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f: <a href="tel:787-766-6302" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/1">787-766-6302</a> <br>
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<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0/3" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/3">San Juan, PR 00926</a><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program – 2016 Request for Proposals is Open!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ryan Campbell [<a href="mailto:rcampbell@michaeldbaker.com">mailto:rcampbell@michaeldbaker.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 03, 2015 4:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:natalie.johnson@purduecal.edu">natalie.johnson@purduecal.edu</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Cardenas.Adele@epa.gov">Cardenas.Adele@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:whittle.caitlyn@epa.gov">whittle.caitlyn@epa.gov</a>'; Lee, Garry - NRCS, East
Lansing, MI; '<a href="mailto:Mvp@conservationstrategy.com">Mvp@conservationstrategy.com</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Vogel-Leutung.Roberta@epa.gov">Vogel-Leutung.Roberta@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Butler.Elizabeth@epa.gov">Butler.Elizabeth@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Lisa.A.Baron@usace.army.mil">Lisa.A.Baron@usace.army.mil</a>';
'<a href="mailto:Simeon.Hahn@noaa.gov">Simeon.Hahn@noaa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Michael.Leff@davey.com">Michael.Leff@davey.com</a>'; Low, Sarah C -FS;
<a href="mailto:tstanton@me.com">tstanton@me.com</a>; '<a href="mailto:Matthew.G.Cosby@usace.army.mil">Matthew.G.Cosby@usace.army.mil</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Schafer.jeannette@epa.gov">Schafer.jeannette@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Donnelly.Peggy@epa.gov">Donnelly.Peggy@epa.gov</a>';
Rice, Cheryl - NRCS, Wauseon, OH; '<a href="mailto:Michael.d.pniewski@usace.army.mil">Michael.d.pniewski@usace.army.mil</a>'; Grove, Morgan -FS;
<a href="mailto:mgalvin@savatree.com">mgalvin@savatree.com</a>; '<a href="mailto:Eriksen.Stacey@epa.gov">Eriksen.Stacey@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:devon@thewaterconnection.org">devon@thewaterconnection.org</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Kemmerer.John@epa.gov">Kemmerer.John@epa.gov</a>';
Pauline Louie; <a href="mailto:Wiegand.Danny@epamail.epa.gov">Wiegand.Danny@epamail.epa.gov</a>; '<a href="mailto:Jerry_Willis@nps.gov">Jerry_Willis@nps.gov</a>'; Westphal, Lynne -FS; '<a href="mailto:Tammy_Stidham@nps.gov">Tammy_Stidham@nps.gov</a>'; King,
Catherine (<a href="mailto:King.Catherine@epa.gov">King.Catherine@epa.gov</a>); Coelho, Dana L -FS; David A. Lange (<a href="mailto:david_a_lange@nps.gov">david_a_lange@nps.gov</a>) (<a href="mailto:david_a_lange@nps.gov">david_a_lange@nps.gov</a>); Griego,
Mandy V (<a href="mailto:mandy.v.griego@hud.gov">mandy.v.griego@hud.gov</a>); Williams, Kristian - NRCS, Grand Rapids, MI; '<a href="mailto:chris@mretail.com">chris@mretail.com</a>'; Glivinski, Elizabeth (<a href="mailto:Glivinski.Elizabeth@epa.gov">Glivinski.Elizabeth@epa.gov</a>);
Edwards, Cynthia (<a href="mailto:Edwards.CynthiaY@epa.gov">Edwards.CynthiaY@epa.gov</a>); Tschampa, Andrew (<a href="mailto:tschampa.andrew@epa.gov">tschampa.andrew@epa.gov</a>); Nolan, Vivian (<a href="mailto:vpnolan@usgs.gov">vpnolan@usgs.gov</a>); Huertas,
Evelyn (<a href="mailto:Huertas.Evelyn@epa.gov">Huertas.Evelyn@epa.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:carolinemklos@msn.com">carolinemklos@msn.com</a>'; Dumpis, Martin -FS; '<a href="mailto:bmast@sara-tx.org">bmast@sara-tx.org</a>'; '<a href="mailto:sgraham@sara-tx.org">sgraham@sara-tx.org</a>';
