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2003 Chesapeake Bay

Small Watershed Grant Recipients

Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Community Legacy Grants Initiative

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 2003 program, 75
projects from across the Bay
watershed have been selected to
receive $2.75 million in funding.
Primary support for these projects
is provided by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency;
additional support for this year's
program has been provided by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the USDA Forest
Service, the USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service,
the Department of the Interior's
Office of Surface Mining and the
Keith Campbell Foundation for the
Environment.

The 2003 grants program continues the Community Legacy Grants initiative
begun in 2002. This initiative is intended to encourage the establishment of
partnerships that will create a conservation legacy in communities throughout the
Chesapeake Bay watershed.

As envisioned under the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, this legacy includes
abundant, diverse populations of fish, wildlife and plants, fed by healthy streams
and rivers, sustaining strong local and regional economies and our unique
quality of life.

Through the Community Legacy Grants program, five grants of up to $100,000
are being awarded to truly innovative projects which either restore vital fish and
wildlife habitats, develop locally-supported watershed management plans or
promote environmentally-sensitive development.

2003 Community Legacy Grants Recipients

Delmarva Coastal Wetland Restoration

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Cambridge, Maryland

Community Legacy Grant: $ 100,000

Partner Contributions: $ 125,000

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Ducks Unlimited, Inc. will restore 400 acres of salt marsh previously degraded by
extensive mosquito control ditching in Dorchester County. This project will
increase both quantity and quality of tidal habitat available for various wetland-
dependent birds, fish and other native aquatic species. A monitoring program will
be implemented to evaluate the ecological response to the restoration activities.
Project partners include Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland
Department of the Environment, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Friends of
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Maryland Ornithological Society.

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.

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Kettle Creek Watershed Program

Trout Unlimited, Inc.

Loch Haven, Pennsylvania

Community Legacy Grant: $ 100,000 Partner Contributions: $ 287,200

Trout Unlimited, Inc., working with the Kettle Creek Watershed Association, will create and begin implementation of a
comprehensive watershed conservation plan for Kettle Creek. Acid mine drainage (AMD) remediation work will be conducted on
the lower part of the creek, resulting in complete recovery of 14.5 stream miles and 40 acres of contaminated forest and wetlands.
A unique aerial mapping project will assist restoration of Kettle Creek's largest AMD site and serve as a model for AMD planning
and assessment in other Chesapeake Bay watersheds. In addition, the project includes restoration of three miles of the creek's
largest tributary, Cross Fork, using riparian forest buffer and stream channel restoration. A habitat improvement workshop will also
be offered to 25 riparian landowners.

Low Impact Planning for Urban Watersheds

The District of Columbia Office of Planning
Washington, DC

Community Legacy Grant: $ 100,000 Partner Contributions: $ 240,000

The District of Columbia Office of Planning will develop a "low impact development" (LID) retrofit plan for approximately 60 acres
along the east side of the Anacostia River. This project will serve as a model for how LID techniques can be retrofitted within a
highly developed area to reduce the water quality and quantity impacts of storm water. Once final design and construction plans
are prepared, monitoring stations will be set up and data will be collected to determine the reduction in pollutant loads resulting
from the LID projects. The project will also include extensive outreach to the affected communities and property owners. Project
partners include District of Columbia Office of Planning, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, Low Impact Development
Center and the Anacostia Watershed Society.

Middle Branch Urban Watershed Management Plan

Parks & People Foundation
Baltimore, Maryland

Community Legacy Grant: $ 100,000 Partner Contributions: $325,700

The Parks & People Foundation will develop a model urban watershed management plan for six urban neighborhoods that have a
high percentage of impervious surfaces and a significant lack of urban forests. The planning process will explore the feasibility of
various water quality restoration techniques to improve storm water management, focusing on the "greening" of vacant or
abandoned sites. Thirteen miles of storm drains will be mapped and monitored with community stewards and approximately two
acres of asphalt will be removed from city schoolyards and Bay-friendly landscaping planned and initiated. Project partners
include Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Parks & People Foundation KidsGrow, Parks & People Foundation Community
Forestry and the Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

West Branch Owego Creek Restoration

Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District
Speedsville, New York

Community Legacy Grant: $ 100,000 Partner Contributions: $ 198,000

The Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District will restore approximately 3,000 feet of the West Branch of Owego
Creek using natural stream channel design techniques. Restoration activities will reduce erosion and sediment in the stream and
improve in-stream habitat for fish and invertebrates. The project also includes the restoration of five acres of riparian habitat
through USDA's Conservation Reserve Program, which fences livestock out of the stream and provides an alternative water supply.
Education and outreach efforts to landowners will insure that the site will serve as an education/demonstration resource for the
entire Upper Susquehanna River watershed. Project partners include U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NY State Department of
Environmental Conservation, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District.

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Grants are listed by jurisdiction. Projects with activities in more than one state or the District of Columbia are listed under each
jurisdiction.

District of Columbia

Bioretention Design Certification

University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc.
Chesapeake Bay Watershedwide
Small Watershed Grant: $15,000

Partner Contributions: $41,900

The University of Maryland will develop a training and
certification program for the approximately 150 professionals
who are involved in the design, construction and landscaping
of bioretention facilities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The
goal of the certification program is to ensure that these
professionals have the capacity to design successful
bioretention systems that will lead to meaningful improvements
in water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region. Project partners
include the University of Maryland at College Park and Prince
George's County Department of Environmental Resources.

Low Impact Development

DC Greenworks
Washington, DC

Small Watershed Grant: $35,000

Partner Contributions: $53,260

DC Greenworks will install a "green roof" in downtown
Washington, DC. This roof will serve as a demonstration of this
innovative technology for developers, property managers,
planners, city officials and environmental non-profits. With the
assistance of volunteers, weather stations will be installed to
measure precipitation rates, runoff rate, effluent sedimentation
and roof and ambient temperatures. Project partners include
GCA Casey Trees, Low Impact Development Center and DC
Environmental Health Administration.

Maryland

Annapolis Rain Gardens

City of Annapolis
Annapolis, Md.

Small Watershed Grant: $30,000

Partner Contributions: $206,000

The City of Annapolis will design and install two rain gardens
at the Newman Street playground and Truxtun Park. Each rain
garden will handle and treat storm water from approximately
an acre of upland area where runoff from sidewalks and
roadways are currently running directly into storm drains and
ultimately Spa Creek. Since both project areas are adjacent to
recreation facilities, the City plans to install interpretive signs
that will explain the relationship between runoff from urban
areas and the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay. Project
partners include Environmental Board, Tree Committee,
Conservancy Board, Severn River Association, Recreation
Board, GreenScape and Annapolis Elementary School.

