Prince George's County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program

Prince George's County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program is sponsored by Chesapeake Bay Trust (in partnership with Prince George's County Department of the Environment). This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

Prince George's County Stormwater Stewardship - Chesapeake Bay Trust Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program The Prince George’s County Government and the Chesapeake Bay Trust are proud to partner for the Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program.

This grant program funds on-the-ground restoration activities that improve communities, improve water quality, support the County’s Climate Action Plan, and engage Prince George’s County residents in the restoration and protection of the local rivers and streams of Prince George’s County.

What this funds: The Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program funds projects within Prince George’s County, Maryland, excluding the City of Bowie. The City of Bowie manages its stormwater program independently of the County and therefore projects in the City of Bowie are not eligible for funding in this program. All projects are done in Prince George’s County and support community members in Prince George’s County.

Review the Request for Proposals for details. Applicants can request funds from the following project tracks.

Track 1: Water Quality Implementation (generally $50,000 to $200,000) Track 2: Tree Canopy: Outreach, Education, Maintenance, and Preservation (generally $50,000 to $300,000) Track 3: Community Awareness and Engagement (generally $10,000 to $60,000) Track 4: Litter Reduction and Beautification (generally $10,000 to $50,000) Track 5: Additional Project Support Fund (generally $500 to $5,000) Who can apply: Non-profit organizations, Prince George’s County municipalities, watershed organizations, education institutions, community associations, faith-based organizations, civic groups, and more.

Is match required? Match is encouraged but not required. G rant Application Process: Grant applications are submitted through our online system.

When the program is open for applications, click on the “Get Started” button to start a new application. Proposals that meet or exceed the “Jobs First Act” CB-17-2011 are preferred.

Grant applicants are encouraged to coordinate with the County’s Supplier Development and Diversity Division and refer to their Commitment to Business policy for County-based certified small business use in connection with the implementation of proposed grant projects.

County-based business and County-based small business certification under CB-74-2016 (DR2) undergo extensive certification review through their existing minority business enterprise certification procedures, which establish capabilities and their principal places of operation in the County. The DoE Clean Water Map provides past project locations and other mapping information that can support your project development/management.

Review Process: All applications go through a Technical Review Committee. The technical team reviews the proposals based on cost-benefit, experience, suitability for implementation, consistency with the Request for Proposals (RFP), sustainability, and other selection criteria that are relevant to the proposal and that are published in the RFP. Proposal decision letters will be sent to applicants in early to mid-August.

Reach out to the Trust if you have any questions. Frequently Asked Questions Click Here to View the Frequently Asked Questions Document Deadline was April 30, 2026 at 4pm EDT Click Here to View the Previous Request for Proposals (RFP) Download Narrative Questions Manage an Existing Grant or Continue a Saved Application Access our online system to submit requirements for an existing grant or continue working on your saved application.

Watch our Virtual Information Sessions! The Trust offered TWO (2) virtual information session opportunities. During the information session, we provided a summary of the grant program, the project tracks, the application process, and answered questions.

March 17 from 6 PM to 7 PM April 1 from 12 PM to 1 PM Watch the 3/17 Information Session View Information Session Slides Attend Our Office Hours – Thursdays 1 to 2PM (starting on March 19th) Join us for weekly Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Program Office Hours every Thursday from 1 to 2PM starting on March 19 until April 23.

These sessions are informal and designed as a drop-in space to ask questions about the program, the application process, or discuss your project ideas. There is no presentation or set agenda – feel free to pop in for a few minutes or stay the full hour. Click Here to Join our Office Hours Learn more about previously awarded projects on our interactive map!

Stay Updated with the Prince George’s County Newsletter The Trust develops newsletters to share project success stories, news, events, and other environmentally focused initiatives in the County. Prince George’s County Rain Check Rebate The Trust is proud to partner with the County on its Rain Check Rebate Program.

The program offers rebate incentives to homeowners, businesses, and others to install practices that will improve stormwater runoff quality, reduce pollution, and improve local stream and river health. Students, Teachers, and Volunteers Engaged Native Plants and Trees Planted Pet Waste Stations Installed Learn about completed projects funded through this grant program below.

To see a list of awarded projects and communities served, click below Click Here for Awarded Projects and Communities Served Accokeek First Church of God Project Title: Clean Water for Accokeek First Church of God Accokeek First Church of God received a grant award in 2015 to implement stormwater management practices on their property and conduct an educational program about the County’s Alternative Compliance Program.

