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Chesapeake Bay Watershed to Benefit from $9.6 Million in Watershed Restoration Grants

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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The 10 grants will leverage more than $9.4 million in matching contributions to generate a total conservation impact of just over $19 million.

Key Points: 
  • The 10 grants will leverage more than $9.4 million in matching contributions to generate a total conservation impact of just over $19 million.
  • The grants were awarded through the Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grant Program (INSR), a core grant program of the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program partnership that are administered under NFWF’s Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund (CBSF).
  • Since 2006, the INSR Program has provided more than $133 million to 229 projects that have reduced 23 million pounds of nitrogen, 4 million pounds of phosphorus, and 500,000 tons of sediment across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
  • For more information about the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund or to download the 2023 Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction grants slate, visit www.nfwf.org/chesapeake .

Chesapeake Bay Watershed to Benefit from $33.8 Million in Conservation Grants

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Friday, December 2, 2022
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The 104 grants will leverage more than $30 million in matching contributions to generate a total conservation impact of more than $64 million.

Key Points: 
  • The 104 grants will leverage more than $30 million in matching contributions to generate a total conservation impact of more than $64 million.
  • The grants were awarded through the Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grant Program (INSR) and the Small Watershed Grants (SWG) Programs, core grant programs of the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program partnership that are administered under NFWFs Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund (CBSF).
  • For more information about the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund or to download the 2022 Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction and Small Watershed Grants Slates, visit www.nfwf.org/chesapeake .
  • Primarily funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Chesapeake Bay Program has set the guidance and policy for restoring the Chesapeake Bay since 1983.