
Berks County Buffer Project (left) and Lehigh Lawn Conversion Project (right).
PACD was awarded a $200,000 Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grant from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to continue to offer both programs to conservation districts. This round of grants will have three categories of funding you may apply for:
- Installation of lawn conversion and/or riparian buffer projects with a maximum of $25,000
- Post-planting establishment for DCNR or non-DCNR funded projects with a maximum of $5,000
- Education & Outreach events with a maximum of $1,000
The grant also includes training for conservation district staff. Once again, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has partnered with us to offer lawn conversion and riparian buffer training. Please stay tuned for future training events!
Please visit our website here to find program information such as guidelines, applications, planting & maintenance plan templates, mid-term & final report templates, resources, etc.
All applications and supporting documents should be emailed to hmiller@pacd.org. There is no online application. Applications will be approved on a rolling basis until funds are expended.
Thanks to conservation district staff, these programs have been incredibly successful in completing smaller-scale lawn conversion and riparian buffer projects across Pennsylvania. During the last round, conservation district projects covered almost 18 acres of lawn conversion and almost 12 acres of riparian forest buffer. Since 2018, conservation districts have installed nearly 150 acres of riparian forest buffers across PA!
Please get in touch with Holly Miller at hmiller@pacd.org with questions.