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2005 Fact Sheet
TARGETED WATERSHEDS GRANTS
Encouraging Cooperative Conservation to Protect and Restore Water Resources
2005 Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 95K, About PDF)
The Environmental Protection Agency will award over $9 million to 12 of the nation's most outstanding watershed coalitions as part of the Agency's third round of Targeted Watersheds Grants (TWG). These 12 organizations will join 34 others that have been selected over the past two years to help protect and restore some of the nation's most highly valued watersheds.
Cooperative Conservation at Work
Capitalizing on the undeniable fact that strong partnerships lead to strong results, the Targeted Watersheds Grant program continues to promote effective public and private relationships. The program follows the directive of the recent White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation by highlighting innovative and collaborative partnerships focused on achieving on-the-ground environmental change. Cooperative conservation builds on the energy, commitment, experience, and enthusiasm of regional and local, citizen-driven efforts, which is the hallmark of the TWG program.
The 2005 selected watershed organizations (see below) will use the funds toward a variety of restoration, protection, and trading projects. They will undertake activities to tackle some of the nation's most pernicious water quality problems - problems such as fish habitat loss and alteration, nutrient enrichment, bacterial pathogens, and invasive species - all of which continue to degrade watersheds nationwide. The watersheds selected for 2005 cover over 32,000 square miles of America's landscape.
Benefits to Fisheries and other Community Values
Projects include stream stabilization, culvert replacement, habitat enhancement, and landowner education. Funds will also be used to implement agricultural management practices in rural areas and stormwater management practices in urban areas. Many of the projects this year will benefit anadromous fish species and natural fisheries. The grants will range from $600,000 to $850,000 with additional funds of 25% to over 40% leveraged from other sources.
For more information about EPA's Targeted Watersheds Program, please visit our web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/initiative
| 2005 Targeted Watershed Grantees | |
|---|---|
| Presumpscot River/Casco Bay Maine |
Casco Bay Estuary Project Karen Young, young@usm.maine.edu www.cascobay.usm.maine.edu 
(207) 780-4820 |
| Lake Hopatcong New Jersey |
Lake Hopatcong Commission Donna Macalle-Holly, dmhlhc@optonline.net www.lakehopatcong.org
(973) 601-1070 |
| Cheat River West Virginia |
Friends of the Cheat Keith Pitzer, kpitzer@cheat.org www.cheat.org
(304) 329-3621 |
| Little River Tennessee |
Blount County Soil Conservation District Eric Henry, ehenry@blounttn.org www.littleriverbigfuture.org
(865) 983-2011 |
| Vermillion River Minnesota |
Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization John Jaschke, john.jaschke@co.dakota.mn.us www.co.dakota.mn.us/vermillionjpo/
(952) 891-7011 |
| Huff Run Ohio |
Rural Action Jane Forrest Redfern, jane@ruralaction.org www.ruralaction.org
(740) 767-4938 |
| Tangipahoa River Louisiana |
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Carlton Dufrechou, carlton@saveourlake.org www.saveourlake.org/
(504) 836-2215 |
| Tuttle Creek Lake Nebraska/Kansas |
Tuttle Creek Lake Watershed Partners Steve Walker, steve.walker@ndeq.state.ne.us (402) 471-4227 |
| Upper Sevier River Utah |
Utah Department of Environmental Quality James Harris, jamesharris@utah.gov (801) 539-6825 |
| Trinity River/Lower Klamath California |
Yurok Tribe Environmental Program Kevin McKernan, kevin@yuroktribe.nsn.us (707) 482-1377 |
| Willamette River Oregon |
The Willamette Partnership David Primozich, primozich@verizon.net (503) 434-8033 |
| Skagit River Washington |
The Nature Conservancy Bob Carey, bcarey@tnc.org www.nature.org/washington
(360) 419-9825 |