Barren Island Restoration

National Aquarium in Baltimore
Barren Island, Md.

Small Watershed Grant: $40,600

Partner Contributions: $66,200

The National Aquarium in Baltimore will continue a successful
marsh restoration project at Barren Island, part of Blackwater
National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Ten
acres have been added to the island by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers through the placement of sand dredged from
shipping channels in Chesapeake Bay. Community volunteers
will plant salt marsh grasses on these reclaimed areas to
create habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife. Project partners
include U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, NOAA Restoration Center, Friends of Blackwater
National Wildlife Refuge, Friends of Eastern Neck National
Wildlife Refuge, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Howard
University, University of the District of Columbia, Maryland
Conservation Corps and Salisbury Zoo.

Bioretention Design Certification

University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc.
Chesapeake Bay Watershedwide
Small Watershed Grant: $15,000

Partner Contributions: $41,900

Builders for the Bay Program

Homebuilders Association of Maryland/Building Industries

Foundation

Maryland

Small Watershed Grant: $40,000

Partner Contributions: $82,250

The Home Builders Association of Maryland/Building Industries
Foundation (HBAM/BIF) will assist a Maryland county (to be
selected) in identifying code and ordinance changes that
promote environmentally-sensitive development. HBAM/BIFwill
conduct a series of consensus-building meetings and provide
specific recommendations about which codes and ordinances
should be changed. In addition, it will produce a final
consensus agreement that documents the planning process
and provides a summary of the recommendations. Project

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partners include the Center for Watershed Protection and the
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.

Building Capacity for Watershed Organizations

The Center for Watershed Protection
Baltimore, Md.; Takoma Park, Md; Harrisburg, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$40,000

Partner Contributions:	$129,000

The Center for Watershed Protection will form partnerships to
help build the capacity of three small urban watershed
organizations: Paxton Creek Watershed and Education
Association, Friends of Sligo Creek and the Gwynns Falls
Watershed Association. The Center will provide these groups
with technical training and assistance. Final products will
include the implementation of at least four on-the-ground
restoration or storm water management projects, development
of three watershed or subwatershed restoration plans and
completed designs for another 15 retrofit or restoration
projects. Additional project partners include Living Classrooms
Foundation, City of Takoma Park, Maryland National Capital
Parks and Planning Commission, Ecosite and Chesapeake Bay
Trust.

Chesapeake Bay Ecology Demonstration Center

Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation
Annapolis, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$112,000

The Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation will create twelve
conservation demonstration sites at their ten-acre Learning
Center on College Creek in Annapolis, Maryland. The
proposed demonstration sites will include riparian buffers,
native species gardens and watershed stewardship sites.
Project staff will also develop a hands-on environmental
education program and restoration projects that will involve
teachers, students and community groups. Project partners
include Chesapeake Bay Trust, Anne Arundel County Board of
Education, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Anne
Arundel County Executive Office, Anne Arundel Department of
Public Works, Chesapeake Bay Foundation and U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.

Chester River Wetlands Restoration

Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage
Centreville, Md. & Chester, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$40,000

Partner Contributions:	$25,500

Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage will educate 25 private
landowners on wetland and upland buffer restoration
opportunities within the Chester River watershed. A
management plan will be designed for properties owned by
the grantee and other private landowners. Implementation will
include the planting of 30 acres of riparian buffers and the
restoration of 140 acres of wetlands. Project partners include
the Natural Resources Conservation Service and private
landowners.

City of Bowie Low Impact Development Project

City of Bowie
Bowie, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$125,000

The City of Bowie will undertake a low impact development and
sustainable design demonstration project within the Western
Branch watershed. The project will illustrate responsible land
use, habitat protection and resource conservation through
sustainable design and construction and serve as an example
to influence future development standards. Presentations and
workshops on sustainable development practices will be
conducted to involve students, community groups, government
agencies and builders/developers. Project partners include
Prince George's County Department of Environmental
Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Maryland
Department of Natural Resources, Maryland National Capital
Parks and Planning Commission and Maryland Energy
Administration.

Evitts Creek Stream Restoration and Buffer Project

Allegany Soil Conservation District
Cumberland, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$10,000

Partner Contributions:	$10,000

The Allegany Soil Conservation District will implement a project
to stabilize a severely eroding streambank and establish a
riparian forest buffer along Evitts Creek. Students from Fort Hill
and Allegany High Schools will participate in project
implementation. Partners include Nemacolin Chapter of Trout
Unlimited, Allegany Department of Public Works and Natural
Resource Conservation Service.

Kent Island School Raingarden

Queen Anne's County Beautification Committee
Kent Island, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$5,000

Partner Contributions:	$6,000

The Queen Anne's County Beautification Committee will
improve water quality by removing an existing gravel parking
lot at the Kent Island Elementary School Complex and replace
it with a native vegetation buffer that will help reduce and filter
storm water runoff. The site will be used as a "living classroom"
where elementary and middle school students can learn about
storm water filtration and biodiversity of native vegetation
buffers. Students will collect data from field experiments to
document water quality improvements associated with riparian
buffers. Project partners include Queen Anne's County
Department of Parks and Recreation.

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Magothy River Watershed Survey

Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$13,600

Anne Arundel County, in partnership with the Magothy River
Association, will conduct a comprehensive survey of stream
quality, riparian habitat, and tidal shoreline conditions in the
Magothy River watershed. Staff from Maryland Department of
Natural Resources will provide training to surveyors and
assistance in conducting the field surveys. Data collected
during the surveys will be used to help target future habitat
restoration and land conservation activities.

Mesohaline SAV Restoration

University of Maryland Foundation
Maryland's Eastern Shore
Small Watershed Grant:	$50,000

Partner Contributions:	$109,800

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's
Horn Point Laboratory, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation and Maryland Department of Natural Resources,
will implement a community-based restoration program for
submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the "mesohaline"
(moderately brackish) portions of the Chesapeake Bay.
Specific restoration sites along Maryland's Eastern Shore will
be identified through water quality testing and computer
modeling. Community volunteers will help with all aspects of
the project, including growing plants in greenhouses, assisting
with the actual planting, and participating in post-restoration
monitoring. These plantings will help test scientific theories
regarding SAV restoration and refine the techniques used in
SAV plantings.

Monocacy River Education

Community Commons, Inc.

Frederick County, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$46,000

Partner Contributions:	$21,370

Community Commons, Inc. will coordinate a watershed
education and outreach campaign that will offer practical
watershed conservation tools to homeowners and present a
low impact development program to local government leaders
and building professionals that will help guide future
development in the watershed. Project partners include
Frederick County Public Works, Frederick County Planning and
Zoning, Maryland Forest Service, Maryland Department of
Natural Resources, Lake Linganore Conservation Society,
Hood College and Rodgers Consulting.

