National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Land Acquisition and Construction Program for Fiscal Year 2026
Funds land purchases, construction and planning projects for NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserves.
A living shoreline needs land under it. This program pays for buying land, building or upgrading facilities, and planning that work for NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve System — the network of protected estuaries set aside for coastal research, monitoring and education.
Two different caps apply depending on what's proposed. Acquisition or construction projects can get up to $3,000,000 i…
Land acquisition, construction and stand-alone planning and design projects at NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserves, open only to a Reserve's designated lead state agency or university under an existing NOAA memorandum of understanding. A cost share is required.
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