Funding / Coastal Zone Management Program
Coastal Zone Management Program
Awards Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
For the Habitat Protection and Restoration Award competition, the focus is on ecosystem conservation and habitat restoration planning, engineering, and design, and habitat restoration implementation. Recipients are the nation's coastal zone management programs and their eligible partners. Five coastal zone management and research reserve land acquisition projects closed within the first year, protecting over 5,246 acres of habitat while reducing flood risk for nearby communities and providing water quality and recreational benefits.
See Funded ProjectsProject Examples
North Carolina
Acquisition of 400+-acre waterfront property will improve native habitat and expand public access.
Ohio
Acquisition and preservation of 105 acres will benefit urban coastal communities and contribute to a growing conservation corridor.
Virginia
Tribe will preserve and protect 853 acres of culturally significant territory.
South Carolina
Acquisition of 1,800 acres of floodplain will prevent development and enhance flood protection, water quality, wildlife habitat, and recreation
By the Numbers
(The below numbers reference coastal zone management and research reserve programs combined.)
- In 2022, 95 letters of intent were received, requesting more than $222 million. In 2023, 97 letters of intent were received, requesting more than $227 million.
- In 2023, $70.3 million was awarded to coastal zone management and research reserves to fund 33 projects.
- Six land acquisition projects closed within the first year, protecting over 5,246 acres of habitat, and also providing recreational benefits and water quality benefits, and lessening coastal flooding impacts.
Additional Resources
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Impact Stories
- Climate Resilience Regional Challenge
