Virginia CZM Program Funds, Initiatives & Projects
What funding does the Virginia CZM Program receive?
Virginia receives 100% of its funding under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended (CZMA).
Virginia is awarded funds based on the size of its coastal population and the length of its tidal shoreline. Virginia currently receives about $3 million annually from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resources Management.
Since its incorporation in 1986, Virginia has received over $48 million dollars in federal CZMA funds, matched by over $42 million in state and local funds.
How does the Virginia CZM Program allocate this funding to its partners?
Virginia CZM Program staff at the Department of Environmental Quality (lead coordinating agency for the networked program) administer the program's annual grant award to state agencies, PDCs and local governments for implementation of the Virginia CZM Program.
Each spring, the Virginia CZM Program staff works with the Coastal Policy Team to prepare an annual grant application which is submitted by DEQ to NOAA for approval. This application outlines the state projects the Virginia CZM Program will fund with its annual allocation. If approved, projects begin in October of that year and run through September 30 the following year. For more on the grant application process and grantee resources go to Grantee Information.
- 2002 Funding Fact Sheet - (NOAA pdf) this fact sheet outlines allocation of Virginia's 2002 Coastal Zone Management Funding (fact sheet produced by the Coastal States Organization in cooperation with the Virginia CZM Program).
Financial assistance grants under the CZMA
The federal CZMA has numerous sections, each with specific objectives. Funding to carry out these objectives must be appropriated from Congress each year. Not all sections of the Coastal Zone Management Act receive federal appropriations every year or they may receive reduced funding.
Financial assistance under Sections 306, 306A, 308, 309, and 310 of the CZMA provides Virginia with the means to maintain the Commonwealth's coastal zone management program and carry out the Virginia CZM Program's goals of effective protection and careful development of Virginia's coastal areas.
- Implementation of the Virginia CZM
- Funded Under CZMA Section 306 ---- Funding for the implementation of Virginia's Coastal Program. Section 306 funding must be matched 1:1 by nonfederal fund sources.
- Acquisition and Construction Projects
- Funded Under CZMA Section 306A ---- Funding for the acquisition of fee simple and other interests (e.g. easements) in land, low-cost construction projects (e.g. public access improvements) or habitat restoration projects. Additional documentation is required from NOAA before 306A projects can be approved. Section 306A funding must be matched 1:1 by nonfederal fund sources.
- Creation of New Enforceable Coastal Policies
- Funded Under CZMA Section 309 ---- Funding for coastal zone enhancement projects which create new enforceable policies in any of nine identified areas: wetlands, coastal hazards, public access, marine debris, cumulative and secondary impacts, special area management plans, ocean resources, energy and government facility siting and aquaculture. Section 309 funding is match-free.
- Virginia CZM Web 309 Project Pages:
- Virginia Coastal Needs Assessment and Strategy - this process and report identifies Virginia's high priority coastal enhancement areas and funding recommendations.
- Special Area Management Planning - enhancement area: SAMP
- Living Shorelines page - enhancement area: cumulative and secondary impacts
- NOAA Coastal Zone Enhancement Program Accomplishment Report - provides information on state coastal management programs under the Section 309 Coastal Zone Enhancement Program from 1992 to 1996.
- Virginia CZM Web 309 Project Pages:
- Funded Under CZMA Section 309 ---- Funding for coastal zone enhancement projects which create new enforceable policies in any of nine identified areas: wetlands, coastal hazards, public access, marine debris, cumulative and secondary impacts, special area management plans, ocean resources, energy and government facility siting and aquaculture. Section 309 funding is match-free.
- Implementation of the Virginia Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Program
- Funded Under CZMA Section 310 ---- Funding for the implementation of the Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Program. Section 310 funding must be matched 1:1 by nonfederal fund sources. These monies are distributed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, which administers Virginia's Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Program. Only states with an approved Coastal Zone Management Program are eligible to receive coastal nonpoint source pollution control funding.
