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2016 Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Grant Slate

ABOUT NFWFThe National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) protects and restores our nation’s fish and wild-life and their habitats. Created by Congress in 1984, NFWF directs public conservation dollars to the most pressing environmental needs and matches those invest-ments with private funds. Learn more at www.nfwf.org

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 1133 15th Street NW,Suite 1100Washington, DC 20005 202-857-0166

NFWF CONTACTJake Reilly, Program [email protected]

OVERVIEWThe National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund is dedicated to protecting and restoring the Bay by helping local communities clean up and restore their polluted rivers and streams. NFWF advances cost-effective and creative solutions with financial and technical assistance.

This year’s Request for Proposals targeted investments in identified priority sub-watersheds to simultaneously achieve measurable water quality improvements, fish and wildlife habitat enhancements, and benefit threatened freshwater and marine fish species. The Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund includes two distinct grant programs: Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants (INSR) and Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants (SWG). The program is awarding 39 grants, which address three key strategies for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: 1) Targeted River and Watershed Restoration; 2) Green Infrastructure in Urban Landscapes; and 3) Innovation on Cross-Cutting Issues. The project slate represents a total award amount of $10,897,747 which will be leveraged by $12,818,724 in grantee matching contributions for a total on-the-ground impact of $23,079,471.

ABOUT CHESAPEAKE BAY INNOVATIVE NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT REDUCTIONThis program supports projects that expand the collective knowledge about the most effective and sustainable approaches to dramatically reduce or eliminate nutrient and sediment pollution to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

ABOUT CHESAPEAKE BAY SMALL WATERSHED GRANTSThis program supports projects that promote community-based efforts to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers and streams.

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Projects by Location

MULTI-STATE PROJECTS

INSR GRANTS1) Achieving Regional Phosphorus Balance in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (DE, MD, PA, VA)Grantee: Sustainable ChesapeakeNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $626,834Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $943,195Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,570,039Funding Partner: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sustainable Chesapeake will engage stakeholders throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed in a comprehensive approach focused on achieving farm and regional nutrient (especially phosphorus) balance in high-density animal production areas. Strategies deployed will include: 1) expanding markets for manure and manure co-products to facilitate cost-effective transport of excess nutrients; 2) tools to facilitate Manure Management Plan and Nutrient Balance Sheet development in Pennsylvania; and 3) regional collaborative, multi-stakeholder efforts to identify long-term solutions. Over the 3-year project period, estimated annual edge-of-stream nutrient and sediment reductions for this project will be 3,328,800 pounds of nitrogen, 124,564 pounds of phosphorus and 30,048 tons of sediment, with potential reductions beyond the timeframe being even greater.

SWG GRANTS1) Potomac Priority Lands Project (VA, WV)Grantee: The Potomac ConservancyNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $68,038Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $382,150Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450,188Funding Partners: EPA, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Altria

The Potomac Conservancy will complete at least four conservation easements that will protect 600 acres of forest and agricultural land and 3 miles of existing forested riparian buffers. Where applicable, easements will require livestock stream exclusion fencing and riparian restoration to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, fecal coliform and sediment loading.

2) Black Duck Decision Support Tool Implementation (MD, VA)Grantee: Ducks UnlimitedNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,830Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $66,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $265,830Funding Partner: EPA

Ducks Unlimited will implement the Black Duck Decision Support Tool, a model which incorporates current landscape condition and expected change due to urban growth and sea-level rise, to identify priority areas that have the highest habitat quality for American black ducks within the Chesapeake Bay. Project will focus on perpetual protection of private lands (fee and easements) in order to establish protected habitat corridors and secure the perpetual conservation of 300 acres of priority American black duck habitat on Maryland and Virginia’s eastern shore.

