Proposals Now Being Accepted for 2017 Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grants

The Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grants Program has announced its 2017 request for proposals. The program is a collaboration between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the Wildlife Habitat Council, in cooperation with EPA, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FedEx, the Southern Company and the Alcoa Foundation.  The Five Star and Urban Waters program will award approximately $2.5 million in grants nationwide to develop community capacity to sustain local natural resources for future generations by providing modest financial assistance to diverse local partnerships focused on improving water quality, watersheds and the species and habitats they support. Projects include a variety of ecological improvements including: wetland, riparian, forest and coastal habitat restoration; wildlife conservation; community tree canopy enhancement; and/or water quality monitoring and stormwater management; along with targeted community outreach, education and stewardship.
Priority will be given to projects in urban, suburban and/or rural areas that advance water quality goals in environmental justice communities such as neighborhoods with high concentrations of minority and low-income populations. In addition, EPA’s Urban Waters Program will give special consideration to project proposals that advance the priorities in the 19 Urban Waters Federal Partnership designated locations.
Proposals are being accepted through January 31, 2017. 
Register for the webinar on November 15th from 2:00 to 3:30pm (eastern).  For more information, visit the website.