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Seven Conservation Districts Receive 319 Funding

Written by Shannon Wehinger on . Posted in Grants

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded more than $3.4 million in grants to projects to improve water quality and fish and wildlife habitat throughout Pennsylvania’s part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and other watersheds.

The 12 awards are funded by the Section 319 Grant program from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and selected by DEP.

The following conservation districts and their partners received grants:

  • Bucks County Conservation District: $224,830
  • Huntingdon County Conservation District: $80,000
  • Lancaster County Conservation District: $390,625
  • Schuylkill Conservation District (2 projects): $273,000 and $214,000
  • Snyder County Conservation District: $56,968
  • York County Conservation District: $184,579 

Click here to read more about the projects.