Natural Greenways in South County

South County Exchange
Anne Arundel County, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$42,000

South County Exchange will work with private landowners in
southern Anne Arundel County to encourage participation in
existing land conservation programs and to identify potential
reforestation sites along the Patuxent River. Project partners
include National Park Service, Anne Arundel County Land Use
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forestry Board, South
County Coalition, Anne Arundel County Department of
Recreation & Parks, and Maryland Environmental Trust.

Potential Acid Mine Drainage Abatement Projects

George's Creek Watershed Association
Allegany County, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$10,000

Partner Contributions:	$23,250

George's Creek in western Maryland has been adversely
impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD) resulting from coal
mining. The George's Creek Watershed Association, with the
assistance of partners, will collect water quality and fish
population and habitat data to evaluate the effectiveness of
ongoing restoration projects at George's Creek. Data from
these studies will help identify sites for future AMD abatement
projects. Project partners include U.S. Office of Surface Mining,
Maryland Bureau of Mines, and Maryland Department of
Natural Resources.

South River Restoration Assessment and Training

South River Federation
Annapolis, Md. & Edgewater, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$25,875.68

The South River Federation will conduct stream assessments
and inventory storm water retrofit opportunities in 21 urbanized
subwatersheds within the larger South River watershed. A
community watershed restoration plan will be created that will
include an extensive inventory of retrofit opportunities. A
demonstration bioretention facility will be constructed and
educational outreach events will be held for businesses and
homeowners. Project partners include the Center for
Watershed Protection, Anne Arundel County and Chesapeake
Bay Trust.

Stony Run Stream Restoration

Jones Falls Watershed Association
Baltimore, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$50,000

The Jones Falls Watershed Association will restore more than
1,000 feet of Stony Run Stream using natural stream
restoration techniques. Students and local residents will help
restore a natural stream channel and floodplain, including
twelve acres of forested stream buffer. Through this restoration
work, the association hopes to communicate to community
residents the value of stream health. Project partners include
Baltimore City and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.

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Susquehanna Watershed Leadership Initiative

Izaak Walton League of America
Susquehanna River Watershed
Small Watershed Grant:	$40,000

Partner Contributions:	$80,000

The Izaak Walton League of America will continue a series of
workshops designed to build the capacity of local communities
to conduct watershed restoration and stewardship activities.
Workshops on habitat enhancement and wetlands ecology will
help citizens groups and municipalities restore 1,000-1,200
linear feet of stream bank and three to five acres of riparian
buffers. Project partners include Pennsylvania Organization for
Watersheds and Rivers, Lackawana County Conservation
District, Upper Susquehanna Coalition, Susquehanna River
Basin Commission, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.

Urban Storm Water Alternatives

City of Rockville
Rockville, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$30,800

Partner Contributions:	$42,000

The City of Rockville, in cooperation with the College Gardens
Civic Association, will use innovative technologies for
management of urban storm water runoff. Techniques to be
considered include rain gardens, rain barrels, dry wells,
infiltration swales, green roofs, storm water retrofits, and
fertilizer and pesticide management. Appropriate technologies
will be implemented at demonstration sites within the College
Gardens community. Community volunteers will assist with
installation and monitoring activities. An incentive program will
encourage low impact storm water management on residential
and commercial properties.

Turner Station Restoration & Education

Living Classrooms Foundation
Baltimore, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$34,700

Partner Contributions:	$11,220

Use of Compost to Control Fine Particles

Alliance for Community Education
Annapolis, Md.

Small Watershed Grant:	$40,000

Partner Contributions:	$37,680

The Living Classrooms Foundation will combine several
different restoration projects with community education
programs in the historic Baltimore County neighborhood of
Turner Station. This project will restore three acres of land
around the Fleming Center by re-grading and planting 3,100
feet of shoreline, planting about 800 trees and other buffer
plants, and placing about 200 bags of oysters at the Ft. Carroll
oyster sanctuary. Project partners include Maryland
Department of the Environment, Baltimore County Forestry
Board, Turner Station Heritage Foundation, Dundalk
Elementary School, Dundalk Middle School, Logan Elementary
School and Baltimore County Department of Recreation and
Parks.

Urban and Suburban Restoration and Outreach

Potomac Conservancy
Potomac Watershed

Small Watershed Grant:	$10,000

Partner Contributions:	$123,520

The Potomac Conservancy will engage 1,000 students in
restoration activities within the Potomac Gorge watershed and
the northern Shenandoah Valley. Six demonstration rain
gardens and other school-yard restoration projects will be
installed to foster community education and reduce impervious
surface areas. Project partners include Maryland National
Capital Parks and Planning Commission, Global Ecology
Studies, Claude Moore Park-Loudoun County Parks, Loudoun
County Department of Parks and Recreation, Virginia
Department of Forestry, Arlington County Department of Parks
and Recreation, Potomac Watershed Partnership, Chesapeake
Bay Trust and Virginia Department of Conservation and
Recreation.

The Alliance for Community Education will conduct the first
rigorous scientific test of an innovative new compost berm
technology which shows great promise at preventing sediment
run-off from construction sites. Project partners include Severn
River Land Trust, Anne Arundel Soil Conservation District,
Ecosite, Brightwater, Greater Clay St. CDC, Center for the
Chesapeake Story, Annapolis Tree Committee, Severn River
Association and Chesapeake Bay Trust.

Watershed Restoration Institute

River Network

Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia
Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$155,000

River Network, in cooperation with the Center for Watershed
Protection and others, will initiate a Watershed Restoration
Institute to train and equip representatives from watershed
organizations, local government agencies and consulting firms
throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia in an intensive,
week-long program. The institute will include both field and
classroom exercises that provide participants with the skills
and tools to assess, design and implement effective restoration
programs in their watersheds.

New York

Bioretention Design Certification Program

University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Small Watershed Grant:	$15,000

Partner Contributions:	$41,900

The University of Maryland will develop a training and
certification program for the approximately 150 professionals
who are involved in the design, construction and landscaping

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of bioretention facilities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The
goal of the certification program is to ensure that these
professionals have the capacity to design successful
bioretention systems thatwill leadto meaningful improvements
in water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region. Project partners
include the University of Maryland at College Park and Prince
George's County Department of Environmental Resources.