Alice Ferguson Foundation Project Title: Improving Water Quality with Stormwater BMPs and Education at Alice Ferguson Foundation’s Potomac Watershed Study Center In 2014, Alice Ferguson Foundation received a grant award to implement a variety of stormwater management practices at their Potomac Watershed Study Center.

These stormwater management practices help improve water quality and provide stormwater education to teachers and students that visit the center. Project Title: Prince George’s Green Clean Water Education and Outreach In 2014, Alice Ferguson Foundation received a grant award to develop and conduct a Clean Water course to be held at Prince George’s Community College Team Builders Academy.

This course would teach students about stormwater issues, stormwater management, and career opportunities in the field. Learn more about this project, here .

Project Title: Hard Bargain Farmyard Watershed Stewardship In 2020, Alice Ferguson Foundation received a grant award to construct two BMPs that will intercept and treat runoff generated from impervious surfaces, upland open space, and agricultural livestock areas in the barnyard area of AFF’s Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center.

Project Title: Cultivating Sustainable Actions Through Watershed Stewardship In 2023, Alice Ferguson Foundation received a grant award to support Prince George’s County in efforts to reduce litter in the communities of Accokeek and Fort Washington. Learn more about this project, here .

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Project Title: Faithful Stewards Restoring Watersheds In 2014, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay received a grant award to provide 3-4 independent workshops to educate faith leaders about stormwater runoff, inspire a call to action, and provide tools and resources to help congregations overcome technical and financial obstacles in the way of project implementation. Learn more about this project, here .

Project Title: Trees for Sacred Places In 2015, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay received a grant award to engage congregations in planting native trees across their own properties and planting more native trees on other public/private properties to increase urban tree canopies and promote riparian buffer restoration. Learn more about this project, here .

Project Title: RiverWise Homeowners Associations In 2016, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay received a grant award to engage urban and heavy suburban area Prince Georges County Homeowners Associations and other property owning Non-Governmental Organizations in stormwater reduction and retention activities.

Project Title: Trees for Sacred Places Prince George’s County In 2017, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay received a grant award to engage congregations in planting trees on their properties and to give trees to congregants to be planted off-site at residential properties while educating the congregants on how to plant and maintain the trees. Learn more about this project, here .

Project Title: Peace Park Restoration at Bowie State University In 2023, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay received a grant award to restore Peace Park, a plot of land on Bowie State University, and to encourage sustainability by providing enviromental education to the community. Learn more about this project, here .

Project Title: Community-based Restoration Implementation at Faith-based Locations in Prince George’s County In 2015, Anacostia Riverkeeper received a grant award to work with faith-based organizations to install high-volume cisterns, educate and engage members of faith-based organizations on stormwater issues, and to promote existing stormwater management opportunities in Prince George’s County. Learn more about this project, here .

Project Title: Trash Reduction in the Anacostia Trapping Trash In 2016, Anacostia Riverkeeper received a grant award to install an in-stream litter trap in the City of Mount Rainier. This litter trap system, known as the Bandalong Litter Trap, is the first of its kind in Maryland. This project was highlighted on the Trust blog, here .

Learn more about the project, here . Project Title: Trash Reduction in the Anacostia: Trapping Trash Guilford Run In 2017, Anacostia Riverkeeper received a grant award to design and install a Bandalong Litter Trap in Guilford Run and to host a public event to foster educational opportunities for the public. Learn more about this project, here .

Project Title: Litter Trap Trash maintenance Arundel Canal In 2017, Anacostia Riverkeeper received a grant award to maintain the Bandalong Litter Trap that was installed in the Arundel Canal. Lear more about the project, here .

Anacostia Watershed Society Project Title: National Capital Region Watershed Stewards Academy In 2014, the Anacostia Watershed Society received this award to support the Watershed Stewards Academy for the National Capital Region.

