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Swatara Creek, Wissahickon Watershed Groups Win First Growing Greener Anniversary Grants
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The Swatara Creek Watershed Association, based in Lebanon County, and the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, Montgomery County, are the first winners of $250 grants awarded to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Program.
The Swatara group won the grant for the submission of a story and video showing the success of its annual Swatara Creek Sojourn and Clean Up which for 21 years has been educating residents on the issues in the watershed.
The Wissahickon Valley Association success story involved creating a wetland with several local partners to provide habitat, flood reduction and water quality benefits locally.
The Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Program will be ten years old in December and to help celebrate 10 groups have come together to invite watershed groups to share their success stories on a special Growing Greener website.
Thanks to the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds and an anonymous benefactor, two $250 grants will be given to the watershed groups with the best article and photo or video each month through December.
The groups partnering to sponsor the celebration include: the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds,Stream Restoration, Inc., the Western Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, the Eastern Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the PA Association of Conservation Districts,LandStudies, Inc. and PA Environment Digest.
June 20 is the next deadline for entries for the second month of the grant program.
Visit the GrowingGreener website and learn how you can earn $250 for your watershed group by sharing your Growing Greener success story. Look over the history of the program and see the stories, photos and videos already posted there. |
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6/5/2009 |
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