Draft Environmental Assessment for Federal Financial Assistance Grant Number: 0403.21.072693

This Environmental Assessment (EA) for John Bartram Association Education Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, evaluates two alternatives to address the need to increase access to environmental education and engagement, foster education and community revitalization, conserve natural resources, facilitate waterway stewardship, and promote healthy lifestyles and a healthy environment: a No Action alternative and a conceptual design action alternative. The EA further analyzes the potential impacts these alternatives may have on the natural and human environment. This EA has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 1500-1508), regulations contained in 43 CFR Part 46, and USFWS policy and guidance.