The Anacostia Watershed Society educated and trained Prince George’s County residents in watershed protection issues and empowered them to design and implement restoration projects that reduce stormwater runoff, improve the quality of their local waterways, increase public awareness, and engage community members in stormwater management solutions. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Treating and Teaching In 2016, the Anacostia Watershed Society received a grant award to develop and pilot the Prince George’s County Treating and Teaching program. The program was developed in collaboration with several partners and County representatives to combine stormwater management projects with Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Treating and Teaching In 2017, the Anacostia Watershed Society received a grant award to expand the Prince George’s County Treating and Teaching program. The program installs stormwater solutions and outdoor classrooms on school campuses, trains facilities staff to maintain the assets, and educates teachers on how to use them with their students. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: National Capital Region Watershed Stewards Academy In 2017, the Anacostia Watershed Society received a grant award to conduct the Watershed Stewards Academy in Prince George’s County. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Harnessing the Power of Natural Filters In 2020, the Anacostia Watershed Society received a grant award to enhance habitat along the main stem of the Tidal Anacostia River and reduce stormwater runoff pollution by utilizing mussels, wetlands, and trees.

Project Title: Prince George’s County Environmental Stewardship Training Courses In 2020, the Anacostia Watershed Society received a grant award to implement their Watershed Stewards Academy and Maryland Master Naturalist programs, through which they will train watershed residents to be educated stewards of the Anacostia River and promote environmental stewardship in their communities.

Project Title: Mussel Power: Empowering High School Students as Environmental Stewards In 2022, the Anacostia Watershed Society received a grant award to engage students from 10 Prince George’s County public high schools in a comprehensive suite of activities that will connect them to their local environment and inspire them to be environmental stewards.

Students will participate in the Mussel Power education program where they will raise native freshwater mussels in their classrooms to be released into the Anacostia River, as well as supplemental environmental service days where they will engage in a variety of hands-on projects such as tree maintenance, mussel monitoring, and seed collection. Learn more about the project, here .

Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation Project Title: A Pilot Project: Technical Assistance to the Community to Plant and Care for Trees in Prince George’s County The Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation developed and managed a pilot outreach and tree planting program to engage the private residential communities primarily in the East Riverdale-Bladensburg Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative (TNI) area.

Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Tree Planting Projects on Private Individual Residential Property and Support for Existing County Tree Canopy Programs In 2017, the Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation was given a grant award to scale-up their tree canopy pilot project that intended to educate residents about the importance of trees and the programs that the county has available to assist residents in planting and caring for the trees as well as provide trees for residents to plant.

Learn more about the project, here . Project Title: Grow Green With Trees – A Local Collaborative’s Residential Greening Project In 2020, the Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation was given a grant award to plant trees to create shade, privacy, and address storm water requirements of sites along Riverdale Road, Kenilworth Avenue and other communities in East Riverdale.

Project Title: Branching Out – Enhancing our Successful Collaborative Greening Project In 2021, the Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation received a grant award to plant 300 trees in residential settings. Fruit trees will deliver shade, and boost nutrition; and the large shade trees will address storm water management as they soak up excess water run-off, reduce pollution and energy costs.

The project also intends to host a two-day event providing information, recreation, music, art and demonstrations such as why and how to plant trees and maintain them.

Project Title: Filling in the Gaps-Replenishing our Precious Canopy In 2022, the Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation received a grant award to plant 175 trees that includes 140 in residential yards, including Riverdale heights, Riverdale Hills, Crestwood, Templeton Knolls, Eastpines, Beacon Heights, Woodlawn and a small portion of the Town of Riverdale Park, and to plant flowering trees along the route of The Purple Line.

Project Title: Aguas Sanas Familia Sanas, Healthy Waters Healthy Families Award Amount: $30,333 (2017 award), $30,000 (2018 award) In 2017, Centro de Apoyo Familiar (CAF) conducted the Agua Sanas Familia Sanas, Healthy Waters Healthy Families project to raise awareness about stormwater issues. They provided training to church promotoras (community health promoters) to become stormwater educators and leaders in their community.

In 2018, CAF continued their work and partnered with three churches to train promotoras. Their workshops engaged 141 Latino families.

Project Title: CAF Family and Youth Environmental Stewardship Community Program In 2021, CAF received a grant award to create a community engagement project which will not only empower and educate Prince George’s Community members on Stormwater and available rebate programs but also create a new generation of young conservationists with a strong support system.

Project Title: Narragansett Parkway & Muskogee Street Stormwater Treatment and Outreach Project In 2014, the City of College Park was awarded a grant to install two micro-bioretention areas to treat stormwater runoff and remove pollutants along Narragansett Parkway. Learn more about the project, here . This project was highlighted on the Trust blog, here .

