Apply Now! $52,000 Available for Buffers

Written by Shannon Wehinger on January 23, 2026. Posted in Buffer Sub-grant

PACD has $52,000 available in the current riparian buffer grant. If any conservation districts are planting riparian forest buffers this year, please apply for funding to install them in conjunction with landowners. Multi-functional riparian forest buffers are encouraged, but conventional buffers are also accepted. This grant is first-come, first-served. The grant round will stay open until funds are expended or June 30, 2026, whichever comes first. 

Click here for more information or email Shannon Wehinger swehinger@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.