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Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant (CBIG)
Grant Program Website:
http://dnr.maryland.gov/ccs/Pages/funding/cbig.aspxSupport Agency:
Program Contact:
Maryland DNR Chesapeake and Coastal Program
Chesapeake & Coastal Service
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Tawes State Office Building, E-2
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Tawes State Office Building, E-2
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
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Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grants (CBIG), awarded by the EPA to State/Signatory Jurisdictions, enable states the lie in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to provide resources for programs that improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Maryland focuses these funds on initiatives that reduce nonpoint source nutrient and sediment pollution, with a focus on the following four areas:- Technical Assistance & Implementation
- Innovation/Contingency Development
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Tracking and Reporting
Support Type:
BothAvailable Funding:
Total funding for CBIG is about $4.6 million annually.Funding Range:
Funded projects are in the range of $25,000 to $400,000. CBIG grants are three years with individual projects generally ranging from 10-12 months renewable each year.Restoration Activity:
Restoration projects that target nutrient and sediment reductions, especially from nonpoint sources.Eligibility:
State agencies receive these federal grants to support long-term programs related to the control of nonpoint source pollution.<< Back to WRA Directory
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Featured Fellow
Nina Santos
Nina Santos is a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. For her dissertation, she is focused on small shrimp-like crustaceans called mysids – an understudied yet important part of many estuarine and coastal food webs.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
