials and agency representatives will honor seven Rhode Island organizations that, collectively, ...
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Federal Water Scientists Prepare to Weather the Big Storms
Reston, Virginia - With the start of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season less than a week away, the U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, says it is better prepared than before to help the nation cope with the three to five major storms forecast for this year. The federal agency says it can offer improved monitoring of conditions on the ground from flooding and storm surge, enhanced ability to navigate ...
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Florida Identifies 272 Impaired Waterbodies for Cleanup
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, December 21, 2007 (ENS) - The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, DEP, has identified five groups of waterbodies that are impaired and in need of water monitoring, cleanup and restoration. In the latest round of evaluating impairments in the surface waters of Florida, DEP Deputy Secretary Mimi Drew signed a final order on December 12 targeting 272 impaired ...
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EPA and Partners Release New Blueprint to Protect and Restore Long Island Sound
The Long Island Sound Study has released a new Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for restoring and protecting the Long Island Sound, setting 20 ambitious targets to be achieved by 2035. Among these goals are: a reduced number of beach closures due to sewage pollution; a reduced area of the Sound with unhealthy oxygen levels; improved water clarity; restored coastal wetlands; ...
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Top environmental officials announce action agenda to restore and protect long island sound
Top officials responsible for the health of the Long Island Sound from the two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regions, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection today announced a blueprint for coordinated actions to be taken through 2013 to protect and restore Long Island Sound. They were also joined by ...
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U.S. EPA to establish nation’s largest coastal no-sewage zone/ EPA to sign rule preventing large ships from discharging 20 million gallons of sewage along California’s 1,624 mile coastline
U.S. EPA’s Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld will today announce details of the Agency’s proposal to ban all sewage discharges from large cruise ships and most other large ocean-going ships to the marine waters along California’s entire coastline. This will establish the largest coastal ‘No Discharge Zone’ in the United States and is expected ...
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More than $2.4 million awarded for community-based projects to improve health and vitality of Long Island sound; supports education and stewardship, improves water
The Long Island Sound Futures Fund will provide $2,444,696 in grants to state and local governments and community groups to restore the health of the Long Island Sound. The Sound Futures Fund is financed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and FedEx. It supports innovative projects that restore and ...
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EPA and Partners Release New Blueprint to Protect and Restore Long Island Sound
The Long Island Sound Study has released a new Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for restoring and protecting the Long Island Sound, setting 20 ambitious targets to be achieved by 2035. Among these goals are: a reduced number of beach closures due to sewage pollution; a reduced area of the Sound with unhealthy oxygen levels; improved water clarity; restored coastal wetlands; ...
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Norfolk Gets EPA Support for Green Techniques at Knitting Mill Creek
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is providing more than $60,000 in technical assistance to Lafayette Wetlands Partnership, Friends of Norfolk’s Environment, and the City of Norfolk to explore green options for improving water quality in Knitting Mill Creek. Norfolk is one of 14 communities nationwide receiving a total of $860,000 in EPA support to expand the use ...
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Pew Applauds Implementation Plan for the National Ocean Policy
Christopher Mann, director with The Pew Charitable Trusts' environmental program, issued the following statement today in response to the federal government's release of the implementation plan for the National Ocean Policy. That policy, established by executive order in July 2010, directs federal agencies to use their authority under existing law to protect, maintain, and restore the health of ...
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