Citizen Engagement and Monitoring Program

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Upper Susquehanna Watershed; Central Rappahannock

Watershed

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$75,295

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will develop and test pilot
two citizen engagement activities within two different
watersheds, the Upper Susquehanna and the Central
Rappahannock. The project will involve community volunteers
in ecological monitoring of amphibian populations and invasive
species to assess the overall ecological health of their
watersheds. Project partners include Friends of the
Rappahannock, Upper Susquehanna Coalition and Towson
University GIS Center.

Documenting Farm Best Management Practices

Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District
Susquehanna River Watershed
Small Watershed Grant:	$38,600

Partner Contributions:	$6,400

The Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District will use
a Geographic Information System to document the best
management practices that have been implemented on farms
within the New York portion of the Susquehanna River
watershed. Effort will assist with prioritizing landowner outreach
and facilitate more effective watershed planning at the local
level. Project partners include Upper Susquehanna Coalition
and Soil and Water Conservation Districts for Broome,
Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Otsego, Steuben and Tioga
Counties.

Susquehanna Watershed Leadership Initiative

Izaak Walton League of America
Susquehanna River Watershed
Small Watershed Grant:	$40,000

Partner Contributions:	$80,000

The Izaak Walton League of America will continue a series of
workshops designed to build the capacity of local communities
to conduct watershed restoration and stewardship activities.
Workshops on habitat enhancement and wetlands ecology will
help citizen groups and municipalities restore 1,000-1,200
linear feet of stream bank and three to five acres of riparian
buffers. Project partners include Pennsylvania Organization for
Watersheds and Rivers, Lackawana County Conservation
District, Upper Susquehanna Coalition, Susquehanna River
Basin Commission, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Amish Farmland Conservation and
Education

Octoraro Watershed Association
Lancaster County, Pa.; Chester County, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$49,500

The Octoraro Watershed Association will continue farmland
conservation efforts within the Octoraro watershed, with a
particular focus on Amish communities. Through this program,
farmers will learn about best management practices that can
improve water quality and wildlife habitat. Project partners
include Chester Water Authority, Lancaster Farmland Trust,
Brandywine Conservancy, Lancaster County Agricultural
Preserve Board, Chester County Agricultural Preserve Board,
Lancaster County Conservation District, Chester County
Conservation District and Ducks Unlimited.

Bioretention Design Certification Program

University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc.
Chesapeake Bay Watershedwide
Small Watershed Grant:	$15,000

Partner Contributions:	$41,900

The University of Maryland will develop a training and
certification program for the approximately 150 professionals
who are involved in the design, construction and landscaping
of bioretention facilities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The
goal of the certification program is to ensure that these
professionals have the capacity to design successful
bioretention systems that will lead to meaningful improvements
in water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region. Project partners
include the University of Maryland at College Park and Prince
George's County Department of Environmental Resources.

Building Capacity for Watershed Organizations

The Center for Watershed Protection
Baltimore, Md.; Takoma Park, Md.; Harrisburg, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$40,000

Partner Contributions:	$129,000

The Center for Watershed Protection will form partnerships to
help build the capacity of three small urban watershed
organizations: Paxton Creek Watershed and Education
Association, Friends of Sligo Creek, and the Gwynns Falls
Watershed Association. The Center will provide these groups
with technical training and assistance. Final products will
include the implementation of at least four on-the-ground
restoration or storm water management projects, development
of three watershed or subwatershed restoration plans, and
completed designs for another 15 retrofit or restoration
projects. Additional project partners include Living Classrooms
Foundation, City of Takoma Park, Maryland National Capital
Parks and Planning Commission, Ecosite and Chesapeake Bay
Trust.

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Citizen Engagement and Monitoring Program

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Upper Susquehanna Watershed; Central Rappahannock

Watershed

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$75,295

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will develop and test pilot
two citizen engagement activities within two different
watersheds, the Upper Susquehanna and the Central
Rappahannock. The project will involve community volunteers
in ecological monitoring of amphibian populations and invasive
species to assess the overall ecological health of their
watersheds. Project partners include Friends of the
Rappahannock, Upper Susquehanna Coalition and Towson
University GIS Center.

Citizen Monitoring of Dam Removal

Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers
Newville, Pa.; Silver Spring Township, Pa.; Dover Township,
Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$22,900

The Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers will
expand its pre- and post-dam removal citizen monitoring
program to train volunteers in evaluating post-removal sites for
follow-up restoration activities. Three different watershed
groups will be trained in assessment methods and a
guidebook will be published outlining the techniques. This
project will help to integrate community watershed
organizations into dam removal efforts and also lead to better
methods for improving riparian restoration following dam
removal. Project partners include Alliance for Aquatic Resource
Monitoring, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Conodoguinet
Creek Watershed Association, Pennsylvania Fish & Boat
Commission and American Rivers.

Conservation-Based Beef Production Project

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Clearville, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$48,500

Partner Contributions:	$240,000

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy will create a model
"conservation beef" co-operative that will market beef from
farms that have implemented conservation practices that
benefit water quality. Project will increase awareness of and
create an economic incentive for agricultural best management
practices among the agricultural community in the three
subject watersheds. Project partners include USDA Farm
Service Agency, Southern Alleghenies Resource Conservation
& Development, Bedford County Conservation District, Penn
State Extension Service, Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection and Pennsylvania Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources.

Iron Stone Mill Dam Removal

Trout Unlimited
Lancaster, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$50,000

Partner Contributions:	$50,000

Trout Unlimited, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Fish and
Boat Commission, will complete the design work needed to
remove an abandoned dam on the Conestoga River in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Removal of this dam will open 24
miles of river to anadromous fish, including American shad,
blue back herring and alewife.

Land Use Fragmentation Study

Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Luzerne County, Pa.; Wyoming County, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$25,000

Farmers, private forest landowners, and conservationists are
increasingly concerned about subdivision of forest and
farmland parcels and the negative effects of this subdivision on
traditional working farms and forests. This study will analyze
land use data in two Pennsylvania counties, tracking land use
changes over time and developing a standard method that can
be used to assess land use fragmentation throughout the
state. Project partners include Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection's Bureau of Forestry, Wyoming
County Agricultural Preservation Board and Planning
Commission and Luzerne County Planning Commission.

Muncy Creek Watershed Outreach

Muncy Creek Watershed Association, Inc.

Sullivan, Pa.; Lycoming Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$5,000

Partner Contributions:	$8,000

The Muncy Creek Watershed Association will publish and
distribute two additional newsletters, expand their educational
outreach program through presentations to civic groups and
schools, and continue to collect baseline data on watershed
conditions. Project partners include Endless Mountains
Resource Conservation Trust and Sullivan and Lycoming
County Conservation District.

