Shapiro Administration Announces Growing Greener Grant Recipients

Written by Shannon Wehinger on February 14, 2025. Posted in Grants

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced the recipients of the Growing Greener Plus grant program. These projects work to protect waterways and watersheds, reclaim abandoned mine sites, and work to reclaim and plug abandoned oil and gas wells. This year’s awards exceed $15 million statewide.

Thirty-two conservation district projects were funded:

• Allegheny County Conservation District – $58,000 for the Mamone BMP Implementation Project
• Allegheny County Conservation District – $50,000 for Plum Stormwater Project: Phase 1 Design/Permit
• Beaver County Conservation District – $439,679 for Brush Creek Ag BMP #2
• Beaver County Conservation District – $33,882 for Dilworth Run-North Fork Little Beaver Creek Streambank Stabilization Design and Construction
• Butler County Conservation District – $256,500 for Tomjack Creek Watershed Rehabilitation II
• Butler County Conservation District – $349,167 for the Altman Heavy Use Area
• Butler County Conservation District – $358,320 for Bauldoff Farm
• Cambria County Conservation District – $222,938 for Bay Watershed Projects Phase II
• Cambria County Conservation District – $260,932 for Ohio River Watershed Projects Phase II
• Carbon County Conservation District – $142,000 for the Hunter Creek Restoration Project
• Chester County Conservation District – $218,400 for the Mushroom Farm Resource Conservationist
• Clearfield County Conservation District – $200,000 for Clearfield County Agricultural and Stream Restoration BMP Implementation
• Clinton County Conservation District – $117,000 for Long Spring Run Stream Restoration and Stream Stabilization
• Columbia County Conservation District – $395,000 for the Multi-County Soil Health Project
• Elk County Conservation District – $87,002 for the Stream Improvement and Rain Garden Project–Upper Clarion River Watershed
• Huntingdon County Conservation District – $124.000 for bridging a funding gap for Agricultural BMPs
• Indiana County Conservation District – $114,600 for the Indiana County Agricultural BMP Design Project
• Indiana County Conservation District – $175,336 for Little Mahoning Streambank Stabilization Phase I
• Juniata County Conservation District – $288,427 for Juniata County Agricultural BMP Implementation
• Juniata County Conservation District – $182,223 for East Licking Creek Stream Restoration Projects
• Lehigh County Conservation District – $127,250 for Lehigh County Stream Restoration Projects
• McKean County Conservation District – $263,259 for the McKean County Stream Crossing Restoration Initiative
• Mercer County Conservation District – $143,140 for the Neshannock Creek Fish Habitat Project
• Montour County Conservation District – $258,080 for the Mahoning Creek Manure Storage Project
• Potter County Conservation District – $36,835 for Streambank Stabilization Projects
• Schuylkill Conservation District – $74,151 for the Little Mahanoy Creek Headwaters Restoration Project
• Schuylkill Conservation District – $236,375 for Upper Mahantango Creek Agricultural BMP Projects
• Somerset County Conservation District – $266,986 for the Laurel Hill Creek Fish Habitat Enhancement Project
• Tioga County Conservation District – $130,000 for Lycoming Creek Erosion Mitigation Project Phase I
• Union County Conservation District – $317,832 for Winfield Creek Stream Improvements
• Venango Conservation District – $18,096 for the East Branch Sugar Creek Protection Project
• Washington County Conservation District – $121,705 for the 2024 Route 519 Stream Restoration Project

For more information on the Growing Greener Plus grant program, application guidance, and to sign up for notifications when grant programs reopen, visit DEP’s webpage, Growing Greener Plus Grants Program.