[SEMCO] Buzzards Bay NEP municipal grants RFR soon to be released

[Joe Costa]

The Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program, a planning and technical assistance unit of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, is again making available grant funding to assist eligible Buzzards Bay watershed municipalities to implement the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Buzzards Bay.

 

A total of $180,958 is available.  These funds are provided in accordance with US EPA National Estuary Program Cooperative Agreements, and are part of an ongoing Buzzards Bay Watershed Municipal Grant Program implemented by the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program. 

 

Eligible municipalities include: Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Acushnet, Fairhaven, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Marion, Wareham, Middleborough, Carver, Plymouth, Bourne, Falmouth, and Gosnold.  However, specific restoration and protection projects must lie principally within the Buzzards Bay watershed.

 

Municipalities may submit any number of applications per grant category, and they may receive more than one grant; however, no single grant award may exceed $35,000, and no municipality may be awarded more than $50,000 cumulatively through this solicitation. 

 

The funding categories are as follows:

 

1) Stormwater Remediation Designs

2) Implementation and Construction of Existing Stormwater Designs

3) Stormwater Mapping Support

4) Wetland/Open Space/Habitat Restoration, Preservation, Acquisition or Protection

5) Town Parcel GIS Data Acquisition/Update or Digitizing of Wetland Boundaries or Land Elevation from Wetland Permits

6) Migratory Fish Passage and Habitat Restoration

7) Water Quality Testing in Support for Establishing Priorities for Stormwater Remediation 

8) Construction of a Boat Pump-out Facility in a Municipality or Harbor Where None Exists

9) Creation of Online Reporting Systems for the Tracking of Operation, Maintenance, and Monitoring of 

10) Other Activities in Support of the Buzzards Bay Management Plan

 

Additional information about the grant program is at:

www.buzzardsbay.org/funding.htm

 

 


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Dr. Joe Costa, Executive Director
Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program
Mass. Coastal Zone Management
2870 Cranberry Highway
East Wareham, MA 02538
www.buzzardsbay.org
voice: 508-291-3625 x11
fax: 508-291-3628
 
 
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