3) Increasing Nutrient Use Efficiency and Improving Water Quality on Delmarva (DE, MD)Grantee: The Nature ConservancyNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $195,953Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $84,153Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $280,106Funding Partner: EPA

The Nature Conservancy will expand collaborations with Delmarva agribusinesses to improve water quality by increasing the adoption of advanced nutrient management practices. Project will develop public-private partnerships with at least two agricultural retailers to integrate private sector financing into implementing conservation practices by performing jointly-funded demonstration projects with farmers to purchase equipment and management tools and work with farmers to develop local case studies on the environmental and economic benefits of implementing variable rate nitrogen applications and nitrogen modeling. Project will increase nitrogen use efficiency by an average of 10 percent on 5,000 acres. Combined with targeted outreach to farmers by the Chesapeake 4R Alliance, project will reduce total nitrogen load by 105,250 pounds per year, total phosphorus loads by 26,000 pounds per year and total suspended sediment by 791 tons per year.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SWG GRANTS1) Proving a New Model of Self-Sustaining Stormwater Management in the Anacostia River (DC)Grantee: Anacostia Waterfront TrustNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $66,667Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $266,667Funding Partners: EPA, Altria

The Anacostia Waterfront Trust will develop a new model of self-sustaining stormwater management iniative in the Anacostia River watershed. Project will be multifaceted in its approach. At its core are two stormwater-related activities: the installation of three bioretention-based

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stormwater management cells on properties affiliated with a nationwide Baptist convention and a stream restoration in one of the most degraded Anacostia tributaries. Project will measurably decrease nutrients, sediments and other pollutants flowing into the Anacostia River and Chesapeake Bay.

MARYLAND

INSR GRANTS1) Clean Water Partnership Stormwater Management Retrofits (MD)Grantee: Low Impact Development CenterNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $609,454Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $609,454Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,218,908Funding Partner: EPA

The Low Impact Development Center will retrofit five churches and one municipally owned property in Prince George’s County with enhanced micro-bioretention facilities, which are functional landscaping features that filter rainwater and improve water quality. Project will support the county’s innovative Clean Water Program (CWP) in its efforts to escalate the retrofit of uncontrolled urban development. Project will enable the CWP to evaluate the effectiveness of enhanced best management practices (BMPs) for use in highly urbanized/impervious settings where space for BMP installation is limited. At a minimum, the enhanced micro-bioretention practices will result in reductions of 10 pounds per year of phosphorus, 85 pounds a year of nitrogen and 5,214 pounds of sediment.

SWG GRANTS1) Cultivating Watershed Covenant Communities (MD)Grantee: Interfaith Partners for the ChesapeakeNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,301Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $113,779Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $313,080Funding Partners: EPA, CSX

The Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake will cultivate faith congregations from the Jones Falls watershed who embody Creation Care stewardship values, as demonstrated by visible actions and community leadership. Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake and project partners will deeply engage 15 congregations to install best management practices on their properties, form green ministries, sign a covenant pledging ongoing stewardship, and implement additional outreach to community members.

2) Implementing Environmental Site Design to Improve Water Quality at Carroll County Farm Museum (MD)Grantee: Carroll County Government - Bureau of Resource ManagementNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,000Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $70,097Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $220,097Funding Partner: EPA

The Carroll County Government - Bureau of Resource Management will restore Carroll County Farm Museum’s natural resources and engage museum visitors in enhancing local water quality. Project will implement five demonstration stormwater management practices at the museum by providing runoff storage and filtration,

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increasing stream buffer width, and enhancing the natural habitat to alleviate folding on the premises.

3) Schoolyard Habitats in Baltimore City (MD)Grantee: National Wildlife FederationNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $68,425Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $268,425Funding Partners: USFS, EPA, CSX

The National Wildlife Federation will install a large-scale demonstration schoolyard habitat at Green Street Academy, an 8-acre campus uniquely situated in southwest Baltimore, Maryland near Gwynns Falls. Project will design and install multiple stormwater-focused best management practices at Green Street Academy and nine additional schools, creating a network of schoolyard habitats throughout Baltimore. Beyond the practices themselves, project will engage a cohort of 20 teachers and 10 facilities managers at a series of workshops where participants will learn the need for and benefits of taking action to improve habitat and water quality. Project will remove 16,600 square feet of parking lot and transform approximately 3,600 square feet of compacted urban fill or compacted turf into pollinator habitat.

