Administration announces $68M+ to conserve, strengthen ecosystems, economies
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News from the U.S. Department of the Interior
WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration recently announced that 125 ecosystem restoration projects in over 20 states, Tribes and territories will receive nearly $68.4 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The funding announced will invest in projects through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey.
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Department of the Interior is working together with states, Tribes, territories and local communities to tackle the climate crisis, improve coastal and wildfire resilience, advance habitat restoration, and advance conservation.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding announced will:
— Advance Healthy Forests to Reduce Wildfire Risk through Good Neighbor Agreements with state and Tribal forestry agencies to assist with fuels management, water management and habitat protection. Funding will also invest in the national seed strategy.
— Mitigate hazards and Restore Mined Lands, such as closing or assessing abandoned mine hazards and restoring sites throughout the country.
— Restore Recreation Sites and National Parks.
— Restore Ecosystems By Detecting and Eradicating Invasive Species by advancing national, regional and place-based projects such as building the foundational elements of a nationally coordinated early detection and rapid response framework to find invasive species early and rapidly respond before they spread and cause harm; providing grants for strategic, landscape-level projects that prevent the introduction or spread of invasive species; and supporting programs that integrate Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge.
Visit the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Supports Ecosystem Restoration page: https://www.doi.gov/priorities/investing-americas-infrastructure/ecosystem-restoration/projects for a full list of projects to be funded.
This announcement also includes $1.8M available for grants to support measures that prevent the introduction or spread of invasive species. Proposals are due June 22, 2022. Additional details can be found online at: grants.gov.
