Deadline: 02-Jun-21
The Department of Environmental Conservation is currently seeking applications for the Local Stewardship Planning, River Education, and River Access Grants Program.
Programs
- Local Stewardship Planning: This funding will help communities in the Hudson River estuary watershed increase resiliency to flooding, protect water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, and enhance natural resources. This funding is from the NYS Environmental Protection Fund (EPF).
- Eligible Projects: This RFA is designed to help local organizations and communities advance four categories of projects and programs through planning, feasibility studies, and/or design:
- Hudson River shoreline communities to adapt land uses and decision-making to factor in climate change, flooding, heat, drought, and sea-level rise projections;
- Making water infrastructure more resilient to flooding and/or sea-level rise;
- Watershed and source water management planning.
- Conservation of natural resources by creating a natural resources inventory, open space inventory/index, open space plan, conservation overlay zone, open space funding feasibility study, or connectivity plan.
- Eligible Projects: This RFA is designed to help local organizations and communities advance four categories of projects and programs through planning, feasibility studies, and/or design:
- River Education: River Education projects to enhance education about the estuary along the tidal waters of the Hudson and make opportunities to learn about the Hudson River Estuary more accessible. The funding may be used to design, equip and/or construct educational facilities (including signage, exhibits, and river-focused art installations), support development of plans or curriculum, purchase of equipment, and/or development of web sites or mobile phone apps.
- River Access: River Access for projects along the shoreline of the Hudson estuary, including the tidal portion of its tributaries, that provide new or improved accessibility at new or existing access sites for boating, fishing, swimming, and/or wildlife-dependent recreation.
Funding Information
- Local Stewardship Planning: Approximately $350,000 is available for Local Stewardship Planning. The minimum award amount is $10,500 and the maximum award amount is $50,000.
- River Education: Approximately $200,000 is available. The minimum grant award is $10,500, and the maximum grant amount is $40,000.
- River Access: Approximately $200,000 is available. The minimum grant award is $10,500 and the maximum grant amount is $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include Governmental Entities, Municipalities, and Quasi-Governmental Entities, including but not limited to Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, or Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or the United States with a reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New York State, or any combination thereof, Public Benefit Corporations, Public Authorities, Municipal Corporations, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, School Districts, and Community Colleges, and not-for-profit corporations with a 501(c)(3) designation.
For more information, visit https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5091.html