4) Southwoods Community Stormwater Retrofit (MD)Grantee: Spa Creek ConservancyNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $192,518Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $161,120Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $353,638Funding Partner: EPA

The Spa Creek Conservancy will implement a Watershed Action Plan (WAP) developed for the Southwoods community, which enlists private property owners to install stormwater best management practices (SWBMPs). SWBMPs will: (1) reduce nutrient and sediment runoff and restore wetlands, streams and riparian forested buffers on working forests and farms; (2) reduce nutrient and sediment pollution and stormwater runoff from residential and commercial properties; and (3) improve urban management by storing and treating stormwater runoff. Project will prevent 21.35 pounds of total nitrogen, 3.46 pounds of total phosphorus, and 1,080 pounds of total sediment from entering the local waterway.

5) Cambridge Residential Stewardship Initiative (MD)Grantee: Nanticoke Watershed AllianceNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85,819Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,765Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $118,584Funding Partner: EPA

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance will engage homeowners and renters in Cambridge, Maryland in an initiative to explore barriers and benefits to implementing residential best management practices (BMPs) in a community with significant socio-economic challenges. A residential BMP cost-share program will address a barrier for getting residential BMPs implemented. BMPs will be installed on 10 residential properties, which include rain gardens, conservation landscaping, tree planting and rain harvesting devices such as rain barrels.

6) Canterbury Farm Wetland Restoration (MD)Grantee: Chesapeake Wildlife HeritageNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $96,452Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $49,200Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $145,652Funding Partner: EPA

Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage will restore 15 acres of non-tidal wetlands at Canterbury Farm and educate an additional 25 landowners in the region about their role in restoring wetlands. The restored wetlands at Canterbury Farm will include 7 acres of shallow water emergent wetlands and 8 acres of wooded wetlands. Project will provide significant pollution reduction benefits, which include the removal of 3,195 pounds of nitrogen, 150 pounds of phosphorus and 40,000 pounds of sediment per year and help achieve local and state Watershed Implementation Plan goals.

7) Envision the Choptank: A Collaborative Restoration for Oyster Success (MD)Grantee: Eastern Shore Land ConservancyNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $152,074Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $74,509Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $226,583Funding Partner: EPA

The Eastern Shore Land Conservancy and the Envision the Choptank Partnership will develop a comprehensive program to accelerate the rate at which agricultural and residential best management practices are implemented in the lower Choptank watershed area, which includes the watersheds of Harris Creek, Broad Creek and the Tred Avon River. The partnership will prioritize restoration locations and engage landowners through a series of targeted workshops and one-on-one assistance. Project will result in annual reductions of 155 pounds of phosphorus, 3,650 pounds of nitrogen and 40,800 pounds of sediment.


8) Increased Participation in Stormwater Management Programs through Social Marketing (MD)Grantee: Rock Creek ConservancyNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,417Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62,500Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $142,917Funding Partner: EPA

The Rock Creek Conservancy will create a behavior change project in the Aspen Hill, Maryland community of Montgomery County to assess the barriers to adoption of the RainScapes program through a social marketing plan and implementation program. Project will share all lessons learned with the Montgomery Department of Environmental Protection to help adjust the RainScapes program to make it more accessible to all homeowners.

9) Maryland Department of Natural Resources Oyster Management Public-Private PartnershipGrantee: Maryland Department of Natural ResourcesNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $66,667Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $266,667Funding Partners: EPA, CSX

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will develop a public-private partnership designed to enhance the long-term business and economic interests of Maryland’s watermen. The Oyster Management Public-Private Partnership (P3) project will create an innovative and comprehensive approach to oyster restoration and water quality financing. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the Oyster Recovery Partnership and the University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center have partnered to develop a program that is designed to address both the conservation and harvesting needs of the fishery.

