Community and Watershed Forestry Grants

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR)

Program

Community and Watershed Forestry Grants

Purpose

The DCNR Community and Watershed Forestry Program provides financial assistance to identify locations in need of riparian forest buffers, lawn conversion, and community tree planting. It also helps design, implement, and establish those practices.

Eligible Activities

Landowner outreach, design, site preparation, and planting of buffers, meadows, upland forest, community tree planting; plant materials and tree shelters; and post-planting establishment on plantings installed within the past 5 years.

Eligible Organizations (Grants)

Counties , Municipalities , Non-Profit Organizations , Higher Education & other Education Institutions

Funding (Grants)

$50,000 Maximum

Match

20% Match Minimum