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EPA Coastal Restoration Grants Will Help Massachusetts and Rhode Island Communities | |
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2020-08-26 | |
发布年 | 2020 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | Contact Information: BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) announced the awarding of $1.8 million in new funding to local organizations working for clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems in Southeast New England. The funding is provided by EPA under the 2020 Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Watershed Grants, a collaboration between EPA Region 1 and RAE. The grant program builds and supports partnerships that tackle the region’s most pressing environmental issues, such as nutrient pollution and coastal habitat loss. “EPA is pleased to provide funding to implement these local projects that promise to have positive environmental and community outcomes in the Southeast New England region,” said U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Dennis Deziel. “This year’s $1.8 million investment in Rhode Island and Massachusetts coastal communities will fund projects that help increase grass-roots involvement and build local capacity, including in economically distressed areas and environmental justice communities. These projects emphasize community resilience and will yield significant social, economic, and environmental benefits for our region.” “With an investment of almost $1.8 million dollars, we will be able to build upon the success we have already had here in the state in preserving vital coastal habitat and further reducing pollution in the watershed,” said U.S. Senator Jack Reed. “We are pleased to partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support these investments in improving water quality, coastal habitats, and recreational opportunities for communities throughout Southeastern New England,” said Daniel Hayden, President of Restore America’s Estuaries. “These projects support jobs today, while protecting the resources that support tourism, fishing and recreation.” By funding locally based partnerships that are working to reduce pollution and restore coastal habitats, the SNEP Watershed Grants program is helping to ensure a sustainable and prosperous future for Southeast New England communities. Southeast New England’s coastal environment has never been more important. In a time of quarantine and social distancing, careful outdoor recreation is one of the few safe sources of enjoyment and exercise for families and individuals of all ages, while the business activity generated by a clean coastal environment – from fishing to boatbuilding to, when it returns, coastal tourism – will be key to rebuilding our pandemic-battered economy. Background: Past Awards: In 2018 and 2019, SNEP Watershed Grants awarded $6.6 million to high-impact projects throughout the SNEP region. The grants funded municipalities, non-profit organizations, academic institutions and others working on a variety of innovative projects, including cranberry bog and salt marsh restorations, urban and suburban storm-water programs, and environmental monitoring and research. The diverse partnerships funded by SNEP Watershed Grants increase local capacity to restore coastal ecosystems, while SNEP provides a framework for communicating that experience—enhancing our region’s ability to tackle shared environmental challenges. 2020 Grants: In 2020, SNEP Watershed Grants is will support 11 important initiatives, including dam and culvert removal, shellfish restoration, and urban community resilience planning. The awards—$1.8 million in Rhode Island and Massachusetts—were selected through a rigorous competitive process, with the advice of an independent, interdisciplinary committee of coastal scientists and managers. RAE received more than 40 grant applications totaling more than $10 million in requests from which the 2020 grants were selected. With non-federal match, these SNEP grants will result in more than $2.3 million in new project funding for Southeast New England’s coastal ecosystems and communities in 2020. Below are brief summaries of the 11 awards planned for 2020 SNEP Watershed Grants. While significant changes are not expected, the awards are not final until grant contracts have been fully executed. Dollar figures below are award amounts; grantees provide at least 33% in additional non-federal funding toward each project. Summary of 2020 Awards Rhode Island Town of Warren: Market to Metacom: Adaptation and Economic Development $91,875 City of Providence: Woonasquatucket River Greenway $250,000 RI Division of Marine Fisheries: Oyster Habitat Conservation and Restoration Planning $150,000 Town of South Kingstown: Green Hill Pond Stormwater Plan $100,000 University of Rhode Island: Mt. Hope Bay Water Quality Monitoring $301,289 Massachusetts Pleasant Bay Alliance: Nitrogen Management in Pleasant Bay $132,178 Buzzards Bay Coalition: Multi-Community Collaboration to Reduce Nitrogen in Upper Buzzards Bay $118,275 Friends of Bass River: Upper Bass River Watershed Restoration $253,779 Mt. Holyoke College: Bioreactors for Nitrogen Removal in Coastal Cranberry Farms $232,352 Center for Coastal Studies: Ecosystem Research Conference for Pleasant Bay $8,984 Mass. Audubon Society: Protecting Salt Marshes $150,000 For more about EPA’s Southeast New England Program and SNEP Watershed Grants www.epa.govhttps://www.epa.gov/snecwrp and www.snepgrants.org. # # # |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/291670 |
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