PENNSYLVANIA

INSR GRANTS1) Pennsylvania Adaptive Toolbox for Conservation SaturationGrantee: Pennsylvania Department of AgricultureNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $632,319Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $809,104Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,441,423Funding Partners: EPA, USFS

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture will pilot the Pennsylvania Adaptive Toolbox for Conservation Saturation. Project will achieve 100 percent livestock stream exclusion, seek greater participation in conservation planning and practice implementation, and demonstrate a correlation

between conservation efforts, herd health and farm profitability. Project will result in annual reductions of 1,695 pounds of phosphorus, 32,860 pounds of nitrogen and 749,400 pounds of sediment.

2) Driving Strategic Implementation in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County (PA)Grantee: Lancaster Farmland TrustNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $328,328Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $341,500Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $669,828Funding Partners: EPA, USFS, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Alcoa

Lancaster Farmland Trust will implement stream corridor and livestock best management practices (BMPs) on strategic farms in East Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania. Project will utilize data collected during farm assessments completed on all farms in the township and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection approved MapShed modeling results to identify and implement cost-effective, site-specific BMPs on six farms. Project will result in annual reductions of 5,241 pounds of phosphorus, 26,094 pounds of nitrogen and 137,000 pounds of sediment.

3) York County Stormwater Authority (PA)Grantee: York County Planning CommissionNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $203,419Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $438,419Funding Partner: EPA

The York County Planning Commission will create a county stormwater authority whose purpose will be three-fold: (1) assist municipalities in meeting Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan, which sets forth a strategy for the state to achieve the required pollutant reductions mandated by the Total Maximum Daily Load, or pollution diet for the Chesapeake Bay; (2) complete specific Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit requirements on behalf of the regulated municipalities; and (3) coordinate staffing needs with the York County Conservation District to provide technical assistance to the waiting list of farms.

4) Restoring the Octoraro Reservoir: Plain Sect Conservation Action (PA)Grantee: Alliance for the Chesapeake BayNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $749,676Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,092,800Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,842,476Funding Partners: EPA, NRCS, Altria

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reductions in sub-watersheds contributing to drinking water supplies in the Octoraro Creek Watershed through outreach and agricultural best management practice (BMP) installation on Plain Sect farms. Project will build upon existing local efforts through the creation of a Source Water Protection Collaborative and development of a sustainable regional financing plan for ongoing BMP implementation. Project will result in annual reductions of 9,305 pounds of phosphorus, 285,488 pounds of nitrogen and 8,172,082 pounds of sediment.

5) Carlisle Urban Stormwater Park (PA)Grantee: Borough of CarlisleNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $599,452Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,199,452Funding Partner: EPA

The Carlisle Urban Stormwater Park will implement a series of stormwater best management practices integrated with park and recreation facilities located in the disadvantaged northwest quadrant in the Borough of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Project will reduce flooding by providing the needed stormwater detention capacity to serve runoff from the planned redevelopment of an adjacent brownfield site, while preventing nutrients and other pollution from entering the vulnerable LeTort Spring, which feeds into the Conodoguinet Creek and eventually the Chesapeake Bay. Project will result in the removal of 5,190 square feet of impervious surface, and annual reductions of 4 pounds of phosphorus, 62 pounds of nitrogen and 8,080 pounds of sediment.

6) Implementing Precision Conservation in the Susquehanna River Watershed (PA)Grantee: Chesapeake ConservancyNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $562,236Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $571,073Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,133,309Funding Partners: EPA, USFS, NRCS, Altria

The Chesapeake Conservancy, Susquehanna University and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation will collaborate and harness newly available high-resolution Geographic Information System datasets and tools to pilot a new innovative approach to conservation, conduct precision conservation, and better focus restoration efforts and best management practice implementation on the ground. Project will demonstrate improved efficiency, effectiveness and returns on investment through better site selection prioritization and support technology transfer to broaden adoption across multiple regions. Project will result in annual reductions of 32 pounds of phosphorus, 258 pounds of nitrogen and 10,700 pounds of sediment.

