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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black;layout-grid-mode:line'>The Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program would like to announce the availability of $154,000 in grant funds. The Watershed Land Protection and Habitat Restoration FY16 Grant Program Announcement has been </span>posted on the COMMBUYS website. We are seeking proposals for p<span style='layout-grid-mode:line'>rojects that implement a recommendation or recommendations in the Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, as they relate to the permanent protection or restoration of wetlands, uplands, and important habitat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='layout-grid-mode:line'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black;layout-grid-mode:line'>This solicitation is open <span class=footnoteref><span style='vertical-align:baseline'>to municipalities within the Buzzards Bay Watershed, including: Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Acushnet, Fairhaven, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Marion, Wareham, Middleborough, Carver, Plymouth, Bourne, Falmouth, and Gosnold. However, all projects must be located principally within the Buzzards Bay watershed.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Proposals are due <b><span style='color:black;layout-grid-mode:line'>Monday, August 31, 2015 by 4:00 PM</span></b>. <span style='color:black;layout-grid-mode:line'>Applicants must provide a non-federal match that will equal or exceed 33 percent of requested funds.</span> The RFR's <span style='color:black;layout-grid-mode:line'>Question and Answer period will close 4:00 PM, Friday, August 14, 2015.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char'><span class=BodyTextChar><span style='color:black'>Municipalities may submit any number of applications and they may receive more than one grant; however, no single grant award may exceed $45,000 and no recipient can receive more than $50,000. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The RFR and other details on the program may be found at the following website: <a href="https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?bidId=BD-16-1042-CZM-ENV40-00000004817&parentUrl=activeBids">https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?bidId=BD-16-1042-CZM-ENV40-00000004817&parentUrl=activeBids</a> and on the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program’s website: <a href="http://www.buzzardsbay.org/funding.htm">http://www.buzzardsbay.org/funding.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>Sarah B. Williams | Regional Planner | Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>2870 Cranberry Highway, East Wareham, MA 02538<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#404040'>(V) 508-291-3625 ext 13 | (F) 508-291-3628 | Sarah.Williams@state.ma.us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>