Project Grant 99201829

Award Date 4/1/24
Completion Date 3/31/27
Dollars Obligated $733K
Federal Agency
EPA Region 2
Federal Grant Program
66.481
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
New York, USA
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  • Implementing rural road best management practices to remediate erosion and altered hydrology associated with forest trails and roads
  • Developing state-of-the-art studies to reduce flooding and ice jam formations and improve riparian ecology
  • Creating an onsite wastewater treatment systems education and maintenance program led by local partners
  • Developing and supporting management decisions to improve water quality by reducing nutrient loading and sedimentation to Lake Champlain

These activities are expected to benefit the people of the Lake Champlain Basin by improving the ecological health of the lake. The grant has an award date of April 1, 2024 and a completion date of March 31, 2027.

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