The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is initiating consultation and coordination with federally recognized Indian tribes on a forthcoming rulemaking that would establish tribal baseline water quality standards (WQS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for waters on Indian reservations that currently do not have EPA-approved WQS in place. EPA previously engaged in consultation with […]

We just received notice that EPA has selected our grant application Tribal Wetlands Working Group (TWIG)-Connecting people to Pacific Northwest Wetland Programs and Cultural Values for potential funding! We still have to work out the details and finalize the agreement, but we are very grateful for our success in the National Tribal Set-Aside Wetland Program […]

Wetland Mitigation in Washington State is a two-part interagency document providing guidance on wetland mitigation. You can access the current mitigation guidance documents at this link: https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Wetlands/Mitigation/Interagency-guidance Ecology worked with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to update Part 1 of the interagency wetland mitigation guidance that was originally […]

This final webinar in the Wetland Regulatory Capacity Building Series, hosted by the Association of State Wetlands Managers (ASWM), will share final findings and products from ASWM’s multi-year project. The webinar will highlight key takeaways on fundamental building blocks for regulatory development; highlight EPA Wetland Program Plans as strategic planning tools and potential funding for […]

EPA has announced the availability of up to $6 million in grant funding under The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program and The Environmental Justice Small Grants (EJSG) Program. EPA will be giving special consideration to the following focus areas: Addressing COVID-19 concerns faced by low-income communities and communities of color  Climate Change […]

The Mid-Atlantic region CEAP Wetlands study area spans about 58,000 km2 (22,400 mi2) in the eastern United States, including areas of the Atlantic Coastal Plain physiographic province located in five states (New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina). Wetlands are abundant in this region, but practices associated with agriculture, silviculture, urbanization, sea level rise, […]

In 2018 ,NOAA embarked on an exciting new partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a partnership focused on improving the resilience of coastal ecosystems and communities. The grant program, the National Coastal Resilience Fund, supports projects that restore and strengthen natural systems, which protects coastal communities from flooding while enhancing fish and wildlife […]

The Center for Native Peoples and the Environment defines biocultural restoration as “the science and practice of restoring not only ecosystems, but human and cultural relationships to place, so that cultures are strengthened and revitalized along with the lands to which they are inextricably linked.” More info here: http://www.rrnw.org/biocultural/

Don’t miss out on the EPA Region 9 Wetland Program Development Grant virtual conference Tuesday, November 17th – Thursday, November 19th EPA Region 9 2019 Wetland Program Development Grantees will be sharing information, lessons learned, and findings from ten unique wetland program grant funded projects. Topics include: using technology to expand wetland program capacity; developing […]