Chesapeake Small Watershed Grants

Consistent with the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership’s 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, the Small Watershed Grants Program supports efforts to achieve water quality improvement, restoration, and protection of key Chesapeake Bay species and their habitats, and the fostering of an engaged and diverse citizen and stakeholder presence that will build upon and sustain measurable natural resource improvements. 

The Small Watershed Grants Program priorities are:

• Managing Agricultural and Urban Runoff
• Improving Water Quality and Stream Health Through Riparian Restoration and Conservation
• Enhancing and Protecting Freshwater Habitat for Eastern Brook Trout
• Enhancing and Protecting Tidal and Estuarine Habitat
• Enhancing Nature-Based Resilience for Human Communities
• Building Capacity for Landscape-Scale Watershed and Habitat Planning, Design, and Implementation