Municipal Storm Water Management

Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Juniata Watershed, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$22,665.47

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council will educate and train
municipal officials in the Juniata Watershed about the
importance of storm water management and its relevance to
municipal activities. Three two-day courses will be made
available to all 200 municipal political subdivisions in the
watershed. After the training, the officials will receive follow-up
technical assistance to helpthem implement concepts learned
in the course. Project partners include Juniata Clean Water

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Partnership, Western Pennsylvania Watershed Program, Mifflin
County Conservation District and Juniata College.

Spring Creek Buffer Restoration

Spring Creek Watershed Community
Centre County, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$50,000

Partner Contributions:	$84,585.99

Spring Creek Watershed Community will develop and
implement a riparian conservation program in order to reduce
non-point source pollution in the Spring Creek watershed.
Outreach efforts include three workshops and the mailing of
500 educational packets. A demonstration site will be created
to educate local landowners about the value of riparian buffers.
Project partners include ClearWater Conservancy, Spring
Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Centre Region Parks and
Recreation, State College Borough Water Authority, Penn State
University, and Centre County Conservation District.

Stream Stewardship Program

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Susquehanna River Basin, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$50,600

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation will work with developers in
the Harrisburg area to restore and establish 20 acres of
wetlands and forested riparian buffer. By focusing on urban
and suburban areas, the Stream Stewardship Program is
designed to fill a void left by existing agricultural buffer
programs. Educational materials will be produced that
emphasize the value of riparian buffers; these materials will be
shared with developers, planners, engineers and landscape
architects through three workshops.

Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Plan

SEDA Council of Governments
Susquehanna River Corridor, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$700,000

SEDA-Council of Governments, in cooperation with numerous
county, state and federal partners, will complete its initial
planning phase and begin implementation of the Susquehanna
Greenway Plan, a comprehensive plan to link the natural and
historic sites along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.
This phase of the project includes construction and
implementation of at least one demonstration project as well as
continued education and outreach.

Susquehanna Watershed Leadership Initiative

Izaak Walton League of America
Susquehanna River Watershed
Small Watershed Grant:	$40,000

Partner Contributions:	$80,000

The Izaak Walton League of America will continue a series of
workshops designed to build the capacity of local communities
to conduct watershed restoration and stewardship activities.

Workshops on habitat enhancement and wetlands ecology will
help citizen groups and municipalities restore 1,000-1,200
linear feet of stream bank and three to five acres of riparian
buffers. Project partners include Pennsylvania Organization for
Watersheds and Rivers, Lackawana County Conservation
District, Upper Susquehanna Coalition, Susquehanna River
Basin Commission, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.

Trout Run Watershed Assessment

Rush Township
Centre County, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$9,239

Rush Township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, will conduct
a comprehensive assessment of abandoned mine lands and
acid mine drainage (AMD) discharges within the Trout Run
watershed. Preliminary assessments indicate that this
watershed includes 10 miles of unimpacted streams and 6.4
miles of AMD-impaired stream. Sites identified through the
comprehensive inventory will be prioritized for remediation
activities. Project partners include Boy Scout Troop 48 of
Osceola Mills, Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition,
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,
Clearfield County Conservation District and Centre County
Conservation District and New Miles of Blue Stream.

Upper Alder Run Watershed Assessment

Graham Township
Clearfield County, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$21,447

Graham Township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, will
conduct a scientific assessment of the sources and causes of
water quality degradation within Upper Alder Run. From this
survey, the Township will develop a restoration plan that
should reduce or eliminate non-point source pollution along
6.5 miles of Alder Run. Remediation designs will be created for
at least three of the top priority sites. Project partners include
Skelly and Loy, Inc., Analytical Laboratory Services, Inc. and
West Branch Sportsman's Club.

Watershed Restoration Institute

River Network

Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia
Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$155,000

River Network, in cooperation with the Center for Watershed
Protection and others, will initiate a Watershed Restoration
Institute to train and equip representatives from watershed
organizations, local government agencies and consulting firms
throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia in an intensive,
weeklong program. The institute will include both field and
classroom exercises that provide participants with the skills
and tools to assess, design and implement effective restoration
programs in their watersheds.

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Virginia

Acorns to Acres

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Warsaw, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$17,000

Partner Contributions:	$17,000

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and its partners will
demonstrate a new method for planting riparian forest buffers
using a specially modified mechanized seed planter.
Community volunteers and students will collect acorns, which
will then be planted with the new equipment along ten acres of
streambank. If the new approach is successful it may
significantly reduce the time and expense of more traditional
approaches. Project partners include Potomac Watershed
Partnership, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Virginia Department
of Forestry and Northern Neck Soil and Water Conservation
District.

Bioretention Design Certification Program

University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc.
Chesapeake Bay Watershedwide
Small Watershed Grant:	$15,000

Partner Contributions:	$41,900

The University of Maryland will develop a training and
certification program for the approximately 150 professionals
who are involved in the design, construction and landscaping
of bioretention facilities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The
goal of the certification program is to ensure that these
professionals have the capacity to design successful
bioretention systems that will lead to meaningful improvements
in water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region. Project partners
include the University of Maryland at College Park and Prince
George's County Department of Environmental Resources.

Cherrystone Inlet Watershed Management Plan

Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District
Accomac, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$14,900

The Eastern Shore Soil and Water Conservation District, in
cooperation with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, will
develop and implement a watershed management plan for the
Cherrystone Inlet watershed. Staff will prepare an
environmental inventory that includes data on land use, land
cover, wetlands, forest riparian buffers and water quality.
Community stakeholders will review information from the
inventory to draft the management plan. Once finalized, two
implementation workshops will disseminate information and
convey available tools to landowners, developers and
contractors.

Central Rappahannock River Spawning Habitat
Restoration

Friends of the Rappahannock
Stafford County, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$10,000

Partner Contributions:	$13,000

The Friends of the Rappahannock will establish a submerged
aquatic vegetation (SAV) restoration program to establish and
maintain high-quality spawning habitat for anadramous fish in
the lower reaches of two tributaries to the Rappahannock River.
This effort is being undertaken in anticipation of the removal of
Embry Dam in 2005 that has served as a barrier to migratory
shad, herring and alewife. Project partners include Virginia
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Chesapeake Bay
Foundation, Stafford County Planning Department,
Rappahannock Senior Environmental Corps and Stafford
County schools.

Blacks Run Restoration

Friends of Blacks Run Greenway
Harrisonburg, Pa.

