Thirty-four environmental projects in all six Chesapeake Bay
states and the District of Columbia have been awarded more than
$3.4 million to help reduce pollution to local streams, creeks
and rivers and the Bay. The funding for the projects was awarded
through the Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program, which
provides grants to nonprofit organizations and local governments
working to improve the condition of their local watershed. The
2010 grant recipients will develop conservation plans in both
urban and rural settings, preserve valuable natural lands and
implement on-the-ground and in-the-water restoration practices
throughout the Bay watershed. Many of the projects will use
social media campaigns to fully engage their local community in
restoration and conservation efforts. “Clean water is important
to every community, so it’s vital that these projects will occur
in all six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the
District of Columbia,” said Shawn Garvin, regional administrator
for U.S. EPA Re