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Nonprofits and watershed groups say suspended federal payments slowed resilience projects and strained partners
Summary
Witnesses from Cape Cod, Mystic River and Charles River watershed groups testified that suspended federal reimbursements and canceled grant programs delayed construction, slowed tree-planting and heat-mitigation work, and reduced foundation and municipal willingness to fund new projects.
Three nonprofit witnesses described how intermittent federal payment access and canceled grant programs are affecting on-the-ground resilience and restoration work.
Andrew Gottlieb, executive director of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod, said six wetland-restoration grants awarded under EEA programs were funded on a reimbursable basis and that the project's online payment portal was suspended after January 21. Gottlieb said the portal did not permit draws for roughly three…
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