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ELIGIBILITY
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SPECIFICATIONS
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APPLICATION DEADLINE
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CONTACT
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| PROGRAM ASSISTANCE GRANTS |
SWCDs |
These grants will provide a safety net for districts with a sudden reduction in local funding, impacts from USDA office closures, and assist SWCDs experiencing a steady slow decline, or a long-term level-funding pattern. PAG funds will provide assistance with program delivery, administrative costs, and costs associated with strategic planning and program evaluation. |
More Info |
David Hanselmann |
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AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION ABATEMENT COST SHARING
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Landowners |
Provide cost-share and technical assistance to solve agricultural or forestry-related sediment or livestock waste pollution problems. Provides 75% (up to $15,000) of the cost of installing eligible practices (defined in Ohio Administrative Code 1501:15-5-13) that will provide the least cost alternative to control pollution. |
 Brochure
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Your local Soil & Water Conservation District Office |
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NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION (NPS) EDUCATION GRANTS
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SWCDs and, through them, schools and other local organizations |
Specifications: Two types of grants are available:
• Personnel grants through which SWCDs can hire or retain NPS education specialists to develop education programs targeting schools and general public audiences.
• Watershed Awareness to Watershed Action (WAWA) mini-grants for projects such as educator workshops, student field days, water festivals, storm drain stenciling, landowner and developer seminars, and other watershed awareness initiatives. |
Oct. 15
Dec. 15
March 15
Grant opportunities in .pdf and .doc
Nonpoint Source Grant Opportunity memo in .pdf and .doc
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Jeanne Russell, 614-265-6682. |
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OHIO LAKE ERIE CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (CREP)
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Farmers and owners of agricultural lands capable of cropland production. Land must be within the Lake Erie drainage area of 27 eligible counties in northern Ohio. |
Cost-share grants and incentive payments are allotted to enroll in conservation management practices to reduce soil erosion, field runoff, and sediment pollution from agricultural lands. |
Online information |
Your local Soil and Water Conservation District office |
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| WATERSHED COORDINATORS |
Non-profit organizations, local and regional units of governments |
- Organizations can request 3-year or 4-year grants to employ a watershed coordinator.
- 4-year coordinators develop state endorsed watershed action plans. 3-year coordinators implement state endorsed watershed action plans.
- Grant covers up to 80%* of salary and fringe benefits for a watershed coordinator. 20%* sponsor cost-share required to complete watershed coordinator compensation. *90%/10% for watersheds within “economically distressed” portions of the state as determined by Ohio Department of Development.
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RFP distributed as funding permits. Currently, there are no plans to invite proposals until Spring 2008. |
614-265-6610 |
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| URBAN STREAMS PROGRAM |
SWCDs, or partners in association with an SWCD |
Two categories: small grants up to $5,000. Large grants from $5,001 to $40,000 with a strategic plan of 3-5 years. Large grants may be for strategic activities and practices listed below, or for new technical assistance personnel.
• New positions that enhance SWCD assistance aimed at improving or protecting the integrity of the urban stream system. Personnel funding (up to $40,000) is available the first year for a full-time position. This amount declines each year, reaching $24,000 the fifth and final year, after which district positions should be supported by the usual state-match relationship.
• Initiation of corridor/floodplain protection programs.
Cost sharing to install practices, preventing or controlling NPS pollution, such as stormwater quality retrofits or stream channel restoration.
• Short-term personnel needs for the above purposes.
Demonstration of restoration techniques which improve stream function.
• Monitoring and inventorying stream resources as part of an improvement strategy or NPS project or program.
• Training for staff (urban stream specialists or other urban personnel).
• Training for county and municipal staff or consultants to incorporate NPS reduction and channel function into stormwater design and programs.
• Updating and revising stormwater management requirements and programs for broader stream system protection. |
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John Mathews, 614-265-6685 |