Small Watershed Grant:	$50,000

Partner Contributions:	$77,100

The Friends of Blacks Run Greenway will restore 175 feet of
habitat along Blacks Run in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A one-third
acre gravel parking lot will be replaced with a more permeable
surface, the adjoining 175 feet streambank will be restored,
and storm water-filtering vegetation planted. A bioretention
basin will also be installed in order to improve water quality by
slowing water flow, reducing erosion, reducing storm water
runoff and allowing contaminants to settle out of the storm
water. Project partners include Harrisonburg Redevelopment
& Housing Authority, Greener Harrisonburg, City of
Harrisonburg, Cargill Corporation, James Madison University,
Virginia Department of Forestry and Valley Engineering Survey
and Planning.

Citizen Engagement and Monitoring Program

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Upper Susquehanna Watershed; Central Rappahannock

Watershed

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$75,295

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will develop and test pilot
two citizen engagement activities within two different
watersheds, the Upper Susquehanna and the Central
Rappahannock. The project will involve community volunteers
in ecological monitoring of amphibian populations and invasive
species to assess the overall ecological health of their
watersheds. Project partners include Friends of the
Rappahannock, Upper Susquehanna Coalition and Towson
University GIS Center.

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Community Watershed Organizing

RappFLOW

Rappahannock County, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$7,200

Partner Contributions:	$9,548

RappFLOW will engage local government agencies and
citizens groups in a series of hands-on workshops, field
projects, and panel discussions to encourage community
participation in local watershed management. Project partners
include Rappahannock County government, Piedmont
Research Institute, Friends of the Rappahannock, Virginia
Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia
Cooperative Extension Service and Culpeper Soil and Water
Conservation District.

Daniels Run Restoration

EcoStewards Alliance
Fairfax, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$30,000

Partner Contributions:	$70,400

EcoStewards Alliance will restore over 500 feet of riparian
habitat on property belonging to Daniels Run Elementary
School in Fairfax, Virginia. Eroding streambanks along Daniels
Run will be stabilized using native vegetation, existing riparian
buffers will be augmented by new plantings, and
demonstration "BayScaping" sites will be created on the
school property. Through complementary educational efforts,
775 students, 31 teachers and 91 staff members and parents
will learn BayScaping techniques and watershed sciences.
Project partners include City of Fairfax, Northern Virginia Soil
and Water Conservation District and George Mason University.

Four Mile Run Water Stewardship Teams Program

Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment
Arlington, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$22,200

Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment will establish 20 Water
Stewardship Teams that will help empower local residents in
their efforts to achieve measurable reductions in water
pollutants, storm water volume, and water consumption.
Community members with experience in watershed programs
will be recruited as volunteers to lead the teams; team
members will track their own individual environmental
performance. Plans will be made to apply this approach in the
entire Four Mile Run watershed. Project partners include
Arlington County, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church and
Northern Virginia Conservation Trust.

Foxwells Wetland Restoration Project

Northern Neck Soil and Water Conservation District
Foxwells, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$25,700

Partner Contributions:	$24,925

The Northern Neck Soil and Water Conservation District will
restore 5,400 square feet of tidal marsh at Foxwells, Virginia.

The project will also include a hands-on workshop to educate
30 volunteers in wetland restoration techniques, plant
identification, and wetland functions. The restored wetland will
help improve water quality and increase wetland habitat for
waterfowl and other aquatic species. Project partners include
Virginia Department of Transportation, Master Gardeners,
Native Plant Society, Audubon Society, Cub Scouts and Tabb's
Creek Association.

James River Spinymussel Conservation

The Nature Conservancy - Virginia
Albemarle, Va.; Fluvanna, Va.; Nelson, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$40,000

Partner Contributions:	$30,000

In partnership with local organizations, The Nature
Conservancy's Virginia Chapter will provide technical
assistance and financial support to landowners who wish to
restore and conserve habitat for the endangered James
spinymussel. Four miles of riparian forest buffers will be
planted in areas with remaining mussel populations and at
potential reintroduction sites. The buffers will help improve
water quality which will, in turn, promote mussel recovery.
Project partners include Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water
Conservation District, Albemarle County Department of
Engineering, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rivanna
Conservation Society and Friends of the Hardware.

James River Tributary Strategy

Monacan Soil and Water Conservation District
Middle James River Watershed, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$20,000

Partner Contributions:	$26,600

The Monacan Soil and Water Conservation District, along with
other partners in the Piedmont Region James River Tributary
Strategy Steering Committee, will undertake two water quality
improvement demonstration projects to facilitate broader
implementation of the techniques throughout the watershed.
Project will also include workshops for local government
officials and citizens to share information about how they can
help support and implement the Tributary Strategy for
reducing nutrient and sediment loads.

James River Watershed Restoration Project

James River Association
James River Watershed, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$50,000

Partner Contributions:	$155,000

The James River Association will provide technical assistance
to local landowners in restoring 150 acres of wetlands and ten
miles of riparian buffer. An additional sixty acres of native warm
season grass buffers will be planted around the restored
wetlands. Local landowners will be encouraged to enroll in
state and federal conservation programs to help protect the
Chesapeake Bay watershed. Project partners include Ducks
Unlimited and Virginia Department of Game and Inland
Fisheries.

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Lake Anna Watershed Management Plan Implementation

Lake Anna Civic Association
Lake Anna, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$106,502

The Lake Anna Civic Association (LACA) will complete a
comprehensive survey of current and proposed land uses in
the Lake Anna watershed to help local governments in their
land use decision-making. LACA will also work to involve local
citizens groups in state and private conservation programs.
Project partners include Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality, Dominion Power, Louisa County, Spotsylvania County,
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Virginia
Save our Streams, the local Soil and Water Conservation
Districts and Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals & Energy.

Loudoun Strategic Watershed Management Plan

County of Loudoun Environmental and Historic Resources
Program

Loudoun County, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$24,995

The County of Loudoun Environmental and Historic Resources
Program will coordinate the development of a Strategic
Watershed Management Plan for the county by bringing
together local government agencies and citizens groups to
inventory and analyze existing watershed conditions and
conservation activities. This planning effort will result in a work
plan and implementation schedule for county-wide watershed
restoration. Project partners include five Loudoun County
agencies, Audubon Naturalist Society, Virginia Department of
Conservation and Recreation and Goose Creek Association.

Manual for Low Impact Site Design

Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission
Northern Shenandoah Valley, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$125,000

The Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission will
create a manual for Low Impact Development (LID) site design
in urban karst topography, to be used as a supplement to the
Virginia Storm water Management Handbook. A study will be
performed to determine the types of LID techniques that can
meet existing site and storm water management requirements
in karst topography. Once the most applicable LID techniques
are chosen, site design standards will be adopted by
jurisdictions within the region. Project partners include the
Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah and Warren County
governments.