SWG GRANTS1) Chest Creek Watershed Restoration (PA)Grantee: Western Pennsylvania ConservancyNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $178,708Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $238,708Funding Partners: USFS, EPA

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sediment reduction measures, and install riparian buffers in the Chest Creek Watershed, located in northern Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Working with two agricultural producers, project will reduce sediment and nutrient pollution in the watershed. Specific BMPs will include 3,850 feet of exclusion fencing, two manure management plans, two heavy-use protection areas, one stabilized livestock crossing and one acre of riparian restoration.

2) Juniata River Agricultural Technical Assistance and Best Management Practice Implementation (PA)Grantee: Western Pennsylvania ConservancyNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $158,846Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $218,846Funding Partners: EPA, USFS, NRCS

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and partners will work with agricultural landowners in the Juniata River watershed to implement best management practices to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff in the Yellow Creek sub-watershed. Project will ensure that farmers have nutrient/manure management and agricultural erosion and sediment control plans to meet state regulatory requirements. Project will include 3,000 feet of streambank fencing and four nutrient management plans totaling 550 acres. All farms will either have a NRCS conservation plan or an equivalent erosion and sediment control plan. Streambank fencing will reduce nitrogen loads by 12.93 pounds per year, phosphorus loads by 0.55 pounds per year, and sediment loads by 0.07 pounds per year.

3) Transforming a Community into Resource Stewards (PA)Grantee: Lancaster Farmland TrustNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $187,662Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,302Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $252,964Funding Partners: EPA, Altria

The Lancaster Farmland Trust will assist three conservative Mennonite farmers in Eastern Lancaster County with implementing strategic field-based and structural practices that address nitrate levels. Project will engage the conservative Mennonite farming community in the conservation of natural resources on their farms and will expand on education and outreach efforts completed by the eastern Lancaster County Source Water Collaborative. Project will result in annual reductions of 1,783 pounds of phosphorus, 9,807 pounds of nitrogen and 56,000 pounds of sediment.

4) Sediment Reduction and Fish Passage in the Kettle Creek Watershed (PA)Grantee: Trout UnlimitedNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $163,231Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $94,500Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $257,731Funding Partner: EPA

Trout Unlimited will increase coldwater habitat availability and reduce sediment pollution to benefit the eastern brook trout in Kettle Creek, northcentral Pennsylvania, as a continuation of the watershed restoration that has been underway for the last 17 years. In addition, project will provide related training and educational outreach to targeted audiences who in turn can help to plan and implement similar projects to benefit eastern brook trout in their respective watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay. Project will open 1.6 miles of coldwater habitat to eastern brook trout and remove 6,780 pounds of sediment annually from the local waterways.

5) Campus Avenue Stream Restoration (PA)Grantee: Borough of Spring GroveNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,000Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $370,000Funding Partner: EPA

Spring Grove Borough will restore approximately 1,250 linear feet of Codorus Creek to correct eroding streambanks and channels, thereby reducing sediment discharge to the Lower Susquehanna watershed. Spring Grove Borough and neighboring Jackson Township are urban landscapes in the vicinity of the stream with several direct stormwater discharges to the stream. Project will identify measures to move back the direct discharge points and create a natural buffer through man-made wetland areas to dissipate concentrated upstream runoff. Project will reduce the sediment loading to Codorus Creek by 6,000 pounds per year.

6) Reconnecting Historic Migratory Fish Habitat in Chiques Creek (PA)Grantee: American RiversNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,915Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $266,915Funding Partners: EPA, Alcoa

American Rivers will remove a fish barrier to restore access to 2.9 miles of upstream headwaters for spawning brook trout in Chiques Creek. Project will benefit migratory and resident fish in the Susquehanna River Basin and remove

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a deteriorating safety hazard from this high-priority brook trout creek.

