F24AC03063↗

THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN WILL USE NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS) TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE MARSH HEALTH AND INCREASE THE RESILIENCY AND CAPACITY OF THESE COASTAL MARSHES TO WITHSTAND STORMS AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY SUCH STORMS. THE MCFADDIN BEACH BERM PROJECT COMPLETED IN 2016 RESULTED IN A 17.6 MILE EARTHEN BERM TO REPLACE THE PROTECTIVE FUNCTION OF THE NATURAL BEACH RIDGE WHICH WAS LOST FROM LONG TERM EROSION AND HURRICANES. THE BEACH BERM IS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE FOR THE REFUGE AND THE SALT BAYOU MARSH ECOSYSTEM LIMITING SALTWATER INUNDATION OF MARSHES FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO DURING NON STORM EVENTS. IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS NBS PROJECT IS NEEDED TO REMEDIATE DAMAGE TO THE MCFADDIN BEACH BERM CAUSED BY HURRICANE HARVEY AND OTHER RECENT TROPICAL STORMS THAT HAVE ERODED PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING BERM FORMING CUTS FOR SALTWATER TO ENTER THE BACK MARSHES DURING HIGH SEASONAL TIDES. DUCKS UNLIMITED PROPOSES TO COMPLETE PROJECT PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION TO RESTORE THE BERM AND RETURN ITS IMPORTANT FUNCTION BENEFITING COASTAL HABITATS AND WILDLIFE ON THE REFUGE.

Cooperative Agreement (B) · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · to Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (UEI RZBMKCDW36Q8) · data as of 2026-09-30

Obligated to date$6.50M1 action

Period2024-09-13 → 2024-09-13first to last action

What it is

Program: National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements (Assistance Listing 15.654)
Where the work is: Jefferson, TX · district TX-14
Funding law: Other emergency or disaster supplementals
Topics: hurricane

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2024$6.50M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subrecipients: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

1 action since 2024-09-13. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Amendment	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2024-09-13	ORIG	New award	$6.50M	THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN WILL USE NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS) TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE MARSH HEALTH AND INCREASE THE RESILIENCY AND CAPACITY OF THESE COASTAL MARSHES TO WITHSTAND STORMS AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY SUCH STORMS.…

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-09-30). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