Grantee: Rich Earth Institute
Grant Amount: $146,763Matching Funds: $183,837Total Project Amount: $330,600
Establish a nutrient recycling network in Franklin County, Massachusetts. Project will develop plans for 12 urine diversion installation sites, which will increase the volume of nitrogen diverted from wastewater that contributes to nutrient pollution in the Long Island Sound via the Connecticut River.
Grantee: Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
Grant Amount: $266,730Matching Funds: $152,673Total Project Amount: $419,403
Install 948 square feet of stormwater infiltration system in the City of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Project will result in the treatment of 1,330,000 gallons of stormwater runoff and prevent 19.10 pounds of nitrogen from entering the West Branch Housatonic, ultimately improving the water quality of the Long Island Sound.
Grantee: Connecticut River Watershed Council dba Connecticut River Conservancy
Grant Amount: $53,291Matching Funds: $27,100Total Project Amount: $80,391
Develop final engineering plans and obtain all required permits to restore a major riverbank failure on the Ammonoosuc River in Lisbon, New Hampshire. Project will complete the planning that will lay the groundwork for the implementation of 500 feet of restored riverbank, which will ultimately reduce nutrients and sediments from entering the Connecticut River and the Long Island Sound.
Grant Amount: $132,896Matching Funds: $466,000Total Project Amount: $598,896
Deliver a lasting nature-based solution using large wood and riparian buffers to address the underlying cause of bank erosion and nitrogen loading along 370 linear feet of the Ottauquechee River in Woodstock, Vermont. Project will increase channel boundary resistance, reduce the amount of coarse and fine-grained sediment supplied to the river, create a stable, active floodplain bench, and restore 0.42 acres of woody riparian buffers for bank stabilization and habitat improvement.
Grantee: American Farmland Trust
Grant Amount: $500,000Matching Funds: $250,000Total Project Amount: $750,000
Work with 75 farmers in the Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts portions of the Long Island Sound Watershed to develop 25 farm-specific informed nutrient pollution reduction plans, information for farmers on co-benefits of nutrient management, and a dataset on current nutrient management practices in region. Project will reduce nutrient pollution from agricultural sources in the Connecticut River Valley and reduce nutrient flux into the Long Island Sound.
Grant Amount: $228,127Matching Funds: $127,016Total Project Amount: $355,142
Create a pipeline of six projects to install stormwater management infrastructure and low impact development improvements by supporting local site identification, design, engineering, and permitting activities across the Connecticut River Watershed. Project will produce preliminary designs for projects aiming to reduce nitrogen in the Connecticut River and downstream to Long Island Sound.
Grantee: The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Inc.
Grant Amount: $537,276Matching Funds: $272,564Total Project Amount: $809,841
Conduct on-water recovery of lost and abandoned lobster traps in the Long Island Sound through the deployment of a specialized grapple system via fishing vessels. Project will recover 3,200 traps (20 per recovery trip), which will amount to a removal of 160,000 pounds of marine debris from the Long Island Sound.
Grantee: Atlantic Marine Conservation Society
Grant Amount: $144,576Matching Funds: $73,860Total Project Amount: $218,436
Work with local partners to host six in-person and four virtual events to educate community members about marine debris and its impacts on wildlife through activities including beach cleanups and sea turtle rescue training in communities throughout New York and Connecticut. Project will remove 500 pounds of marine debris from the Long Island Sound.
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