On February 10, the Department of Environmental Protection and Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the award of $14,866,280 in grants to support 79 local water quality improvement projects.

Funding comes from the Growing Greener Plus Program and an August 2022 settlement of criminal charges against Sunoco Pipeline LP for Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline and ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC for Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline [Energy Transfer Partners] by Attorney General Shapiro [Read more here]

“The Growing Greener Plus grant program empowers communities to pursue environmental progress and innovation,” said Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley. “This support fuels vital Pennsylvania initiatives that protect our land and restore local watersheds. As a result, our Commonwealth can look forward to a greener future.”

“Every Pennsylvanian has the right to access clean water. Thanks to the work of the OAG in 2022, securing $10 million in restitution to improve water quality, the Office of Attorney General is able to partner with DEP and the Growing Greener Program to fund projects along the route of the Mariner East Pipeline. These projects will go a long way in improving local watersheds along the pipeline, ensuring safe and clean water,” said Attorney General Dave Sunday.

Here’s the list of grants awarded by county--

Allegheny County

-- Allegheny County Conservation District - $58,000 for the Mamone BMP Implementation Project

-- Allegheny County Conservation District - $50,000 for Plum Stormwater Project: Phase 1 Design/Permit

Beaver County

-- Beaver County Conservation District - $439,679 for Brush Creek Ag BMP #2

-- Beaver County Conservation District - $33,882 for Dilworth Run-North Fork Little -- Beaver Creek Streambank Stabilization Design and Construction

Berks County

-- Mount Penn Borough Municipal Authority - $231,361 for Carsonia Park Crystal Lake Stormwater BMP and Constructed Wetland – Phase II

Bradford County

-- Butler County Conservation District - $256,500 for Tomjack Creek Watershed Rehabilitation II

-- Bradford County Commissioners - $286,000 for the Bradford County Watershed Initiative 2025

Bucks County

-- Heritage Conservancy - $40,888 for the 15-Acre Agricultural Field to Pollinator Meadow Conversion at Heritage Conservancy's Lindsay Farm

-- Lower Makefield Township - $174,623 for Brentwood Road and Horseshoe Bend Basin Retrofits

Butler County

-- Butler County Conservation District - $349,167 for the Altman Heavy Use Area

-- Butler County Conservation District - $358,320 for Bauldoff Farm

Cambria County

-- Cambria County Conservation District - $222,938 for Bay Watershed Projects Phase II

-- Cambria County Conservation District - $260,932 for Ohio River Watershed Projects Phase II

Carbon County

-- Carbon County Conservation District - $142,000 for the Hunter Creek Restoration Project

-- Jim Thorpe Borough - $150,000 for the Silk Mill Run Dam Removals and Stream Restoration

Chester County

-- Brandywine Red Clay Alliance - $260,847 for the Parrish Trail Stream Restoration Project

-- Chester County Conservation District - $218,400 for the Mushroom Farm Resource Conservationist

-- Valley Township – $55,000 for the Springbrook Village Stormwater Basin Retrofit

-- Natural Lands Trust, Inc. - $50,000 for Sadsbury Woods Preserve Afforestation and Understory Planting

-- Valley Forge Chapter of Trout Unlimited - $150,000 for the Lizbeth Lane Stormwater Infiltration Project

-- Chester County Water Resources Authority - $75,000 for the Chester County Catch the Rain Program

-- East Brandywine Township - $45,000 for Culbertson Run Stream Restoration and Floodplain Connection

Clearfield County

-- Clearfield County Conservation District - $200,000 for Clearfield County Agricultural and Stream Restoration BMP Implementation

Clinton County

-- Clinton County Conservation District - $117,000 for Long Spring Run Stream Restoration and Stream Stabilization

Columbia, Montour, and Luzerne Counties

-- Columbia County Conservation District - $395,000 for the Multi-County Soil Health Project

Cumberland County

-- East Pennsboro Township Authority - $348,677 for Enola Run Stream Restoration Project

Cumberland County

-- Middlesex Township - $426,309 for Middlesex Township Stream Restoration – PRP Project 8  [Funded by natural gas pipeline settlement.  Read more here.]

-- North Middleton Township - $500,000 for Old Carlisle Landfill Seep Mitigation – Phase 3. [Funded by natural gas pipeline settlement.  Read more here.]

Dauphin County

-- Capital Area Greenbelt Association - $182,435 for Parkway Creek Restoration Project

Elk County

-- Elk County Conservation District - $87,002 for the Stream Improvement and Rain Garden Project-Upper Clarion River Watershed

Erie County

-- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - $175,832 for the East Branch Conneaut Creek Protection Project

-- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - $375,453 for the South Branch French Creek Restoration Project

Fayette County

-- Mountain Watershed Association - $415,614 for the Marsolino Treatment System

Franklin County

-- Greene Township - $65,00 for Phillaman Run Stream Restoration

Huntingdon County

-- Huntingdon County Conservation District - $124.000 for bridging a funding gap for Agricultural BMPs.  [Funded by natural gas pipeline settlement.  Read more here.]

