DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Funding Opportunities, Projects Supported; County Clean Water Updates; Much More!

The latest Chesapeake Bay Update newsletter from DEP highlights upcoming grant opportunities, grants awarded to support clean water projects, clean water updates from counties and much more.

Highlights

-- $19.3 Million In 2024 County Clean Water Action Grants

-- $175.7 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding

-- $7.4 Million US Fish & Wildlife Service, NFWF Watershed Habitat Restoration Grants

-- NFWF Nutrient & Sediment Reduction Grant Applications Due Feb. 21

-- Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award Nomination Due Jan. 3

-- New Training Center for Agricultural Professionals In PA

-- Registration Open: NRCS-Certified Technical Service Provider Program

-- Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance EPA Grant For Mine Draining Cleanup

-- Rapid Stream Delisting Partnership Meeting Held

-- New Tool To Understand Your Tree Canopy

-- County Updates: Adams, Lancaster, Lycoming, Perry, Snyder Counties

Click Here to read the entire newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.

Visit DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed webpage to learn more about cleaning up rivers and streams in Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates on Pennsylvania’s progress.

How Clean Is Your Stream?

The draft 2024 report has an interactive report viewer that allows you to zoom in to your own address to see if the streams near you are impaired and why.

Click Here to check out your streams.  Click Here for a tutorial on using the viewer.

Related Articles:

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Funding Opportunities, Projects Supported; County Clean Water Updates; Much More!   [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals: Registration Now Open For Level I Training, Certification; PA DCNR Offering Scholarships  [PaEN]

-- Pike Conservation District: 2023 Water Quality Report; Pennsylvania's Forests; Vote For Lackawaxen River!  [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together: What’s The Big Deal About Water Anyway? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association   [PaEN] 

-- Water At Risk Series: The Brodhead Watershed Association Helps Monroe County Municipalities Protect Clean Water - How About Yours? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association   [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Jan. 12 In-Person Workshop On Climate Art And Networking For Watershed Leaders & Stewards  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Jan. 29 Webinar On Green Infrastructure And Salty Stormwater  [PaEN] 

[Posted: January 2, 2024]  PA Environment Digest