Paradise Creek Restoration

The Elizabeth River Project
Portsmouth, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$50,000

Partner Contributions:	$23,000

The Elizabeth River Project will continue habitat restoration
activities at Paradise Creek, a heavily urbanized tributary of the
Elizabeth River. In this project, an oyster reef will be created
using the native American Oyster, Crassostrea virginica. The
three-dimensional reef will help restore oyster populations in
the Elizabeth River and provide critical habitatforotherfish and
shellfish species. Project partners include Virginia Marine
Resources Commission, Elizabeth River Project, Oyster Reef
Keepers, Hoffler Creek Wildlife Foundation, Chesapeake Bay
Foundation, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences and Old
Dominion University.

Potomac River Oyster Restoration

Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$30,000

Partner Contributions:	$36,500

Westmoreland County will construct a one-acre,
three-dimensional oyster reef sanctuary as well as nine acres
of oyster harvest area within the Potomac River. The reef site
will improve juvenile oyster survival, allow oysters to grow
faster and physically position oysters in the most optimal
configuration for spawning success. After designing the
sanctuary, there will be an oyster workshop and educational
meetings for local citizens and school children to build
community support for the project. Project partners include
Virginia Marine Resources Commission and Port Kinsale
Foundation.

Protecting Habitat Corridors in the Virginia Piedmont

Piedmont Environmental Council
Northern Piedmont Region, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$50,000

Partner Contributions:	$50,000

The Piedmont Environmental Council will conserve 10,000
acres of critical wildlife habitat through donation or purchase
of conservation easements. They will also provide training to
land management professionals throughout the northern
Piedmont region to educate them about conservation
opportunities. This project will conserve important wildlife
habitat and prevent further fragmentation of wildlife movement
corridors. Project partners include Virginia Department of
Conservation and Recreation, Virginia Outdoors Foundation
and local governments.

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Rappahannock River Watershed Restoration Project

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Rappanhannock River Watershed, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$50,000

Partner Contributions:	$138,500

Ducks Unlimited, Inc. will restore 100 acres of wetlands and
two miles of riparian buffers, develop nutrient management
plans for 2,000 acres of agricultural land and construct two
demonstration bioretention facilities within the Rappahannock
River watershed. Two conservation workshops will be held to
encourage landowners to enroll in state and federal
conservation programs. Project partners include Friends of the
Rappahannock, Northern Neck Soil & Water Conservation
District, Three Rivers Soil and Water Conservation District,
Hanover-Caroline Soil and Water Conservation District, and
John Marshall Soil and Water Conservation District.

Reston Watershed Plan Implementation

Reston Association
Fairfax County, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$45,000

Partner Contributions:	$164,431

The Reston Association will restore a 1,000-foot stretch of the
severely degraded Snakeden Branch, located at the
headwaters of the Difficult Run watershed. Plantings of native
vegetation will help reconnect the stream to its floodplain,
which will allow sediments, nutrients and pollutants carried by
storm water to be attenuated by the riparian zone. Public
outreach will help promote stewardship of the watershed and
additional restoration activities. Project partners include Fairfax
County Department of Public Works & Environmental Services,
Northern Virginia Soil & Water Conservation District and
Virginia Department of Forestry.

Shenandoah Farmland Conservation

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Verona, Va. & Winchester, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$49,000

Partner Contributions:	$73,500

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation will work with agricultural
landowners in the Shenandoah Valley to reduce nutrient and
sediment pollution through wetland and riparian forest buffer
restoration and farmland conservation activities. Through this
project, 150 farmers and landowners will receive information
about cost share and incentive opportunities available through
the new Farm Bill and the Chesapeake Bay Conservation
Reserve Enhancement Program. Project partners include
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, Potomac
Conservancy and Canaan Valley Institute.

Shenandoah Working Lands Initiative

Potomac Conservancy
Winchester, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$152,000

The Potomac Conservancy will educate private woodlot
owners in the northern Shenandoah Valley about conservation
opportunities and help link owners to forestry professionals
who can provide advice about forest management. Forestry
education materials will be tailored to meet the conservation
needs of woodlot owners. This project will help foster
increased conservation of working forestlands in the
Shenandoah River watershed. Project partners include
Potomac Watershed Partnership, Virginia Department of
Forestry and Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District.

Stream Protection Strategy

Prince William County-Environmental Services
Prince William County, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$30,000

Partner Contributions:	$30,000

Prince William County-Environmental Services will develop
stream protection strategies to enhance watershed
management activities in the Broad Run and Neabsco Creek
watersheds. Habitat conditions and land use activities in these
watersheds will be evaluated, and watershed management
plans will be developed that outline strategies for mitigating
existing and future water quality problems. Project partners
include Prince William County Soil and Water Conservation
District and Virginia Cooperative Extension Service.

Strengthening Community Watershed Organizations

Potomac River Greenways Coalition, Inc.

Fairfax County, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$19,500

Partner Contributions:	$50,075

Potomac River Greenways Coalition, Inc. will strengthen
existing community watershed organizations and build
additional capacity to create new watershed groups in Fairfax
County. The project will educate 30 active citizen leaders from
at least 10 organizations through a series of workshops and
hands-on activities that will increase their knowledge of
watershed processes and restoration techniques. Acommunity
watershed organization network and website will be created to
serve as a communications hub for the watershed groups.
Project partners include Northern Virginia Soil and Water
Conservation District, Fairfax County Department of Public
Works and Environmental Services, Audubon Naturalist
Society, Potomac Conservancy, Northern Virginia Regional
Commission, Virginia Department of Forestry and Chesapeake
Bay Foundation.

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Restoration

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Eastern Shore and Potomac River, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$44,000

Partner Contributions:	$41,400

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will restore up to 10 acres
ofsubmerged aquaticvegetation (SAV) along Virginia's eastern
shore and the lower Potomac River. Volunteers will be trained
in techniques for growing and planting SAV in the restoration
effort. This project will be integrated with a recently developed

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strategy for large-scale SAV restoration. Project partners
include Virginia Eastern Shore Soil and Conservation District,
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The Nature Conservancy
and The Watershed Network.

Targeted Wastewater Improvements

Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission
Middle Peninsula, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$33,000

Partner Contributions:	$33,632

The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission will
coordinate a targeted septic system repair and replacement
program designed to improve water quality within the Middle
Peninsula watershed. Failing and repaired septic systems will
be mapped using a Geographic Information System database.
Comparisons with water quality data will help prioritize failing
systems for replacement and also help document water quality
improvements as systems are replaced. The Planning District
will provide construction and management assistance to
landowners to build proper septic systems. Project partners
include Three Rivers Health District.

