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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Thanks to the Stream Partners Program (SPP), 21 organizations across West Virginia received more than $104,000 in grant funding this year to preserve and protect watersheds.
The SPP was launched in 1996 and is a partnership between the Department of Environmental Protection, the Division of Forestry, the Division of Natural Resources, and the West Virginia Conservation Agency. Since its inception, the SPP has awarded more than $2 million in grant funding.
The recipients of this year’s grant funding are:
Buckhannon River Watershed Association $5,000
Buffalo Creek Watershed Improvement Association $5,000
Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust $5,000
Coal River Group $5,000
Coal River Mountain Watch $4,468
Fourpole Creek Watershed Organization $5,000
Friends of Blackwater $5,000
Friends of Deckers Creek $5,000
Friends of the Cheat, Inc $5,000
Friends of the Hughes River Watershed $5,000
Friends of the Lower Greenbrier River $5,000
Greenbrier River Watershed Association $5,000
Indian Creek Watershed Association $5,000
Jefferson County Water Advisory Committee $5,000
Morris Creek Watershed Association $5,000
Paint Creek Watershed Association $5,000
Piney Creek Watershed Association $5,000
Plateau Action Network $5,000
Potomac River Keepers $5,000
Save the Tygart $5,000
Warm Springs Watershed Association $4,920
For more DEP news and information, go to www.dep.wv.gov. Also, be sure to connect with the agency on all social media platforms. Follow @DEPWV on Twitter and find us on YouTube by searching “Environment Matters.” For specific information about our REAP (Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan), West Virginia Project WET (Water Education for Teachers), West Virginia Watershed Improvement Branch, Youth Environmental Program and Human Resources initiatives, connect on Facebook.