For more information about this funding category and how these monies are spent in Virginia, contact:
Todd Janeski, Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Coordinator --- todd.janeski@dcr.virginia.gov or (804) 371-8984OR Shep Moon, Virginia CZM Program Planner --- Shep. Moon@deq.virginia.gov or (804) 698-4527
What projects have been funded by the Virginia CZM Program?
(Projects are organized by grant year. Searches by topic will soon be available.)
- FY 2007 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 2006 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 2005 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 2004 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 2003 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 2002 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 2001 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 2000 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 1999 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 1998 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 1997 CZM Grant Project List
- FY 1992 - FY 1995 Project Lists and Summaries - Final product summaries for these projects can be found in an on-line Coastal Program Projects Catalogue (pdf) A catalogue code on the project list will give the chapter and page number where the summary is located in the catalogue.
Reprogrammed grant funds may be available through the year on a limited basis. Please contact Laura McKay at (804) 698-4323 or Shep Moon at (804) 698-4527 for more information about the availability or allocation of these funds.
Other Possible Funding Opportunities
CICEET FY 2007 Funding Opportunities
The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET) makes strategic investments in the development, demonstration, and application of tools to detect, prevent, and reverse the impacts of coastal pollution and habitat degradation to coastal ecosystems and communities. In 2007, CICEET invites proposals to the following three funding opportunities: 1) Technologies to Assess Human Health Risks at Swimming Beaches: One-year technology demonstration projects to participate in the Doheny Beach Epidemiology study planned by the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority. 2) Land Use Planning Tools to Improve Coastal & Estuarine Environmental Quality:
Projects to demonstrate the innovative application of technology for land use planning as a means to improve the quality of coastal and estuarine waters and habitats. 3) General Environmental Technology Development/Demonstration: Projects that respond to the research priorities of the Environmental Technology Development/Demonstration funding opportunity. Learn more about the funding opportunities in this RFP at http://ciceet.unh.edu/rfp_2007. CICEET, a partnership of the University of New Hampshire and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, develops tools for clean waters and healthy coasts. http://ciceet.unh.edu- NOAA Climate and Weather Impacts on Society and the Environment Grants
The Climate and Weather Impacts on Society and the Environment (CWISE) Grant is administered by NOAA for projects with an emphasis on sea level rise and climate in coastal regions. This funding opportunity focuses on increasing the capacity of communities to survive, mitigate the effects of, and recover from the effects of natural (including climate variability and change) and other hazards. The CWISE effort is designed to further understanding of extreme weather and climate-related environmental stressors and to increase the resiliency of natural, economic and social systems to these stressors through interdisciplinary research, information and services delivery, education and outreach. For more information and deadlines, go to www.grants.gov or contact Lisa Farrow Vaughan at Lisa.Vaughan@NOAA.gov.
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Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund
The Wildlife Conservation Society provides grants under the Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund. Made possible through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund will distribute $2 million in 2006 and 2007 to support 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organizations working to implement State Wildlife Action Plans in any of the 50 states or six U.S. territories. State Wildlife Action Plans were created when Congress charged each state and territory with developing a comprehensive wildlife plan as a condition of receiving federal funding. Also known as Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies, these proactive plans will help conserve wildlife and vital natural habitats before they become too rare and costly to protect. Visit http://www.wcs.org/wildlifeopportunity for a full outline of the 2007 RFP process and the grant making priorities. For more detailed information, links to State Wildlife Action Plans and progress on implementation in your state visit the Teaming with Wildlife website:http://www.teaming.com/ In Virginia also visit http://bewildvirginia.org/.
- Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program (WHPRP)
The program is administered by the National Council for Science and Technology and supported by a four year grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). Application is open to everyone. Application review is managed by the American Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS). General goal is improving the basis for implementation of the statutory State Wildlife Action Plans. Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of this conservation challenge, the program will support research in law, economics, social sciences, natural sciences, and public policy. The Program will fund about ten RFPs ranging in size from $50,000 to $150,000 to be conducted over 12 months beginning November 1, 2006. Contact Christina Zarrella at czarrella@ncseonline.org or (202) 207-0007.
- NOAA Oyster Disease Research Program
The Oyster Disease Research Program is administered by NOAA. This extensive program of ongoing research coupled with outreach and management efforts aims to better serve the restoration of healthy populations of oysters in the nation's coastal waters through research related to oyster disease. For more information and deadlines go to www.grants.gov or contact Jacques.Oliver@noaa.gov. Preliminary proposals for 2006 funding were due to Woods Hole Sea Grant by August 17. -
NOAA Aquatic Invasive Species Research and Outreach Program
The goal of this NOAA administered program is to discover and develop information and tools that can lead to the prevention, monitoring and control of aquatic invasive species threatening United States coastal, oceanic and Great Lakes communities, resources, and ecosystems. For more information go to www.grants.gov or contact Invasive.Species@noaa.gov. - NOAA Coastal Services Center - Sources of Grant Funding for Coastal and Natural Resource Related Projects
- Financial and On-Site Technical Assistance for Watershed Management - catalogue of watershed management assistance programs offered by the United States Department of Agriculture - prepared by the Coastal Services Center for the Agricultural Conservation and Innovation Center.
- Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund - information on the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund, including applications and guidelines.
- Chesapeake Bay Targeted Watershed Grants - Coordinated by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Chesapeake Bay Program. Grants support efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay through measurable, transferable, on the ground actions. Congress appropriated $8 million in 2005 to the program and an additional $6 million for 2006.
- Wetland Program Development Grants - Most deadlines are in the spring. Check with the regional EPA office to get specifics. Funds projects that promote the coordination and acceleration of research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination of water pollution. While WPDGs can continue to be used by recipients to build and refine any element of a comprehensive wetland program, priority will be given to funding projects that address the three priority areas identified by EPA: Developing a comprehensive monitoring and assessment program; improving the effectiveness of compensatory mitigation; and refining the protection of vulnerable wetlands and aquatic resources. States, Tribes, local governments (S/T/LGs), interstate associations, intertribal consortia, and national non-profit, non-governmental organizations are eligible to apply.
- EPA Wetland Development Grants - The application deadline is determined by the Regional Office. Grants to states, tribes, localities, and others for activities that advance wetland programs. EPA will give greater consideration to projects that emphasize the development of a comprehensive monitoring and assessment program, seek to improve the capacity to ensure ecologically effective compensatory mitigation, and refine projects to protect vulnerable wetlands and aquatic resources.
- DOI Awards for Coastal Wetlands - Department of Interior grants to benefit coastal wetlands under the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program. The grants fund projects aimed at restoring, conserving, and protecting wetlands in coastal areas. Projects have been funded in Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
- Conservation Partnership Initiative Grants
Questions about the availability and allocation of this funding should be directed to Kari Cohen at 202-720-2335; cpi@usda.gov. - Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Grants
Funds projects that reduce the risks associated with pesticide use in agricultural and non-agricultural settings. - EPA State Innovation Grants - EPA has been most interested in permitting innovations related to greenhouse gases or smog, improving water quality, and/or reducing the cost of water or wastewater infrastructure. EPA hopes to support state permitting innovations that can produce better environmental results across a program, sector, or state, rather than at an individual facility. This grant presents an excellent opportunity for state coastal programs to partner with their water quality agencies to submit a proposal to improve coastal water quality.
- USDA Conservation Innovation Grants - These grants promote public-private partnerships that provide innovative technologies and approaches to environmental enhancement and protection on working agricultural lands. CIG is offered to a diverse set of applicants, including state and local agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribes and individuals, and for-profit companies. Selected applicants may receive up to 50 percent of the total project cost.