Indiana County

-- Indiana County Conservation District - $114,600 for the Indiana County Agricultural BMP Design Project

-- Indiana County Conservation District - $175,336 for Little Mahoning Streambank Stabilization Phase I

Juniata County

-- Juniata County Conservation District - $288,427 for Juniata County Agricultural BMP Implementation

-- Juniata County Conservation District - $182,223 for East Licking Creek Stream Restoration Projects

Lancaster County

-- Cocalico Creek Watershed Association - $128,000 for Harnish Run Floodplain and Wetland Restoration. [Funded by natural gas pipeline settlement.  Read more here.]

Lancaster County

-- Manheim Township - $88,000 for Granite Run Stream Restoration – Design and Permitting

-- East Donegal Township - $30,000 for Longwood Bioretention Basin Retrofit

-- Lancaster Farmland Trust - $41,200 for Agricultural BMPs on Preserved Farms in the Pequea Creek Watershed

-- Lancaster Farmland Trust - $17,500 for Agricultural BMPs on Preserved Farms in the Octoraro Creek Watershed

Lebanon County

-- Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited - $481,563 for Snitz Creek 2 – Stream and Floodplain and Restoration Project. [Funded by natural gas pipeline settlement.  Read more here.]

Lehigh County

-- Lehigh County Conservation District - $127,250 for Lehigh County Stream Restoration Projects

Lehigh and Northampton Counties

-- Wildlands Conservancy - $163,517 for the Lehigh Valley Stream Restoration Project

-- Wildlands Conservancy - $50,000 for Landowner Outreach and Project Development in the Lehigh Valley and Lehigh River Watershed Phase III

Lycoming County

-- Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy - $350,000 for Improving the Chesapeake Bay through Local Implementation

McKean County

-- McKean County Conservation District - $263,259 for the McKean County Stream Crossing Restoration Initiative

Mercer County

-- Mercer County Conservation District - $143,140 for the Neshannock Creek Fish Habitat Project

Montgomery County

-- Tookany Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership - $72,000 for the Pavilion Town Center Parking Lot Retrofit

-- National Audubon Society - $30,000 - for the John James Audubon Center Rain Garden in Lower Providence Township

-- Worcester Township - $85,000 for the Zacharias Creek Stream Watershed Project

-- Borough of Pottstown - $63,558 for Goose Run Water Quality BMP Design and Construction

Montour County

-- Montour County Conservation District - $258,080 for the Mahoning Creek Manure Storage Project

Philadelphia County

-- Friends of the Wissahickon - $112,354 for the Andorra Stormwater Project.

-- Philadelphia Water Department - $348,592 for the PWD Loring Cottman Green Stormwater Infrastructure Project

-- John Bartram Association (Bartram's Garden) - $100,000 for Tidal Wetlands Restoration Planning and Community Education at Bartram's Garden

Potter County

-- Potter County Conservation District - $36,835 for Streambank Stabilization Projects

Schuylkill County

-- Schuylkill Conservation District - $74,151 for the Little Mahanoy Creek Headwaters Restoration Project

-- Schuylkill Conservation District - $236,375 for Upper Mahantango Creek Agricultural BMP Projects

Snyder County

-- SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority - $90,000 for the Selinsgrove Industrial Track Slope Stabilization Repair Project

Somerset County

-- Somerset County Conservation District - $266,986 for the Laurel Hill Creek Fish Habitat Enhancement Project

Tioga County

-- Tioga County Conservation District - $130,000 for Lycoming Creek Erosion Mitigation Project Phase I

Union County

-- Union County Conservation District - $317,832 for Winfield Creek Stream Improvements

Venango County

-- Venango Conservation District - $18,096 for the East Branch Sugar Creek Protection Project

Warren County

-- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - $250,000 for Brokenstraw Healthy Watershed Initiative Phase 4

Washington County

-- Union Township Road District - $166,740 for Union Township – Pleasant Stream Park Streambank Restoration. [Funded by natural gas pipeline settlement.  Read more here.]

Washington County

-- Washington County Conservation District - $121,705 for the 2024 Route 519 Stream Restoration Project

Westmoreland County

-- Rostraver Township - $253,455 for Elks Place Stormwater Improvements [Funded by natural gas pipeline settlement.  Read more here.]

Southeast DEP Region

-- Pennsylvania Resources Council, Inc. - $130,150 for Growing Greener Communities: Bridging the Gap for a More Resilient Future

Statewide

-- Northwest Pennsylvania Eminent Community Institute - $200,000 for Management and Continuation of the NW PA Greenways Implementation Block Grants--

-- Pocono Northeast RC&D Council - $300,000 for C-SAW Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds

-- Pennsylvania Lake Management Society - $333,214 for Implementation of Lake BMPs – Project V

-- Trout Unlimited - $241,850 for Nonpoint Source Technical Assistance Program

-- Stroud Water Research Center, Inc. - $215,000 for Forested Buffers with Livestock Exclusion project

-- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy - $267,638 for Technical Assistance Benefitting Conservation Partnerships and Pennsylvania’s Water Quality Improvement Goals

-- Trout Unlimited Inc. - $300,000 for the AMD Technical Assistance Program

Visit DEP’s Growing Greener Plus Grant Program webpage for more information.

            Click Here for DEP’s Northeast PA announcement.

            Click Here for DEP’s Southeast PA announcement.

            Click Here for DEP’s Northcentral PA announcement.

            Click Here for DEP’s Southcentral PA announcement.

            Click Here for DEP’s Northwest PA announcement

Click Here for DEP’s Southwest PA announcement..

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[Posted: February 10, 2025]

2/17/2025