State Conservation Commission Invites Proposals To Provide Financial, Technical Assistance For Implementation Of BMPs On Farm Operations In Chesapeake Bay Most Effective Basins

The State Conservation Commission invites proposals to provide financial and technical assistance to farm operations in the Pennsylvania portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to implement best management practices in the Commonwealth’s Most Effective Basins.  (formal notice)

The deadline to apply is July 25.  $5.1 million in federal funds are available in FY 2025-26 and $2.6 million in FY 2026-27. 

The projects must be implemented in the Commonwealth’s Most Effective Watershed Basins.  Click Here to enter your address to see if your area is eligible for a project.

Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to, for-profit conservation entities, nonprofit entities, private businesses, corporate businesses, conservation districts and the like.

Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information.

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[Posted: June 20, 2025]  PA Environment Digest