Project Title: District Heights Rain Garden Award Amount (Design Phase): $34,862 Award Amount (Implementation Phase): $108,579 The City of District Heights received a grant award in 2015 to create a design for the installation of a rain garden the walking trail on District Heights Parkway on Rochelle Avenue. Then, in 2018 they received a second award to implement the rain garden. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Water Quality Buddy Attick Park Parking Lot Stormwater Management Demonstration and Water Quality Treatment Project. In 2014, the City of Greenbelt received a grant award to design and build a category three stormwater restoration and demonstration project that includes the redesign, retrofit, and treatment of impervious cover with low impact development techniques and environmental site design practices.

Project Title: Melrose Trail Rain Gardens The City of Hyattsville received a grant award in 2015 to install over 2,000 square feet of rain garden and conservation landscaping at the Melrose Park Trail. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Hyattsville Tree Canopy Program In 2020, the City of Hyattsville received a grant award to increase the urban tree canopy through the existing efforts of Hyattsville environmental stewardship, management and its commitment to the preservation of trees and to develop a Tree Canopy study to assist the City with identification of tree replacement.

Project Title: Greening Oliver Alleyway In 2021, the City of Hyattsville received a grant award to design and engineer a green alleyway approximately 500 feet in length that will treat stormwater from approximately 33,541 square feet of impervious surface and provide a highly visible tool to help promote permeable pavers, conservation landscaping and other stormwater Best Management Practices.

Project Title: Hyattsville Canopy Conservation In 2023, the City of Hyattsville received a grant award to save the tree canopy by removing invasive vines and educate their community on how to do this and why it is important. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Mount Rainier Stormwater Retrofit Project The City of Mount Rainer received a grant award in late 2018 to design and implement bioretention stormwater retrofit projects in City right-of-ways to reduce stormwater runoff, improve safety, beautify the community, and improve water quality in the Anacostia River watershed.

Project Title: Water Quality Projects – MOUNT RAINIER – GI projects for Commercial land uses In 2020, the City of Mount Rainer received a grant award to use the City’s streets right of ways to treat stormwater runoff from commercial land use in the city using a combination of bioretention and rain garden practices.

Project Title: Water Quality Retrofits for 30th Avenue and 33rd Avenue in Mount Rainier In 2021, the City of Mount Rainer received a grant award to use the City’s streets right of ways to treat stormwater runoff from residential lands uses using a combination of bioretention and rain garden practices.

This project will focus on 30th Avenue between Bunker Hill Road and Shepherd Avenue and also 33rd Avenue between Bunker Hill Road and Perry Street. Project Title: Water Quality Retrofits for Arundel Rd between 25 and 30th Streets in Mount Rainier In 2022, the City of Mount Rainer received a grant award to create green street elements on Arundel Road between 25th and 30th Streets and also on 29th St and 30th Street.

Project Title: Residential Outreach and Behavior Change Campaign for Central Prince George’s County Award Amount: $25,257(2015 award), $42,402 (2016 award) In 2015, The Clean Water Fund worked to engage residents in the Capitol Heights community about watershed stewardship. Through door-to-door canvassing outreach, they worked with residents to tackle stormwater runoff through the practice of downspout disconnection/redirection.

Then in 2016, the Clean Water Fund received a grant award to educate homeowners about stormwater and its impact on communities and waterways, adopting watershed-friendly practices at residential properties, and promoting the county’s Rain Check rebate program. Learn more about the 2015 project, here and the 2016 project, here .

Project Title: Academia de Defensores de Cuencas In 2021, Defensores de la Cuenca in collaboration with the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) received a grant award to conduct a linguistically and culturally appropriate version of the highly successful Watershed Stewards Academy, with an emphasis on projects within the Rain Check Rebate program.

Project Title: Pescando Conocimiento – Fishing for Knowledge In 2022, Defensores de la Cuenca received a grant award to conduct workshops and hands-on training in Spanish in the Anacostia Watershed with another non-profit to teach about water quality/water contamination and stormwater runoff specifically including non-traditional viewpoints like health, faith and spirituality and the connection to fishing.

Project Title: 7th Annual Festival del Río In 2022, Defensores de la Cuenca received a grant award to host the 7th annual Festival del Rio which is a community celebration of the Anacostia river, the event was designed to cater to the Latino, Spanish-speaking community of the Anacostia River watershed, a community that is most impacted by severe weather events and polluted environments, is least represented in public input and decision-making, and over represented in negative health indicators associated with poor environments.

