Chesapeake Bay Program A Watershed Partnership Backgrounder A mwj Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program 2002 Recipients The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program promotes community-based efforts to develop conservation strategies to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The program provides grants to local governments and community organizations working to improve the condition of their local watersheds while building citizen-based resource stewardship. The program has been designed to encourage the sharing of innovative ideas among the many organizations wishing to be involved in watershed protection activities. Organization Project Name Total Location District of Columbia The District of Columbia Office of Planning Low Impact Development for Urban Watersheds $35,000 Washington, D. C. Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin Anacostia River Watershed Business $34,000 District of Columbia and Maryland (ICPRB) Coalition Earth Conservation Corps Anacostia Islands Nature Preserve $25,000 Washington, D. C. Anacostia Watershed Society Anacostia River Restoration $20,000 District of Columbia and adjacent parts of Maryland Maryland Baltimore City Department of Public Works Baltimore City Public School Greening $100,000 Baltimore, Maryland St. Mary's College of Maryland Foundation St. Mary's River Watershed Management Plan $100,000 St. Mary's City, Maryland Chesapeake Appreciation, Inc. South River Oyster and SAV Restoration $50,000 South River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Chesapeake Bay Foundation Whitehall Bay Oyster Reef Restoration $50,000 Whitehall Bay, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Antietam and Monocacy Watershed Restoration $50,000 Antietam and Monocacy Creeks, Maryland Global Action Plan, Inc. Non-point Source Pollution Prevention Program $50,000 Annapolis, Maryland Arlington and Fredericksburg, Virginia; Chesapeake Bay Program National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109 1120 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 900 Annapolis, Maryland 21403 Washington, DC 20036 www.chesapeakebay.netwww.nfwf.org ------- Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program 2002 Recipients Page 2 Organization Project Name Total Location Jones Falls Watershed Association Jones Falls Watershed Restoration $50,000 Baltimore, Maryland Oyster Recovery Partnership Upper Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Sanctuary $50,000 Upper Chesapeake Bay, near Gales Lump Chesapeake Wldlife Heritage Chesapeake Bay Wldlife Habitat Stewardship $49,600 Queen Anne's, Talbot, and Dorchester Counties, Maryland The University of Maryland Foundation, Inc. Nanticoke River SAV Restoration $47,320 Cambridge, Maryland City of Gaithersburg Gaithersburg Watershed Restoration $46,800 Gaithersburg, Maryland Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. US Naval Academy SAV/Oyster Reef $41,900 Annapolis, Maryland Restoration Izaak Walton League of America Alliance for Community Education Susquehanna Watershed Leadership Initiative Annapolis Community Watershed Conservation $40,500 Susquehanna River Watershed: Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania $40,000 Annapolis and Anne Arundel County, Maryland Chesapeake Fields Institute Chester River Farmland Conservation $40,000 Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland National Aquarium In Baltimore Eastern Neck Restoration and Wetland $37,755 Baltimore City and Kent County, Nursery Maryland Severn River Association Severn River Watershed Restoration $35,000 Annapolis, Maryland City of Annapolis, Recreation and Parks Department Truxtun Park Wetlands Restoration $32,095 Annapolis, Maryland Allegany Soil Conservation District Neff Run Watershed Restoration $25,000 Midland, Allegany County, Maryland Ecosystem Recovery Institute, Inc. Bog Turtle Habitat Restoration on Private Lands $25,000 Gunpowder River Headwaters, Maryland and Pennsylvania Equine Rescue and Rhabilitation, Inc. Piney Creek Watershed Conservation $25,000 Parkton, Baltimore County, Maryland Herring Run Watershed Association Herring Run Watershed Conservation $25,000 Baltimore, Maryland Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board Inc. Lower Potomac Habitat Restoration $20,000 Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland Adkins Arboretum Adkins Arboretum Invasive Species Control $12,800 Ridgely, Caroline County, Maryland Takoma Park Middle School Takoma Park Riparian and Wetland $10,170 Takoma Park, Maryland Restoration Chesapeake Bay Program National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109 1120 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 900 Annapolis, Maryland 21403 Washington, DC 20036 www.chesapeakebay.netwww.nfwf.org ------- Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program 2002 Recipients Page 3 Organization Project Name Total Location Chesapeake Bay Field Lab, Inc. St. George Island Island Creek Marsh and Shoreline Conservation $5,000 St. George's Island, St. Mary's County, Maryland Western Maryland Resource Conservation & Development Western MD Karst Sinkholes Education Project $7,392 Washington, Carroll, and Frederick Counties, Maryland Crisfield & Smith Island Cultural Alliance, Inc. Smith Island Wetland Restoration $6,967 Smith Island, Somerset County, Maryland