Chesapeake Bay Program A Watershed Partnership ns j C 0 % -v. * ii I a I w /¦ The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program provides grants to organizations working on a local level to protect and improve watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay basin, while building citizen-based resource stewardship. Under the 2005 program, 88 projects from across the Bay watershed have been selected to receive $3.06 million in funding. Primary program funding is provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program Office. Additional funding partners include the USDA Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment. Back www.chesapeakebay.net 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109 • Annapolis, Maryland 21403 • 410-267-5700 • toll free 800-YOUR-BAY 2005 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Recipients Community Legacy Grants Organization Project Name Location Award Chesapeake Bay Foundation Lower Susquehanna Watershed Partnership South-Central Pennsylvania $100,000 Severn River Association, Inc. Cypress Branch Atlantic White Cedar Bog Restoration Anne Arundel County, Maryland $100,000 ClearWater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania, Inc. McCoy-Linn Dam Removal, Habitat Restoration and Public Access Centre County, Pennsylvania $100,000 American Farmland Trust Using Conservation Incentives to Help Farmers Reduce Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Lancaster and Blair counties, Pennsylvania $85,000 Lake Monticello Owners' Association Lake Monticello Stream Restoration Demonstration Project Lake Monticello, Fluvanna County, Virginia $63,000 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Organization Project Name Location Award District of Columbia American Society of Landscape Architects ASLA Headquarters Green Roof Washington, DC $24,000 District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation BayScapes and Schoolyard Habitats for the Oxon Run Watershed Washington, DC $24,000 Potomac Conservancy Growing Native: Get Nuts for Clean Water Initiative and 2005 Fall Seed Collection Season Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia $40,000 The Chesapeake Bay Program is restoring the Bay through a partnership among the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency representing the federal government, the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, and participating citizen advisory groups. ------- 2005 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Page 2 Organization Project Name Location Award Delaware Sussex Conservation District Streamside Buffer Conservation and Restoration Project Georgetown, Delaware $45,000 Maryland Adkins Arboretum, Ltd. Meadow Restoration Project Ridgely, Maryland $25,000 Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works Restoration of Mill Creek Tributary at Dull's Corner Annapolis, Maryland $50,000 Beaver Creek Watershed Association, Inc. Beaver Creek Habitat Restoration Project Washington County, Maryland $35,000 Calvert County Government Nutrient Reduction Implementation Strategy for Mill Creek Watershed, Calvert County, Maryland Calvert County, Maryland $40,000 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Storm Water Abatement Initiative, Phase II Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia $40,000 Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Monocacy and Catoctin Watershed Restoration Partnership Frederick County, Maryland $40,000 City of Annapolis Back Creek Park (Md.) Living Shoreline Annapolis, Maryland $49,824 Community Commons, Inc. Implementing Environmentally Sensitive Development Practices at the Confluence of the Monocacy and Potomac Rivers Frederick County, Maryland $30,000 Frederick County Commissioners, Division of Public Works Frederick County (Md.) Watershed Conservation Frederick County, Maryland $40,000 Friends of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Blackwater River Wetland, Fisheries and Watershed Restoration Dorchester County, Maryland $50,000 Herring Run Watershed Association Developing and Implementing Subwatershed Action Plans in the Herring Run/Back River Watershed, Phase II Baltimore, Maryland $40,000 Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Northeast Branch, Phase 1: Indian Creek and Upper Beaverdam Creek Herring Restoration and Outreach Beltsville, Maryland $39,000 Mid-Maryland Land Trust Association, Inc. Western Maryland Stream Corridor Conservation Frederick and Washington counties, Maryland $25,000 Montgomery County, Maryland Rainscapes Program Montgomery County, Maryland $17,600 National Audubon Society Bringing Back Buffers II Easton, Maryland $16,900 Parks & People Foundation Baltimore Partnership for Schoolyard Habitat and Stormwater Management Plan for Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore, Maryland $25,000 ------- 2005 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Page 3 Organization Project Name Location Award Parks & People Foundation Improving Storm Water Quality in Baltimore's Historic West-Side District Baltimore, Maryland $40,000 Potomac Conservancy Potomac Headwaters Conservation Initiative Allegany and Garrett counties, Maryland; Hampshire, Hardy, Grant, Mineral and Pendleton counties, West Virginia $50,000 Potomac Conservancy Bennett Creek Restoration Initiative, Phase 1: Community Engagement Frederick County, Maryland $20,000 Potomac Conservancy Growing Native: Get Nuts for Clean Water Initiative and 2005 Fall Seed Collection Season Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia $40,000 Scenic Rivers Land Trust Protecting Critical Forested Areas in Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel County, Maryland $25,000 The Friends of Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, Inc. Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum Living Shorelines Outreach Project Saint Leonard, Calvert County, Maryland $9,150 The Historic St. Mary's City Commission St. Mary's City (Md.) Living Shoreline St. Mary's City, Maryland $39,260 The Izaak Walton League of America Susquehanna Watershed Leadership Initiative Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland $25,000 The National Aquarium in Baltimore Expansion of Community-Based Wetland Restoration and Monitoring at Barren Barren Island, Dorchester County, Maryland $30,000 The National Aquarium in Baltimore Large Scale Community-Based Planting and Monitoring of 6.4 acres of Tidal Wetland Habitat at Poplar Island Talbot County, Maryland $40,000 Trust for Public Land Prettyboy Watershed Forest Stewardship Campaign Carroll and Baltimore counties, Maryland; York County, Pennsylvania $29,000 University of Maryland Center of Environmental Science Wave Attenuation by Living Shoreline Marshes Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland $45,000 University of Maryland Foundation Watershed Financing Training for Local Officials College Park, Maryland $25,000 YMCA of Metropolitan Washington YMCA Camp Letts (Md.) Living Shoreline YMCA Camp Letts, Edgewater, Anne Arundel County, Maryland $50,000 New York Schuyler County Soil and Water Conservation District Meads Creek Watershed Strategic Action Plan and Restoration Schuyler and Steuben counties, New York $35,000 The Izaak Walton League of America Susquehanna Watershed Leadership Initiative Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland $25,000 Pennsylvania ------- 2005 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Page 4 Organization Project Name Location Award Adams County Trout Unlimited, Chapter 323 Restoration of Lustig's Opossum Creek Segment Biglerville, Adams County, Pennsylvania $6,100 American Rivers, Inc. Cedar Run Dam Removal and Fish Passage Engineering Project Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania $15,000 Blair County Conservation District Implementation of No-Till and Cover Crop Use within the Piney Creek Watershed Blair County, Pennsylvania $28,000 Borough of Camp Hill Willow Park Stream Restoration Project Camp Hill, Pennsylvania $40,000 Bradford County Conservation District Bradford County Stream Habitat Enhancement Towanda, Pennsylvania $25,000 Cameron County Conservation District Sinnemahoning Creek Riparian Buffer Initiative Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania $14,000 Centre County Conservation District Centre County Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Centre County, Pennsylvania $40,000 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Chesapeake Bay Foundation Agricultural Stewardship Project Augusta and Rockingham counties, Virginia; Fulton County, Pennsylvania $50,000 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Storm Water Abatement Initiative, Phase II Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia $40,000 Clearfield County Conservation District Abandoned Mine Drainage Project on Morgan Run: MR-7 Clearfield County, Pennsylvania $40,000 Dillsburg Jaycees Coover Park Riparian Restoration Project - Promoting Sustainable Development Dillsburg, Pennsylvania $37,000 Emigh Run Morrisdale Watershed Association Abandoned Mine Drainage Project on Emigh Run: ER-8 Morrisdale, Pennsylvania $26,400 Endless Mountains Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. Connecting Forest Buffers & Rotational Grazing in the Endless Mountains Region Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga, Lycoming, Sullivan and Wyoming counties, Pennsylvania $35,000 Juniata County Conservation District Juniata County Stream Monitoring Program, Phase II Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania $9,900 Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance West Branch, Little Conestoga Creek, Dam Removal and Stream Restoration Lancaster County, Pennsylvania $37,000 Messiah College Yellow Breeches Stream Restoration Project Grantham, Pennsylvania $40,000 Muddy Creek Chapter, Trout Unlimited North Branch Muddy Creek, Phase 1 Stream Restoration Project, Thompson Pasture York County, Pennsylvania $40,000 Penns Valley Conservation Association Stream Bank Fencing and Agriculture Best Management Practices Centre County, Pennsylvania $40,000 ------- 2005 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Page 5 Organization Project Name Location Award Potomac Conservancy Growing Native: Get Nuts for Clean Water Initiative and 2005 Fall Seed Collection Season Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia $40,000 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Abandoned Mine Drainage Project on Loope Run: LR10 State Game Lands #321, Clinton County, Pennsylvania $40,000 Southern Alleghenies Conservancy, Inc. Rosgen Natural Restoration - Habitat Enhancement Nature's Way Alum Bank, Bedford County, Pennsylvania $14,000 Susquehanna County Conservation District Meshoppen-Tunkhannock Tributary Strategy BMPs Susquehanna and Wyoming counties, Pennsylvania $40,000 The Bucktail Watershed Association The Portage Creek Stream Bank Restoration Project Emporium and Cameron counties, Pennsylvania $16,800 The Izaak Walton League of America Susquehanna Watershed Leadership Initiative Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland $25,000 Trust for Public Land Prettyboy Watershed Forest Stewardship Campaign Carroll and Baltimore counties, Maryland; York County, Pennsylvania $29,000 White Deer Creek Watershed Association White Deer Creek Stream Restoration White Deer Township, Pennsylvania $40,000 York County Conservation District York County Chesapeake Bay Tributaries Restoration and Protection Plan York County, Pennsylvania $40,000 Virginia Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Enhancing the Capacity of Community-Based Restoration for Virginia's National Wildlife Refuges within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Occoquan NWR, Rappahannock Valley NWR, Presquile NWR, Virginia $20,000 Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment Four Mile Run Water Stewardship Teams Program Arlington, Virginia $20,000 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Chesapeake Bay Foundation Agricultural Stewardship Project Augusta and Rockingham counties, Virginia and Fulton County, Pennsylvania $50,000 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Storm Water Abatement Initiative, Phase II Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia $40,000 Chesterfield County Riparian Inventory, Restoration and Monitoring Chesterfield County, Virginia $20,000 City of Lexington, Virginia Birdfield Suburban Water Quality Improvement Project City of Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia $20,000 City of Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach Fish Passage Project City of Virginia Beach, Virginia $25,000 Friends of the Occoquan Community Engagement in the Occoquan and Occoquan, Alexandria, $10,000 ------- 2005 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Page 6 Organization Project Name Location Award Four Mile Run Watersheds Prince William County, Fairfax County and Arlington County, Virginia Friends of the Shenandoah River Willow Brook Crooked Run Watershed Initiative Warren, Frederick and Clarke counties, Virginia $35,000 Gloucester Parks, Recreation and Tourism Woodville Plantation - Park Restoration Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia $20,000 Healing Harvest Forest Foundation Restorative Forestry Initiative Copper Hill, Virginia $20,000 James River Association James River Watershed Restoration Project James River Watershed, Virginia $50,000 Lands and Waters Pollazzo Condominium Stormwater Management and Restoration Plan Arlington County, Virginia $40,000 Longwood University Foundation Lower Machodoc Creek (Va.) Shoreline Assessment Westmoreland County, Virginia $40,500 Lynchburg College Blackwater Creek Watershed Resource Analysis Campbell and Bedford counties, Virginia $30,000 Mount Vernon Country Club Mount Vernon Country Club Streambank Restoration Alexandria, Virginia $25,000 Northern Virginia Conservation Trust Occoquan Initiative Fairfax County, Virginia $10,000 Piedmont Environmental Council Protecting Human Health and Water Quality in the Town of Leesburg and its Watersheds Loudoun County, Virginia $30,000 Potomac Conservancy A Changing Landscape: Urban and Suburban Restoration in the Northern Shenandoah Valley Winchester, Virginia $25,000 Potomac Conservancy Growing Native: Get Nuts for Clean Water Initiative and 2005 Fall Seed Collection Season Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia $40,000 Randolph-Macon College Randolph-Macon College Low-Impact Development and Community Outreach Ashland, Virginia $40,000 Rappahannock Friends and Lovers of Our Watershed People, Land and Streams of the Upper Thornton River Watershed: A Model for Countywide Watershed Management Planning Rappahannock County, Virginia $28,700 The Elizabeth River Project Paradise Creek Eco-Park: Phase 1, Design Portsmouth, Virginia $20,000 The Elizabeth River Project Restoring the Elizabeth River through River Stars, Phase II Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach, Virginia $25,000 The Elizabeth River Project Paradise Creek Plan Implementation 2005: the Mid-Point Portsmouth, Virginia $50,000 The Hermitage Foundation The Living Shoreline Wetland Restoration at the Hermitage Foundation Norfolk, Virginia $50,000 6 ------- 2005 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Page 7 Organization Project Name Location Award Valley Conservation Council Shenandoah Land Use Network Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Augusta, Page, Warren, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Highland, and Frederick counties, Virginia $26,200 West Virginia Cacapon Institute A Stream Flow Restoration Project for the Potomac Headwaters, Phase II Hardy County, West Virginia $20,000 Potomac Conservancy Potomac Headwaters Conservation Initiative Allegany and Garrett counties, Maryland; Hampshire, Hardy, Grant, Mineral and Pendleton counties, West Virginia $50,000 Sleepy Creek Watershed Association, Inc. Morgan County Purple Loosestrife Control Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia $15,000 For more information and descriptions of the 2005 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants, please visit htto:llwww.chesapeakebav.netlsmallwatergrants.htm. 7/2005 ------- |