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The Florida Communities Trust | Florida Department of Environmental Protection The Florida Communities Trust Land-And-Recreation-Grants Quick links Florida Communities Trust (FCT) Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) Land and Water Conservation Fund Program (LWCF) Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grants Program (ORLP) Readiness and Recreation Initiative (LWCF + REPI) Recreational Trails Program (RTP) Additional Funding Resources Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Capital Outlay Grant Program (SMWWCO) All Land-And-Recreation-Grants content Scroll for More Quick Links The Florida Communities Trust (FCT) is a state-funded land acquisition program created by Chapter 380, Florida Statutes.
The grant programs administered by FCT were initially funded through bonds issued under Preservation 2000 and currently through the Florida Forever Act.
FCT assists communities with protecting natural resources, providing recreational opportunities and preserving Florida’s traditional working waterfronts through the competitive criteria outlined in the Parks and Open Space and the Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Florida Forever Grant Programs. FCT is governed by a five-member board with the Secretary of DEP or their designee serving as the chair.
FCT helps Florida communities create local recreational opportunities, ensure public access to our beautiful beaches, protect our historical and cultural resources, preserve Florida’s commercial fishing heritage and traditional working waterfronts, and provide clean air and drinking water essential to creating livable communities.
FCT helps local governments implement their comprehensive plans through the acquisition of land and utilize funds from the Florida Forever Program. As a non-regulatory program, FCT promotes innovative solutions to the challenges inherent in the comprehensive planning process. Since its inception in 1989, FCT has facilitated the acquisition of over 96,987 acres of lands for conservation and local recreational opportunities.
Through Preservation 2000 and Florida Forever, FCT grants total almost $875 million with local matching funds of $754 million for a combined total of $1. 6 billion dollars. Florida Communities Trust Governing Board Information Parks and Open Space Grant Program Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Grant Program FCT Governing Statutes and Rules Contact us for more information: FloridaCommunitiesTrust@floridadep.
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EPA is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support related to water quality modeling and monitoring and spatial systems to manage, analyze, and map environmental data. The project assists the partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the Chesapeake Bay Program modeling, monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities. The recipient will support modeling, monitoring, and GIS programs needed to explain and communicate the health of and changes in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R3-CBP-23-18. Assistance Listing: 66.466. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ENV. Award Amount: Up to $5.3M per award.
Clean Ports Program is sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Clean Ports Program provides funding for zero-emission port equipment and infrastructure, as well as climate and air quality planning at U.S. ports. It aims to reduce diesel pollution and build a foundation for the port sector to transition to fully zero-emissions operations.