Assess and implement improvements to address water quality, stormwater retention, habitat restoration, and watershed resiliency on a small subwatershed scale. Project will provide citizen stewardship opportunities and result in 57,439 pounds of sediment, 28 pounds phosphorus, and 177 pounds of nitrogen being avoided annually within the Upper Susquehanna and Chemung River Watersheds.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
Project Title: Watershed Approach to Stream Corridor Restoration in the Headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay (NY, PA)
Organization:
Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District
Project ID:
0603.21.073222
Description:
Award Amount:
$500000.00
Location:
Project location includes all or part of 18 NY Counties & 4 PA Counties: NY - Allegany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Livingston, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Schuyler, Schoharie, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Yates; PA - Bradford, Tioga, Potter, Susquehanna.