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W911KB-25-2-0012: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility Wetland Restoration using Engineering with Nature Solutions

Closed Closed September 3, 2025 Opportunity W911KB-25-2-0012 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$66,000
• Total funding$66,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments, tribes and individuals.

Eligible Applicants – Application submission is open to all that meet the criteria of this announcement. Award shall be limited to States, local governments, Indian tribes, non-governmental organizations, and individuals, pursuant to the authority of 16 U.S.C. 670c-1(a).

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations awards averaged $1.7 million; this notice allows up to $66,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (81% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This project is intended to provide wetland restoration using Engineering with Nature (EWN) solutions assistance to US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility (PTRF) near Fort Wainwright Alaska (FWA). Across the Arctic and sub-arctic, permafrost degradation is reshaping and modifying northern ecosystems through substantial changes in soil/water content, which impacts soils, sediments, and aquatic environments integral to constraining terrain instability, microbial diversity, vegetation succession, and water quality. The CRREL PTRF support project will restore natural drainage above the PTRF to protect the permafrost tunnel and enhance wetlands. This project implements the installation Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) with the objective of providing healthy and resilient environments that are sustainable settings for military training while protecting and enhancing biological diversity and ecological health on all Department of Defense (DoD) lands, and to ensure compliance with all environmental laws and regulations. Some of the benefits to the natural resources include improving existing hydrological connectivity, water quality, wetland protection, permafrost soil protection, and prevent further damage and rehabilitate soils to public lands. This project is intended to assist CRREL in implementing the INRMP, mandated by the Sikes Act, on Alaska lands providing for “natural resource protection, enhancement, and restoration, where necessary for support of fish, wildlife, or plants”. This project meets the requirements of the 2020 U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Alaska INRMP and fulfills agency responsibilities for natural resource stewardship. The project supports the Army Military Resiliency and their INRMP goals and objectives. The project will improve the surfaces to protect the waterways for enhanced water quality, protect and prevent damage to natural resources, protect permafrost soils, and maintain quality training lands goals. Statutory Authority: 16 U.S.C. 670 (Sikes Act). See full announcement in RELATED DOCUMENTS tab.

Category: Natural Resources.

Applying now

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