Gulf of Mexico Conservation Enhancement Grant Program
Implementing Organization
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$2,472,917
Known Leveraged Funding
$2,729,578
Funding Organization
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
Funding Program
The RESTORE Act Funds Bucket 2: Comprehensive Plan
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Habitat Restoration and Enhancement
Targeted Resources
Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries
Project Description
The Gulf of Mexico Conservation Enhancement Grant Program (GMCEGP) will provide funding assistance to land conservation organizations to enhance private/public partnerships that support land protection and conservation across the Gulf Coast region. Utilizing $2,472,917 in Council-Selected Restoration Component funding, the EPA will develop and administer the GMCEGP and will subaward funding to: (1) enhance land protection and conservation in priority landscapes, (2) improve habitats and water quality; and (3) enhance the understandings of the benefit of land protection to communities through focused outreach and education supporting conservation and stewardship. Eight conservation and restoration projects will be funded for implementation which include: Planting of Tenet Pond for Habitat Enhancement; Enhancing Conservation though Woody Vegetation Removal and Evaluation of the Impact of Novel Management Methods in Florida’s Rare Coastal Wetland Ecosystem; Gulf Coast Land Conservation Assistance; Restoration and Rehabilitating the Ecological Functions in a Major Watershed and Sub-watershed in the Mississippi Gulf Coast Region; Restoration and enhancement of habitat for resident and migratory birds in the Barataria Basin, Louisiana; Calcasieu Lake and Sabine National Wildlife Refuge Oyster Reef Restoration Project; Galveston Bay Conservation Program; and the Texas Coastal Prairies Program. The expected program duration is 5 years.
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