The Western PA Conservancy will begin accepting applications for Canoe Access Development Grants for Western Pennsylvania on October 16.  Deadline for applications November 20.

Founded in 2008 by WPC donors and outdoor enthusiasts Roy Weil and Mary Shaw, WPC’s Canoe Access Development Fund provides grants designed to help make the region’s rivers and streams more accessible for outdoor recreation such as canoeing, kayaking and fishing.

Eligible organizations include watershed groups, conservation organizations, paddle clubs, agencies and other eligible parties to develop canoe and kayak access sites across Western Pennsylvania.

Projects in these counties would be eligible-- Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland counties.

For all the details, visit WPC’s Canoe Access Development Grants webpage.  Questions should be directed to Kelly Norrell, WPC Watershed Program Administrator, at khorrell@paconserve.org or 724-471-7202, ext. 5105.

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The Conservancy has helped to establish 11 state parks, conserved more than 250,000 acres of natural lands and protected or restored more than 3,000 miles of rivers and streams, maintains 132 community gardens and other green spaces that are planted with the help of more than 11,000 volunteers and the support of more than 9,000 members.

(Reprinted from Western PA Conservancy Water Land Life newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

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[Posted: October 2, 2023]

10/9/2023