Description
The Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) is seeking grant proposals to advance restoration work for active, existing projects with Priority Project or Provisional Project status within the Priority Projects Program. The purpose of the Priority Projects Program is to provide support for proactive, voluntary ecological restoration work that presents significant benefits to the Commonwealth. Eligible applicants include Priority Project Lead Project Sponsors, State, Regional, or Municipal agencies, Tribal governments, Non-Governmental Organizations, or public or private entities that either own or have permission by the landowner of the existing Priority Project to advance restoration work. The grant funding will support project development and implementation, and the level of funding provided will be determined based on the demonstrated need and urgency for support, feasibility of proposed scope of work, capacity to advance restoration work, likelihood of restoration success, and available DER resources.
• Eligible grant activities include planning, data collection and assessment, community-based planning, technical analyses, engineering and design, permitting and environmental compliance, implementation, monitoring, and adaptive management.
• Ineligible grant activities include Low Impact Development (LID) and stand-alone stormwater management projects, installation of new tide gates, standalone marsh platform elevation management projects, single or multiple freshwater road-stream crossing replacements, dam removals that do not remove the full vertical extent of the dam, repair of technical fishways, creation of new technical fishways, standalone bank repair and stabilization, pond dredging, removal of dams made by beaver or other natural forces, and stand-alone invasive species treatment projects.