VIRGINIA

INSR GRANTS1) Moving Virginia Farms to Reduce Phosphorus Inputs to the Chesapeake BayGrantee: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $367,207Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $396,991Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $764,198Funding Partner: EPA

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University will write nutrient management plans (NMPs) for farms located in the Shenandoah valley of Virginia, totaling 18,000 acres of NMPs over three years (6,000 per year). Project will prevent 338,400 pounds of nitrogen and 153,180 pounds of phosphorus from entering the Chesapeake Bay annually and will help Virginia meet Watershed Implementation Plan goals.

2) Restoring the Lost Branch of the Elizabeth River (VA)Grantee: The Elizabeth River ProjectNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $742,887Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,828,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,570,887Funding Partners: EPA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Altria, CSX

The Elizabeth River Project will coordinate the regional scale partnership to include the cities of Norfolk, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, who will upgrade major stormwater retention ponds and improve stormwater treatment in city parks on the Eastern Branch. Project will address climate resiliency as the region with the highest sea level rise on the East Coast, with total annual pollution reductions of 1,097 pounds of nitrogen, 334 pounds of phosphorus and 68,502 pounds of sediment.

SWG GRANTS1) Hopewell Restoration (VA)Grantee: Chesapeake Bay FoundationNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,672Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $115,420Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $315,092Funding Partner: EPA

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation will reduce polluted stormwater runoff in the City of Hopewell, Virginia, educate the community on the benefits of conservation practices, and increase the number of green infrastructure projects

installed in this aging urban area. Project will partner with the city, community groups, faith-based institutions, residents and other citizens on both large- and small-scale stormwater mitigation projects that will also address other community concerns, such as flooding and revitalization of green spaces. On-the-ground restoration activities will include constructing five rain gardens, putting in 45 rain barrels, installing a bioretention basin and permeable pavers at a city-owned parking lot, erecting 10 pet waste stations, and planting 100 trees to increase the city’s tree canopy

2) County Courthouse Green Infrastructure Improvements (VA)Grantee: King & Queen County Board of SupervisorsNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $205,753Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $405,753Funding Partner: EPA

The King & Queen County Board of Supervisors will address the drainage issues caused by stormwater runoff in and around the courthouse complex. Project will remove the asphalt in the existing parking lot areas, address the grade issues, and resurface with a permeable pavement material. Two grass swales, which help to treat stormwater runoff, will be installed along the outskirts of the parking lot areas.

3) Mechumps Creek Regenerative Wetlands Demonstration (VA)Grantee: Randolph-Macon CollegeNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $365,843Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $565,843Funding Partners: EPA, Altria

Randolph-Macon College will implement a stream restoration and regenerative wetland project aimed at improving aquatic habitat and promoting infiltration and nutrient reduction along approximately 1,200 linear feet of Mechumps Creek in Ashland, Virginia. Project will integrate a central stream channel with contiguous regenerative stormwater wetlands. Bank stabilization will prevent approximately 520 tons of sediment, 1.2 tons of soil-based nitrogen and 0.6 tons of phosphorus from reaching the Chesapeake Bay over a 20-year period.

4) Chesapeake RiverWise Education (VA)Grantee: Alliance for the Chesapeake BayNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $199,972Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $90,360Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $290,332Funding Partner: EPA


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The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will reduce stormwater pollution in the City of Richmond by implementing green infrastructure best management practices on school properties through the RiverWise Education program. Project will focus on reducing stormwater on the grounds of Binford Middle School, expanding the curriculum to different classes, and establishing green teams to maintain these education projects all over the city.

