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Program accepts applications year-round through June 2027; stored deadline of 2027-06-01 aligns with the program end date.
Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative is a program from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy that covers the full costs of trees, tree protection, and labor for eligible landowners who plant native trees along waterways in western and central Pennsylvania. The initiative aims to restore riparian buffers that filter runoff, stabilize streambanks, and improve water quality.
Eligible applicants are landowners with open or mostly open land along waterways in over 30 counties in western and central Pennsylvania, with little to no woody vegetation within 35 feet of the streambank and at least 250 linear feet of eligible streambank. Applications for the 2027 planting season are accepted through June 1, 2027. There is no cost to participating landowners.
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Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is accepting applications year-round through June 2027 for its Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative, which provides native trees to landowners planted at no cost as part of Pennsylvania’s statewide water quality improvement goals.
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has announced they are taking applications for their Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative .
Funding is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnership Program (C2P2) to plant riparian, or streamside, buffers along waterways such as streams, springs, small runs or headwater tributaries, throughout western and central Pennsylvania.
Funding covers the costs of: a variety of trees and shrubs native to Pennsylvania tree protection materials The Conservancy plans to plant 75 acres of unforested riparian areas with approximately 15,000 trees through 2027. Some native tree species available include oaks, maples, hickory, sycamore, dogwoods and willows.
Riparian trees can improve water quality and wildlife habitat by: cooling water temperatures filtering pollutants such as excess nitrogen and phosphorus. Landowners with open (or mostly open) land along waterways in more than 30 counties may apply.
Those counties include, but are not limited to: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Somerset, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland.
Landowners statewide may apply because other funding sources are available for those in locations outside the named 30 counties.
a stream, including intermittent tributaries, springs and runs, that has little to no woody vegetation within 35 feet of the streambank; at least 250 feet of linear bank and a 50-foot setback from the stream edge (approximately ¼ of an acre of open riparian area); a public or private landowner, including farmers, willing to allow native trees to be planted within a mapped project area and consent to a multiyear landowner agreement.
Typical projects will not extend beyond 150 feet from the stream edge but may have a limitless length adjacent to the stream. (Some sites might vary from these parameters; circumstances will be reviewed on a project-by-project basis.) Site visits will begin by June 2025.
Planting by WPC watershed staff (or contractors selected by WPC) will begin in the fall of 2025 and continue during the 2026 and 2027 spring and fall planting seasons. Project implementation will be on a first-come, first-planted basis. Applications are open year-round through June 2027, apply here , o r email Monica Lee at mlee@paconserve.
org with your contact information, listing “Riparian Trees” in the subject line. If you have questions regarding the Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative or the application process, please email Alysha Trexler at atrexler@paconserve. org .
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Landowners with open or mostly open land along waterways in over 30 counties in western and central Pennsylvania, with little to no woody vegetation within 35 feet of the streambank and at least 250 feet of linear strea… Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Covers costs of trees, tree protection, and labor Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
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EPA is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support related to water quality modeling and monitoring and spatial systems to manage, analyze, and map environmental data. The project assists the partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the Chesapeake Bay Program modeling, monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities. The recipient will support modeling, monitoring, and GIS programs needed to explain and communicate the health of and changes in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R3-CBP-23-18. Assistance Listing: 66.466. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ENV. Award Amount: Up to $5.3M per award.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA SBIR Phase I Solicitation invites small businesses to submit proposals for projects addressing critical environmental challenges. Awards are for six months to demonstrate proof of concept. Key focus areas include Clean and Safe Water, Air Quality and Climate, Homeland Security, Circular Economy/Sustainable Materials, and Safer Chemicals.
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CCGP) is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Community Change Grants Program funds projects that provide meaningful improvements to the environmental, climate, and resilience conditions affecting disadvantaged communities. While broadly focused on environmental and climate justice, projects can include aspects that relate to community health and well-being through addressing environmental health risks. The program aims to fund community-driven pollution and climate resiliency solutions and strengthen communities' decision-making power. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.