This agreement provides support to the recipient to implement new york's portion of the lake champlain management plan

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Geographic Programs - Lake Champlain Basin Program (CFDA 66.481), supports the implementation of New York's portion of the Lake Champlain Management Plan. The $2,666,667 award, effective April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2028, will fund several key activities:

1. Implementation of rural road best management practices to reduce nutrient loading and sedimentation into Lake Champlain.
2. Development and support of management decisions to improve water quality by reducing nutrient loading and sedimentation.
3. Studies to reduce flooding, ice jam formations, and improve riparian ecology in the Lake Champlain Basin.

The subaward activities under this grant include the same three categories of work to be performed by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. These efforts aim to benefit the people of the Lake Champlain Basin by improving the ecological health of the lake.

This agreement will support new york lake champlain flood resiliency and watershed implementation plan (WIP) funding programs to establish a new york based total maximum daily load (TMDL) program. Applicant and the office of general services has identified high-priority flood-prone watersheds throughout new york state to develop state-of-the-art studies to reduce flooding and ICE JAM formations and improve riparian ecology. These funds would be used for implementation of flood mitigation projects addressed within the flood mitigation analysis section of completed flood mitigation and resilience reports. The 2024 lake champlain WIP/TMDL report provides an updated analysis of the geographic sources of phosphorus pollution by each source sector (agriculture, urban, forested, septic, and wastewater). Funding will support the implementation of projects identified in the WIP and projects that align with the WIP recommendations. The WIP project sub-categories include rural roads implementation, enhanced agricultural best management practices, and stormwater management (including master planning). These activities will benefit the people of lake champlain basin by improving the ecological health of the lake. Activities:implementation of WIP and flood resiliency projects: -rural road best management practices; -develop and support management decisions and improve water quality by reducing nutrient loading and sedimentation to lake champlain; -develop state-of-the-art studies to reduce flooding and ICE JAM formations and improve riparian ecology.subrecipient:subaward activities funding under this award include WIP/TMD projects:: -implementation of rural road best management practices; -develop and support management decisions and improve water quality by reducing nutrient loading and sedimentation to lake champlain; and -develop state-of-the-art studies to reduce flooding and ICE JAM formations and improve riparian ecology.outcomes:these activities will benefit the people of lake champlain basin by improving the ecological health of the lake.