Stream Partners is a cooperative effort of the West Virginia Conservation Agency, West Virginia's Division of Environmental Protection, Division of Forestry, and the Division of Natural Resources. The program is housed within the DEP's Division of Water and Waste Management.
West Virginia Stream Partners Program
Announces New Grant Year
January 1, 2012- December 31th 2012
West Virginia Stream Partners Program’s grant year will be set to the calendar year beginning in January of 2012. Applicants must submit a signed cover sheet and the answers to the six application questions to:
Jennifer Pauer
601 57th St, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Or Jennifer.pauer@wv.gov
1-800-654-5227
Program Dates:
October 17, 2011 Grant application deadline.
January 1, 2012 Grant year begins
July 31, 2012 Mid-term report deadline.
December 31, 2012 Watershed improvement project completion deadline and
grant year ends.
January 31, 2013 Final report deadline. Include budget, cash and/or
in-kind service contributions. Receipts are to be kept on file.
Stream Partners Hotline: 1-800-654-5227
Local Number: (304) 926-0495
How to become a Stream Partner and apply for a $5,000 dollar seed grant to complete your watershed improvement project...
- What is a Stream Partner?
- A Stream Partner
- What Steam Partners can do for you
- $5,000 Seed Grants
- Types of Watershed Projects funded
- Grant guidelines
- Grant Application Download
A community-based organization comprised of local citizens, industry, environmental groups, sportsmen, local government, and landowners that are interested in improving the quality of life in and around their stream and watershed.
- Identifies the issues affecting their stream and the watershed
- Forms community-based partnerships to accomplish present and future watershed improvement projects and goals.
- Completes a watershed improvement project that will restore, protect, or enhance their stream or watershed.
- Establishes a reputation in the community as a voice of the people that gets results.
- Educates their community on the importance of restoring, protecting, and enhancing their stream or watershed.
- Is willing to match 20% of a $5,000 seed grant with cash and/or in-kind service contributions to complete sustainable watershed improvement projects.
What Stream Partners can do for you:
- Help organize a community-based watershed association.
- Assist is selecting and prioritizing your watershed improvement projects.
- Find technical and financial resource assistance to complete sustainable watershed improvement projects.
- Assist in the development of stakeholders and partnerships for your watershed association.
- Facilitate your watershed association meetings.
Seed grants are available to help your watershed association form partnerships to complete sustainable watershed improvement projects that have long-term effects on your community and watershed.
Types of Watershed Improvement Projects Funded:
- Fish and wildlife habitat creation and enhancement
- Stream bank stabilization and erosion and sediment control
- Education and outreach of the importance of restoring, protecting, and enhancing streams and watersheds
- Clean-up projects that remove debris and litter from stream banks, in conjunction with a sustainable watershed improvement project
- Water quality monitoring and water quality improvements
- Wetland restoration
Note: Applications that include a variety of the projects mentioned above are given a higher priority.
To be eligible for a Stream Partners seed grant, applicants must do the following:
- Organize or have a community-based group that is interested in improving the quality of a stream or watershed.
- Decide on a watershed improvement project that fits into the categories listed above.
- Complete the grant application cover sheet.
- Answer the Grant Application Questions.
- Return the cover sheet and completed application questions by April 15th to:
WV Department of Environmental Protection
601 57th Street, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Grant Period is one year from September 1st of the application year to August 31st of the following year.
Matching the Grant
20% of the grant must be matched with in-kind service contributions and/or cash.
Budget
The applicant must provide a budget of intended expenses for the proposed watershed improvement project (include cash and/or in-kind service contributions). Watershed improvement project budgets may be revised in writing as your watershed association's goals change.
Receipts must be kept on file.
Grant Application & Questionnaire
Return cover sheet and completed grant application questions found on the second page of the application to:
WV Department of Environmental Protection
601 57th Street, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Program Dates:
October 17, 2011 Grant application deadline.
January 1, 2012 Grant year begins
July 31, 2012 Mid-term report deadline.
December 31, 2012 Watershed improvement project completion deadline and
grant year ends.
January 31, 2013 Final report deadline. Include budget, cash and/or
in-kind service contributions. Receipts are to be kept on file.
Download the Application below in Adobe PDF format
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