5) Northern Neck Living Shorelines (VA)Grantee: Northern Neck Planning District CommissionNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $196,503Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $261,503Funding Partner: EPA

The Northern Neck Planning District Commission will install a living shoreline, bank stabilization and runoff reduction landscaping in each of the four counties of Virginia’s Northern Neck. Project will focus on outreach and public education to more than 500 property owners to promote the installation of living shorelines and other runoff reduction treatments on their property. Project will influence property owners not only in the Northern Neck, but Bay-wide, to choose living shorelines for shoreline stabilization.

6) Kinsey Run Stream Restoration (VA)Grantee: Friends of the RappahannockNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $193,083Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65,023Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $258,106Funding Partner: EPA

The Friends of the Rappahannock will collaborate with various partners in an effort to incorporate and build on multiple stakeholder priorities, data sets and localized restoration techniques to implement stream restoration practices throughout a portion of Kinsey Run. Project will be the first of a larger initiative that was set up to reverse these nutrients and sediment from entering local waterways. Project will include planting a 30-foot riparian buffer, restoring/enhancing 808 linear feet of instream habitat, reconnecting to upstream habitat by removing fish blockage, monitoring progress, engaging regional partners, and promoting science.

7) Oyster Bag Sill Construction and Monitoring at Sites in Chesapeake Bay (VA)Grantee: Middle Peninsula Planning District CommissionNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $92,637Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,637Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $126,274Funding Partner: EPA

The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission will construct a living shoreline with oyster bag sills, and monitor those sills at two publicly-owned properties on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. The oyster bag sills will protect the marsh edge from erosion reducing sediment and nutrient input to the Bay and maintaining wetland shellfish and finfish habitat.

8) Improving Water Quality and Brook Trout Habitat in the Upper James River (VA)Grantee: Trout UnlimitedNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $190,335Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $131,000Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $321,335Funding Partners: USFS, EPA, NRCS, Altria

Trout Unlimited will improve water quality and brook trout habitat in the Upper James River watershed by focusing on priority watersheds with a high likelihood of expanding brook trout habitat. Project will take conservation action on targeted stream reaches in heavy agricultural areas in these watersheds where the benefits extend to better water quality and expanded brook trout patch habitat. Project will reduce sedimentation in the watershed by 40 tons per year, nitrogen by 120 pounds per year, and phosphorus by 32 pounds per year.

WEST VIRGINIA

INSR GRANTS1) Evitts Run Green Infrastructure Park (WV)Grantee: City of Charles Town, West VirginiaNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $725,000Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,606,500Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,331,500Funding Partners: EPA, CSX

Charles Town will protect water quality, restore the aquatic ecosystem, and create a park and recreational area along Evitts Run Creek, in an economically distressed downtown neighborhood. Through a series of innovative green infrastructure and low-impact development facilities, project will retrofit a deteriorated stormwater basin, create three large rain gardens, construct wetlands, restore the shoreline, and create a native nursery to support future green infrastructure efforts in the watershed. When complete, the Evitts Run Green Infrastructure Park will revitalize a distressed minority neighborhood, establish a wonderful regional park, and annually reduce 46,000 pounds of sediment, 588 pounds of phosphorus and 412 pounds of nitrogen.

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SWG GRANTS1) Expanding Brook Trout Habitat within the Potomac Headwaters (WV)Grantee: Trout UnlimitedNFWF Award Amount: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $184,969Matching Funds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $246,238Total Project: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $431,207Funding Partners: USFS, EPA

Trout Unlimited will restore, reconnect and expand the fragmented brook trout patch network in the Potomac Headwaters in West Virginia. Project will do this through a variety of methods including riparian and instream restoration, brook trout reintroduction, and aquatic organism passage barrier mitigation. Project will increase Farm Bill Program participation by restoring 48 acres of riparian habitat to accelerate agricultural conservation and reduce annual nutrient and sediment deposition by 976 pounds of nitrogen, 269 pounds of phosphorus and 460,000 pounds of sediment annually.