Learn more about the project, here . Project Title: DuVal High School Courtyard Rain Garden In 2016, DuVal High School received a grant award to construct a rain garden for the school’s main courtyard. The rain garden would act as an outdoor classroom where students can study, research and analyze environmental issues.

Learn more about the project, here . Project Title: Uncaptured Stormwater is a Missed Opportunity: Water Stewardship for Urban Farming In 2015, ECO City Farms received a grant award to implement a stormwater management system at their urban farm in Edmonston.

Project Title: Festival del Rio Anacostia 2020 In 2020, EcoLatinos, Inc. received a grant award to create an event where an environmental message is at the center of each activity and where more than attendees can participate in numerous environmental related activities regardless of their knowledge of English or income level.

Project Title: Agua es Vida, Reduce la Escorrentia – Water is Life, Reduce Stormwater Runoff Award Amount: $18,993 (2020 award), $29,748 (2021 award) In 2020, EcoLatinos, Inc. received a grant award to increase awareness of stormwater runoff and its impact on water quality among Spanish-speaking residents of the county where access to this information is limited due to language and cultural barriers.

In 2021, EcoLatinos received a second grant award to continue the long-term work done in 2020 to promote Prince George’s County Rain Check Rebate Program (PGC RCRP) within the Hispanic community.

The Empowerment Institute Project Title: The Empowerment Institute and Southern Marketplace Rain Garden The Empowerment Institute partnered with Southern Marketplace (SoMa) to install a rain garden on SoMa’s site located on Southern Avenue in Oxon Hill, consisting of commercial, residential, and other undeveloped sites.

This project improved a blighted parking lot by adding a rain garden near an active commercial strip and bus stop area. Learn more about the project, here . End Time Harvest Ministries Project Title: Wellness Ambassadors Tree Planting In 2017, End Time Harvest Ministries conducted their Wellness Ambassadors Environmental Health Summer Employment Program aimed at connecting stormwater management to health.

Learn more about the project, here . Project Title: Youth-led Storm Water Awareness and Rain Check Rebate Education Project In 2020, End Time Harvest Ministries received a grant award to have members of the Port Towns Youth Council (PTYC) engage community residents in a clean water initiative that will educate Port Towns and surrounding community residents regarding storm water problems and possible solutions.

Friends of Lower Beaverdam Creek Project Title: RainWorks – Quincy and Moss Run Watersheds In 2015, Friends of Lower Beaverdam Creek received a grant award to implement five stormwater retrofit projects at one commercial and four residential properties in the Town’s of Bladensburg and Cheverly. Learn more about the project, here . This project was highlighted in the Prince George’s County Newsletter, here .

Global Health and Education Projects Project Title: Community Partnerships for Environmental Action and Sustainability (COPEAS) In 2015, Global Health and Education Projects, inc. received a grant award to pilot the Family Tree Adoption Program which will provide native trees and shrubs to homeowners in Prince George’s County.

The goal of the program is to green local communities by increasing tree canopy, which, in turn, will improve air and water quality and community aesthetics.

Project Title: The Family Tree Adoption Program Award Amount: $50,000(2017 award), $115,969(2020 award) In 2017, Global Health and Education Projects received a grant award to continue their Family Tree Adoption Program that provides native trees and shrubs to homeowners in Prince George’s County. Learn more about the project, here .

In 2020, Global Health and Education Projects received a second grant award to continue their Family Tree Adoption Program.

Project Title: Increasing Environmental Stewardship in Minority and Underserved Communities Through Family Tree Adoption Program (FTAP) In 2022, Global Health and Education Projects received a grant award to plant trees in low-tree canopy underserved minority communities; deliver watershed education on the benefits of trees on health and the environment through tree planting demonstration events; and engage and educate up to residents using curated messages on the benefits of trees on the environment and how to mitigate the deleterious health impacts of climate change.

Project Title: Greenbelt Homes Incorporated Clean Water Initiative In 2016, Greenbelt Homes, Inc. received a grant award to install a stormwater best management practice comprised of a stone diaphragm, stone swale, and rain garden in the community. Learn more about the project, here . This project was highlighted on the Trust blog, here .

