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Securing Funding for UDR Watershed Protection and Restoration below the NYC Reservoirs

In the process of wrapping up Phase 1 of the SCMP

Funding secured for Phase 2 SCMP –expected completion Dec 2019

In the process of wrapping up Phase 1 of the SCMP

Funding secured for Phase 2 SCMP –expected completion Dec 2019

What this means…Ready to go with implementation!

What is RESTORATION?And why is it important?

What is the historic investment?

https://www.americanrivers.org/river/delaware-river/

What is the historic investment?

From the headwaters of the East and West Branches to the Dams on the Pepacton and Cannonsville Reservoirs, there is significant funding for protection and restoration available through the NYC DEP.

https://www.americanrivers.org/river/delaware-river/

What is the historic investment?

From the headwaters of the East and West Branches to the Dams on the Pepacton and Cannonsville Reservoirs, there is significant funding for protection and restoration available through the NYC DEP.

There are also significant investment downstream in the more densely populated parts of the Delaware Basin

https://www.americanrivers.org/river/delaware-river/

What is the historic investment?

From the headwaters of the East and West Branches to the Dams on the Pepacton and Cannonsville Reservoirs, there is significant funding for protection and restoration available through the NYC DEP.

There are also significant investment downstream in the more densely populated parts of the Delaware Basin

https://www.americanrivers.org/river/delaware-river/

Recent grant from William Penn Foundation

Recent grant from William Penn FoundationNext goal: NYS Environmental Protection Fund

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