Grant Money Available to Create & Restore Habitat
The GCRP is a partnership between the Gulf of Mexico Foundation, the 5 Gulf States, EPA and NOAA. Restoration Funds are provided under a grant from the NOAA Community Restoration Program. Individual Grants awards under the GCRP normally are in the $50,000-$100,000 range and require a 1:1 match. Match may be provided in funds, in-kind services (including volunteer hours), or materials.
All projects must:
Result in on-the-ground habitat restoration; Provide significant, long-term benefit to “NOAA Trust Resources,” Involve the local community through an educational or volunteer component tied to the restoration activities; Provide a 1:1 nonfederal match to the partnership cash contribution (please see the “Funding” section); and Include a mechanism to monitor and evaluate the success/failure of the project (please see the “Minimum Monitoring/Evaluating Requirements” Section).
NOAA Trust Resources Include:
Commercial and recreational fishery resources (marine finfish and shellfish and their habitats); Anadromous species (fish, such as Gulf sturgeon, Alabama shad, and striped bass, that spawn in freshwater and then migrate to the sea); Threatened and endangered marine species and their habitats; Marine mammals, sea turtles, and their habitats; Marshes, mangroves, seagrass beds, coral reefs, and other coastal habitats; and Resources associated with National Marine Sanctuaries and National Estuarine Research Reserves.
Please take a look at the attached (Gulf of Mexico Foundation Funds) RFP and let me know if you are interested in applying for a grant this funding cycle. If so, I can provide technical assistance in preparing your application.
Thanks,
Carl Ferraro, GEMS Manager/Alabama GCRP Committee Representative
Natural Resource Planner ADCNR-State Lands Division-Coastal Section
31115 – 5 Rivers Blvd., Spanish Fort, AL 36527. Voice: 251-621-1216, Fax: 251-621-1331
Email: carl.ferraro@dcnr.alabama.gov