Project Title: Little Paint Branch Wetland and Stream Buffer Enhancement Project In 2020, the GreenTrust Alliance received a grant award to add 5. 5 total acres of forested and warm season grass and pollinator-focused headwater buffer to an existing, contiguous 25 acre stream and wetland restoration project at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC).

Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake Project Title: Faithful Stewards Restoring Watersheds The Faithful Stewards Restoring Watersheds initiative is a robust educational effort for faith leaders in Prince George’s County.

This initiative delivered workshops to educate faith leaders about stormwater runoff, inspire a call to action with their congregations, and provide parishioners with the technical and financial tips needed to implement projects on the faith-based ground and/or on the resident/business-owner’s property. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Watershed Literacy Vacation Bible School Training In 2016, Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC) received an award to engage faith-based organizations in stormwater management solutions, through bible school trainings and informational workshops designed to connect the organizations to existing stormwater management resources. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Faith Community ACP Technical Assistance In 2017, Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC) received a grant award to engage faith community members in training and capacity support to increase stormwater management and watershed protection actions, particularly within the Alternative Compliance Program (ACP). Learn more about this project, here .

Project Title: Faith Community Teacher Training In 2017, the Interfaith Partners of the Chesapeake (IPC) received a grant to fund their “train-the-trainer” program, which provided training on watershed stewardship to teachers of youth within the faith community. Learn more about this project, here .

Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin Project Title: Score Four: Students, Schools, Streams, and the Bay In 2015, the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin received a grant award to conduct their Score Four: Students, Schools, Streams, and the Bay stormwater education program at Northwestern High School, Parkdale High School, and the Academy of Health Sciences at Prince George’s Community College.

Learn more about the project, here . Project Title: Score Four: Students, Schools, Streams, and the Bay In 2016, the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin received a grant award to conduct their Score Four: Students, Schools, Streams, and the Bay stormwater education program at Northwestern High School and Accokeek Academy.

Low Impact Development Center Project Title: Behnke Nurseries Rain Check Rebate Demonstration In 2014, the Low Impact Development Center and Behnke Nurseries partnered to provide a highly visible demonstration of the stormwater practices citizens and business owners can implement on their own property through the County’s Rain Check Rebate Program. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Rain Check Rebate Resource Center at Behnke Nurseries In 2015, the Low Impact Development Center and Behnke Nurseries teamed up again to create a Rain Check Rebate Resource Center at Behnke Nurseries. The resource center is an eye-catching display that showcases the County’s rebate program.

Project Title: Port Towns Eco District Stormwater Masterplan In 2016, the Low Impact Development Center received a grant award to create a stormwater master plan to help identify stormwater retrofit opportunities within the Port Town communities of Bladensburg, Colmar Manor, Cottage City, and Edmonston as part of an integrated stormwater strategy that will minimize the impact of stormwater runoff, impervious surfaces, and flooding; maximize non-potable water use; and integrate stormwater management and green infrastructure practices into projects.

Learn more about the project, here . Maryland League of Conservation Voters Project Title: Latino Outreach in the Prince George’s County Watershed In 2015, Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCV) was awarded a grant to engage Prince George’s County Latino community in projects focused on improving both the health of the community and local water quality. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: Festival del Rio Anacostia – Anacostia River Festival In 2016, Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCV) was awarded a grant to implement a Latino River Festival using a culturally and language competent format.

The Festival will foster a better understanding of environmental issues facing the Anacostia River among Latino residents and roles they can play in improving river conditions and the quality of life of their families. Additionally, the Festival will connect families with local environmental groups and resources, empowering them to experience local rivers and conserve them.

Project Title: Conectando con la Naturaleza (Connecting with Nature) In 2016, Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCV) was awarded a grant to update and expand the successful Latino Outreach Project in Prince George’s County connecting water quality and stormwater and with the quality of life for residents.

Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission Project Title: M-NCPPC Stormwater Stewardship Program In 2016, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission received a grant award to install remediation projects at three community centers to treat runoff from impervious surfaces and to plant trees to restore streambank forest buffers at four sites in the Anacostia River watershed. Learn more about the project, here .

Project Title: M-NCPPC Stormwater Stewardship Program In 2017, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission received a second grant award to install stormwater runoff projects at three sites and restore streambank forest buffers at five sites. Learn more about the project, here . Mount Rainier Elementary School PTO