<a href="mailto:sally.basurto@sanantonio.gov">sally.basurto@sanantonio.gov</a>; Mawhorter, Julie -FS; '<a href="mailto:Richard.l.lopez@hud.gov">Richard.l.lopez@hud.gov</a>';
<a href="mailto:dnmyers@usgs.gov">dnmyers@usgs.gov</a>; Ingrid Vila (<a href="mailto:ingridmvila@gmail.com">ingridmvila@gmail.com</a>); Essoka, Jonathan (<a href="mailto:ESSOKA.JONATHAN@EPA.GOV">ESSOKA.JONATHAN@EPA.GOV</a>); Svendsen, Erika -FS; '<a href="mailto:Beck.erik@epa.gov">Beck.erik@epa.gov</a>';
Blahna, Dale -FS; Eduardo Carrasco (IGR) (<a href="mailto:Eduardo.Carrasco@sanantonio.gov">Eduardo.Carrasco@sanantonio.gov</a>); Smith, Katherine L -FS; '<a href="mailto:Kovac.Steve@epa.gov">Kovac.Steve@epa.gov</a>'; Fisher, Cherie L -FS; Stephen Terracciano
(<a href="mailto:saterrac@usgs.gov">saterrac@usgs.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:Kovac.Steve@epa.gov">Kovac.Steve@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:dstrong@usgs.gov">dstrong@usgs.gov</a>'; Fisher, Cherie L -FS; Barbour, Jamie -FS; Wendy Ogilvie (<a href="mailto:wendy.ogilvie@gvmc.org">wendy.ogilvie@gvmc.org</a>);
<a href="mailto:matt@grandrapidswhitewater.org">matt@grandrapidswhitewater.org</a>;
<a href="mailto:heartlandconservationalliance@gmail.com">heartlandconservationalliance@gmail.com</a>; '<a href="mailto:jkjoiner@usgs.gov">jkjoiner@usgs.gov</a>'; Alexander, Constance (<a href="mailto:Alexander.Constance@epa.gov">Alexander.Constance@epa.gov</a>);
<a href="mailto:Faller.heidi@Epa.gov">Faller.heidi@Epa.gov</a>; <a href="mailto:Perla.Alarcon@sanantonio.gov">
Perla.Alarcon@sanantonio.gov</a>; '<a href="mailto:Matthew.G.Cosby@usace.army.mil">Matthew.G.Cosby@usace.army.mil</a>'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mackey, Megan (<a href="mailto:Mackey.Megan@epa.gov">Mackey.Megan@epa.gov</a>); Ewen, Alice -FS; '<a href="mailto:AWitherall@usbr.gov">AWitherall@usbr.gov</a>'; Harper, Claire L -FS; Ambrogio, Edward (<a href="mailto:Ambrogio.Edward@epa.gov">Ambrogio.Edward@epa.gov</a>);
Svendsen, Erika -FS; McCormick, Frank H -FS; Vollmer, Jared (<a href="mailto:Vollmer.Jared@epa.gov">Vollmer.Jared@epa.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:lisa_pelstring@ios.doi.gov">lisa_pelstring@ios.doi.gov</a>'; Zipperer, Wayne -FS; Smith, Joseph D -FS;
<a href="mailto:anne_dove@nps.gov">anne_dove@nps.gov</a>; Newport, Robert (<a href="mailto:newport.bob@epa.gov">newport.bob@epa.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:Brian_Joyner@nps.gov">Brian_Joyner@nps.gov</a>'; Chavez, Deborah -FS; Kadri, Jamal (<a href="mailto:Kadri.Jamal@epa.gov">Kadri.Jamal@epa.gov</a>);
Parry, John -FS; '<a href="mailto:Lisa_Mendelson-Ielmini@nps.gov">Lisa_Mendelson-Ielmini@nps.gov</a>'; Balboni, Mike -FS; Shapiro, Mike (<a href="mailto:Shapiro.Mike@epa.gov">Shapiro.Mike@epa.gov</a>); Rains, Michael -FS; '<a href="mailto:Shawn.B.Komlos@usace.army.mil">Shawn.B.Komlos@usace.army.mil</a>';
'<a href="mailto:WSteele@usbr.gov">WSteele@usbr.gov</a>'; Johnson, Terri (<a href="mailto:Johnson.Terri@epa.gov">Johnson.Terri@epa.gov</a>); Klos, Caroline (<a href="mailto:Klos.caroline@epa.gov">Klos.caroline@epa.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:cvmiller@usgs.gov">cvmiller@usgs.gov</a>';
'<a href="mailto:Shah.Surabhi@epa.gov">Shah.Surabhi@epa.gov</a>' (<a href="mailto:Shah.Surabhi@epa.gov">Shah.Surabhi@epa.gov</a>); Simon, Roy; '<a href="mailto:Michael.Freedberg@hud.gov">Michael.Freedberg@hud.gov</a>';
<a href="mailto:McDonald.Michael@epamail.epa.gov">McDonald.Michael@epamail.epa.gov</a>; '<a href="mailto:ethel.v.locks@hud.gov">ethel.v.locks@hud.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:moira.l.kelley.civ@mail.mil">moira.l.kelley.civ@mail.mil</a>'; Bilardo, Elyse (<a href="mailto:Bilardo.Elyse@epa.gov">Bilardo.Elyse@epa.gov</a>);