Upper James River Watershed Organization

Virginia Save Our Streams
Upper James River Watershed, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$10,000

Virginia Save Our Streams will coordinate a comprehensive
watershed organizing effort to build the capacity of local
communities and citizen groups in the upper James River
watershed. Education and stewardshiptrainingswill be heldfor
local government staff and for community organizations. A
watershed monitoring program will be implemented to gather
data necessary for developing watershed management plans.

Urban and Suburban Restoration and Outreach

Potomac Conservancy
Potomac Watershed

Small Watershed Grant:	$10,000

Partner Contributions:	$123,520

The Potomac Conservancy will engage 1,000 students in
restoration activities within the Potomac Gorge watershed and
the northern Shenandoah Valley. Six demonstration rain
gardens and other school-yard restoration projects will be
installed to foster community education and reduce impervious
surface areas. Project partners include Maryland National
Capital Parks and Planning Commission, Global Ecology
Studies, Claude Moore Park-Loudoun County Parks, Loudoun
County Department of Parks and Recreation, Virginia
Department of Forestry, Arlington County Department of Parks
and Recreation, Potomac Watershed Partnership, Chesapeake
Bay Trust and Virginia Department of Conservation and
Recreation.

Watershed Restoration Institute

River Network

Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia
Small Watershed Grant:	$25,000

Partner Contributions:	$155,000

River Network, in cooperation with the Center for Watershed
Protection and others, will initiate a Watershed Restoration
Institute to train and equip representatives from watershed
organizations, local government agencies and consulting firms
throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia in an intensive,
week-long program. The institute will include both field and
classroom exercises that provide participants with the skills
and tools to assess, design and implement effective restoration
programs in their watersheds.

Willow Brook-Crooked Run Watershed Initiative

Friends of the Shenandoah River
Warren County, Va.; Frederick County, Va.;

Clarke County, Va.

Small Watershed Grant:	$35,000

Partner Contributions:	$62,900

The Friends of the Shenandoah River will create an inventory
of natural resources and policies affecting land use within the
Willow Brook-Crooked Run watershed and also perform an
extensive analysis of water quality in surface and groundwater.
The organization will work with farmers and landowners to
implement four agricultural best management practices, two
conservation land easements and four septic
remediation/pump outs. Project partners include Lord Fairfax
Soil & Water Conservation District, Canaan Valley Institute and
Virginia Department of Forestry.

West Virginia

Bioretention Design Certification Program

University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc.
Chesapeake Bay Watershedwide
Small Watershed Grant:	$15,000

Partner Contributions:	$41,900

The University of Maryland will develop a training and
certification program for the approximately 150 professionals
who are involved in the design, construction and landscaping
of bioretention facilities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The
goal of the certification program is to ensure that these
professionals have the capacity to design successful
bioretention systems that will lead to meaningful improvements
in water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region. Project partners
include the University of Maryland at College Park and Prince
George's County Department of Environmental Resources.

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Cacapon/Lost River Farmland Conservation

Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust, Inc.

High View, Wv.

Small Watershed Grant: $45,000

Partner Contributions: $3,610,000

Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust, Inc. will initiate afarmland
conservation program as one of the priority components to a
watershed management strategy recently prepared by local
stakeholders. Part of the initiative will include assisting farmers
who are interested in permanently protecting theirfarmland. In
addition, a pilot project will be developed that will raise
matching funds to enable farmers to participate in cost-share
programs that minimize erosion and improve water quality.
Project partners include National Park Service, Potomac
Conservancy, West Virginia Stream Partners Program, Canaan
Valley Institute, Potomac Headwaters Resource Conservation
and Development, USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service, West Virginia Department of Transportation and U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.

Carbon Sequestration Initiative

Friends of the Potomac
High View, Wv.

Small Watershed Grant: $20,000

Partner Contributions: $50,850

Friends of the Potomac will help develop an innovative carbon
sequestration credit trading system that will provide farmers
with an extra incentive to implement best management
practices on their properties. Farmers who participate in the
program will receive cash payments for specific best
management practices (such as riparian forest buffer
plantings) from businesses and other organizations that need
or wish to offset their carbon emissions. Project partners
include USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust, West Virginia
Conservation Agency, and the Potomac Valley Conservation
District.

Green Parking Lot for Dupont Soccer Fields

Martinsburg-Berkeley County Parks & Recreation Board
Falling Waters, Wv.

Small Watershed Grant: $25,000

Partner Contributions: $27,500

The Martinsburg-Berkeley County Parks & Recreation Board
will design and install a three to five acre "green" parking area
as a demonstration of low impact development techniques.

Permanent signage and tours of the completed demonstration
site will help educate the community about water quality
improvements resulting from such practices. The project will
reduce offsite nutrient and sediment delivery and reduce toxins
in both surface and ground water. Project partners include the
Eastern Panhandle Conservation District, Potomac Headwaters
Resource Conservation and Development, Berkeley County
School District/Board of Education, Natural Resources
Conservation Service and West Virginia Soil Conservation
Agency.

Once There Were Beavers

Cacapon Institute

Hardy County, Wv.; Hampshire County, Wv.

Small Watershed Grant: $35,000

Partner Contributions: $27,400

The Cacapon Institute will test an innovative method for
restoring natural hydrologic functions, flow regimes and
ground water levels using structures modeled after beaver
dams. The project includes installing approximately 30
in-stream structures and associated monitoring equipment in
two Potomac headwaters watersheds. The project is designed
to improve water quantity and quality in headwater streams.
Project partners include USDA Forest Service, US Fish and
Wildlife Service, USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service, West Virginia Conservation Agency and West Virginia
University Extension.

Save Our Soil

South Branch Watershed Association of Hampshire County
Hampshire County, Wv.

Small Watershed Grant: $25,000

Partner Contributions: $39,400

The South Branch Watershed Association of Hampshire
County will develop a watershed management plan for the
South Branch Watershed, focusing on the problem of severe
stream bank erosion along the South Branch of the Potomac
River. Current data on water quality and land use within the
watershed will be compiled and a steering committee will be
formed to develop a draft plan. Areas of eroding streambank
will be restored using natural stream channel design
techniques as a demonstration project. Project partners
include Canaan Valley Institute, West Virginia Conservation
Agency, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and
Potomac Valley Conservation District.

The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program promotes community-based efforts to develop and implement 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 Small Watershed Grants Program encourages the sharing of innovative ideas among the many

organizations wishing to be involved in watershed protection activities.

For more information about the Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program and the Chesapeake Bay,
visit the Chesapeake Bay Program at www.chesapeakebay.net.

2003 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grant Projects

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