 Federal Funds Will be Used to Improve Alaska's Coast Grants Awarded From Ketchikan to Barrow Totaling Almost $3 Million July 16, 2002
The Alaska Coastal Policy Council made final decisions awarding these grants under the Coastal Impact Assistance Program Competitive Grant Program in June. Under this program, the State of Alaska received a one-time allocation of $7.9 million to deal with a variety of coastal issues. After soliciting ideas from the public about how Alaska should use these federal funds, the State set aside $3 million of the total for a competitive grant program to fund community-based projects in coastal communities. The Division of Governmental Coordination, which manages the grant program on the Council's behalf, solicited applications for projects dealing with coastal conservation, restoration, enhancement, protection, and education. The response was overwhelming: the 150 applications submitted totaled over $12 million in requests. Through an extensive review process, the Council selected 56 projects for a grant award. "Because of these grant awards, there will be many small but beneficial projects for Alaska's coastal communities that will enhance our use of state coastal areas," said Pat Galvin, director of the Division of Governmental Coordination. "We look forward to working with those who received an award to make their projects a reality." Projects that received a grant award include marine debris removal near Craig and in the Pribilof Islands; a whale observation station in Kodiak; coastal trail reconstruction in Sitka; restoration, enhancement and protection of streams and lakes in Anchorage, Cordova, Homer, Juneau, Kenai, King Salmon, Kodiak, the Mat-Su Valley, Sand Point and Sitka; and coastal education projects from Ketchikan to Barrow.
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