'<a href="mailto:warren.camilla@epa.gov">warren.camilla@epa.gov</a>'; '<a href="mailto:Mary.Rountree@fema.dhs.gov">Mary.Rountree@fema.dhs.gov</a>';
<a href="mailto:Lynda_lancaster@nps.gov">Lynda_lancaster@nps.gov</a>; San Gil, Alicia G -FS; Hutten, Miranda L -FS; Sheehan, Katharine A -FS; Figueroa, Magaly -FS; Macie, Edward -FS; Johnson, Jill -FS; Rodbell, Phillip -FS;
<a href="mailto:white.marion@epa.gov">white.marion@epa.gov</a>; Honkonen, Karl W -FS; '<a href="mailto:Bowler.Gina@epa.gov">Bowler.Gina@epa.gov</a>'; Reed, Kay -FS; Simonson, Emily (<a href="mailto:Simonson.Emily@epa.gov">Simonson.Emily@epa.gov</a>); Ann-Marie
Mitroff; Diana Toledo; Balassiano, Kim (<a href="mailto:Balassiano.Kim@epa.gov">Balassiano.Kim@epa.gov</a>); Ryan Campbell; '<a href="mailto:jsimes@usbr.gov">jsimes@usbr.gov</a>'; Linda Garczynski; Tara Failey;
<a href="mailto:jsteffen@grcity.us">jsteffen@grcity.us</a>; Ousley, Jennifer (<a href="mailto:Ousley.Jennifer@epa.gov">Ousley.Jennifer@epa.gov</a>); Benfield, Stephanie S. (<a href="mailto:sbenfield@atlantaga.gov">sbenfield@atlantaga.gov</a>); '<a href="mailto:darryl@wawa-online.org">darryl@wawa-online.org</a>';
<a href="mailto:Purdy.irene@epa.gov">Purdy.irene@epa.gov</a>; Berk, Adrianna (<a href="mailto:Adrianna.Berk@tetratech.com">Adrianna.Berk@tetratech.com</a>); Hart, Brent - FS; Smith, Joseph D -FS;
<a href="mailto:lindsay.ford@saltermitchell.com">lindsay.ford@saltermitchell.com</a>; Stein, Susan -FS; Megan Avakian<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program – 2016 Request for Proposals is Open!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Dear Urban Waters Federal Partnership stakeholders – <u>Please circulate this announcement to your networks and encourage applicants to apply.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program – 2016 Request for Proposals is Open!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Today, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) <a href="http://www.nfwf.org/fivestar/">
announced an RFP</a> for this public-private partnership, funded in part by EPA’s Wetlands and Urban Waters Programs and the US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and in conjunction with the Urban Waters Federal Partnership.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Approximately $2.4 million in combined total funding will be available to support projects such as stormwater management, addressing water scarcity, source water protection as well as wetlands, riparian, forest and water quality protection
and restoration projects in local communities especially underserved communities across the country. In 2016, the Urban Waters Federal Partnership will give special consideration to projects which directly advance priorities of the 19 Urban Water Federal Partnership
designated locations. For more information the priorities of the 19 designated locations, go to:
<a href="http://www2.epa.gov/urbanwaterspartners/news-about-urban-waters#projectbackgrounds">
http://www2.epa.gov/urbanwaterspartners/news-about-urban-waters#projectbackgrounds</a>. The geographic boundaries of the designated locations can be found in the RFP on the NFWF website.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>NFWF will host a webinar for potential applicants on November 18, 2015. This RFP closes February 3, 2016. For more information go to
</b><a href="http://www.nfwf.org/fivestar"><b>www.nfwf.org/fivestar</b></a><b>.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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