From staff reports
The Wolf Administration on Thursday announced nearly $1.5 million for nine conservation projects in northwest Pennsylvania through the Department of Environmental Protection’s Growing Greener Plus program.
One of those projects is in Venango County and one is in Crawford County.
The Venango Conservation District in Venango County received $133,680 for the Fisherman’s Cove stream bank stabilization.
All the projects work to protect waterways and watersheds, reclaim abandoned mine sites and work to reclaim and plug abandoned oil and gas wells.
Growing Greener is the largest single investment of state funds in Pennsylvania’s history to address critical environmental concerns.
Entities eligible for Growing Greener grants can be watershed groups, local or county government, municipal authorities, county planning commissions, county conservation districts, council of governments, educational institutions, or non-profit organizations.
Grantees have up to three years to implement their projects.