Projects by Type

TARGETED RIVER AND WATERSHED RESTORATIONThe following projects seek to improve water quality consistent with state Watershed Implementation Plans, as well as habitat restoration and species recovery goals for targeted species that include eastern brook trout, river herring and native oysters. Projects will improve stream health and water quality in agricultural and urban landscapes through best management practices and couple habitat restoration with efforts to mitigate the threat of future degradation. In this category, $4,371,490 in NFWF funds were awarded, for a total on-the-ground impact of $9,328,864.

1) Driving Strategic Implementation in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County (PA)

2) Restoring the Octoraro Reservoir: Plain Sect Conservation Action (PA)

3) Restoring the Lost Branch of the Elizabeth River (VA)4) Chest Creek Watershed Restoration (PA)5) Juniata River Agricultural Technical Assistance and Best

Management Practice Implementation (PA)6) Transforming a Community into Resource Stewards (PA)7) Sediment Reduction and Fish Passage in the Kettle Creek

Watershed (PA)8) Potomac Priority Lands (VA, WV)9) Northern Neck Living Shorelines (VA)10) Kinsey Run Stream Restoration (VA)11) Canterbury Farm Wetland Restoration (MD)12) Envision the Choptank: A Collaborative Restoration for

Oyster Success (MD)13) Campus Avenue Stream Restoration (PA)14) Reconnecting Historic Migratory Fish Habitat in Chiques

Creek (PA)15) Expanding Brook Trout Habitat within the Potomac

Headwaters (WV)16) Black Duck Decision Support Tool Implementation (MD,

VA)17) Increasing Nutrient Use Efficiency and Improving Water

Quality on Delmarva (DE, MD)18) Improving Water Quality and Brook Trout Habitat in the

Upper James River (VA)

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN URBAN LANDSCAPESThe following projects seek to build local government capacity for advancing green infrastructure strategies, better integrate green infrastructure into existing local government programs, and/or accelerate adoption of green infrastructure practices on private lands. All Green Infrastructure projects will result in quantifiable reductions in the volume of stormwater runoff, and nutrient and sediment loads delivered to the Chesapeake Bay. In this category, $3,032,150 in NFWF funds were awarded, for a total on-the-ground impact of $6,225,537.

1) Carlisle Urban Stormwater Park (PA)2) Evitts Run Green Infrastructure Park (WV)3) Cultivating Watershed Covenant Communities (MD)4) Implementing Environmental Site Design to Improve

Water Quality at Carroll County Farm Museum (MD)5) Schoolyard Habitats in Baltimore City (MD)6) Proving a New Model of Self-Sustaining Stormwater

Management in the Anacostia River (DC)7) Southwoods Community Stormwater Retrofit (MD)8) Hopewell Restoration (VA)9) County Courthouse Green Infrastructure Improvements

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10) Cambridge Residential Stewardship Initiative (MD)11) Chesapeake RiverWise Education (VA)12) Increased Participation in Stormwater Management

Programs through Social Marketing (MD)

INNOVATION ON CROSS-CUTTING ISSUESThe following projects are investments in innovative methods and new technologies that hold the promise to drive down costs, expand the effectiveness of restoration practices, and accelerate the pace of recovery. In this category, $3,494,106 in NFWF funds were awarded, for a total on-the-ground impact of $7,525,070.

1) Clean Water Partnership Stormwater Management Retrofits (MD)

2) Pennsylvania Adaptive Toolbox for Conservation Saturation

3) Moving Virginia Farms to Reduce Phosphorus Inputs to the Chesapeake Bay

4) Achieving Regional Phosphorus Balance in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (DE, MD, PA, VA)

5) York County Stormwater Authority (PA)6) Mechumps Creek Regenerative Wetlands Demonstration

(VA)7) Maryland Department of Natural Resources Oyster

Management Public-Private Partnership8) Implementing Precision Conservation in the

Susquehanna River Watershed (PA)9) Oyster Bag Sill Construction and Monitoring at Sites in

Chesapeake Bay (VA)

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