New York Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District Owego Creek Watershed Management $26,100 Tompkins and Tioga Counties, New Plan York Madison County, New York Upper Susquehanna Zebra Mussel Outreach $12,500 Madison County, New York Pennsylvania Village Pride Association Little Kishacoquillas Creek Restoration $100,000 Belleville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Cumberland Valley Chapter - Trout Unlimited Conodoguinet Creek Dam Removal $50,000 Camp Hill and Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania The Conservation Fund Chesapeake Conservation Challenge Pennsylvania Organizaiton for Watersheds and Rivers Volunteer Monitoring of Dam Removal $50,000 York and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania; Wicomico County, Maryland; and Richmond, Virginia $40,000 Cumberland and Franklin Counties, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Environmental Council Conestoga Nutrient Trading Pilot $35,000 Conestoga River Watershed, Southeastern Pennsylvania SEDA Council of Governments Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Plan $35,000 Central Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited for Kettle Creek Watershed Association Kettle Creek Watershed Conservation $35,000 Clinton, Potter, and Tioga Counties, Pennsylvania Quittapahilla Creek Watershed Association- Subdivision of the Lebanon Valley Conservancy Quittapahilla Creek Watershed Assessment $25,000 Lebanon, Pennsylvania Lackawanna River Corridor Association Leggetts Creek Riparian Restoration $10,000 Scranton, Pennsylvania Virginia Elizabeth River Project Paradise Creek Restoration $100,000 Portsmouth and Chesapeake, Virginia Friends of the Rappahannock, Inc. Rappahannock Comprehensive Watershed Planning $100,000 Stafford County, Virginia Chesapeake Bay Program National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109 1120 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 900 Annapolis, Maryland 21403 Washington, DC 20036 www.chesapeakebay.netwww.nfwf.org ------- Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program 2002 Recipients Page 4 Organization Project Name Total Location Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Western Loudoun Watershed Restoration $50,000 Loudoun County, Virginia Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District Eastern Shore Watershed Network $50,000 Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia Goose Creek Association (Piedmont Environmental Goose Creek Rapid Watershed Council as fiscal agent) Planning $50,000 Loudoun and Fauquier Counties, Virginia Potomac Conservancy Shenandoah Valley Conservation $50,000 Winchester, Virginia Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District James Spinymussel Habitat Restoration $50,000 Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Nelson Counties, Virginia Yorktowne Square Condominium Association Yorktowne Square Storm Water Management $50,000 Falls Church, Virginia Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment Four Mile Run Watershed Conservation $49,200 Arlington, Virginia James River Association James River Watershed Habitat Restoration $45,000 James River Watershed, South- central Virginia Alexandria Seaport Foundation Alexandria Wetland and Buffer Restoration $40,000 Alexandria, Virginia Westmoreland County Westmoreland Oyster Reef Restoration $30,000 Yeocomico River, Westmoreland County, Virginia Monacan Soil and Water Conservation District Monacan Watershed Management $28,000 Goochland and Powhatan Counties, Loudoun County Department of Building and Development Plan State of Loudoun County Streams Report Virginia $25,000 Loudoun County, Virginia Piedmont Soil & Water Conservation District Sandy River Watershed Management $20,000 Farmville, Prince Edward County, Plan Virginia Potomac Conservancy Chesterfield County Potomac Gorge Protection and Restoration Chesterfield Riparian Habitat Restoration $20,000 Arlington and Fairfax Counties, Virginia; Montgomery County, Maryland $19,700 Chesterfield County, Virginia Valley Conservation Council City of Lexington State of the Shenandoah Valley $17,000 Staunton, Virginia Report Lexington Biofiltration and Bioretention $10,000 Lexington, Virginia Basins Friends of Lake Anna State Park, Inc. Lake Anna (VA) Shoreline Conservation $4,000 Spotsylvania County, Virginia Chesapeake Bay Program 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109 Annapolis, Maryland 21403 www.chesapeakebay.net National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 1120 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 www.nfwf.org ------- Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program 2002 Recipients Page 5 Organization Project Name Total Location West Virginia Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust, Inc. Cacapon and Lost Rivers Watershed Plan Implementation $35,000 High View, West Virginia Eastern Panhandle Soil Conservation District Piedmont Environmental Council Tuscarora Creek Watershed Management Plan Piedmont Habitat Corridor Conservation $31,500 Martinsburg, West Virginia $25,000 Western Virginia Chesapeake Bay Program National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109 1120 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 900 Annapolis, Maryland 21403 Washington, DC 20036 www.chesapeakebay.netwww.nfwf.org ------- |