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Over $350,000 Still Available for Multi-Functional Riparian Buffer Subgrants

Written by Shannon Wehinger on . Posted in Grants

Reminder: PACD is accepting sub-grant applications to implement multi-functional riparian buffers. The implementation of these grants will help the commonwealth plant 95,000 acres of riparian buffers by 2025.

To date, PACD has awarded $307,769 in sub-grants to 19 conservation district projects covering 67.69 acres of multi-functional riparian buffers.

  • 2 grants from Allegheny County Conservation District
  • 1 from Armstrong Conservation District
  • 1 from Berks County Conservation District
  • 2 from Butler County Conservation District
  • 1 from Chester County Conservation District
  • 1 from Columbia County Conservation District
  • 1 from Dauphin County Conservation District
  • 1 from Huntingdon County Conservation District
  • 4 from Indiana County Conservation District
  • 1 from Lancaster County Conservation District
  • 1 from Monroe County Conservation District
  • 2 from Montgomery County Conservation District
  • 1 from Westmoreland Conservation District

This grant is 100% paid. There is no match required.

The guidelines and application for the statewide sub-grant program for conservation districts are available here. Direct questions to Holly Miller at hmiller@pacd.org.

Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation.