Stream Partners Program

Overview

The West Virginia Stream Partners Program is a cooperative effort among multiple state agencies and is housed within the WVDEP's Division of Water and Waste Management. In 1996 the West Virginia Legislature passed HB 4497. This action amended 60CSR4 of West Virginia Code and created the Stream Partners Program (SPP).

SPP is a grant program created to support the efforts of local stream partners known as watershed groups. A Stream Partner is a community-based organization comprised of local community members, industry, environmental groups, outdoorsmen, government, landowners and more. These stakeholders come together to improve the quality of life in and around their streams and throughout the watershed.

The Legislature appropriates an annual $100,000 from general revenue funds to be distributed as $5,000 seed grants to these organizations to complete watershed improvement projects. These grants are awarded when an application is submitted and approved by participating agencies' leadership.

• Example Stream Partners Program Application Form

  The application form here is provided for informational purposes only. To apply, reach out to the Basin Coordinator for your region to confirm your organization’s eligibility to apply for and receive SPP funds. If eligibility requirements are met, you will receive an email with instructions on how to apply. Applications are due September 15 each year. The application will be submitted via Google Form.

• 2026 Stream Partners Grant Awards
• 2025 Stream Partners Grant Awards

Story Map

West Virginia is known as the Mountain State, but it is the rivers and streams that carve the topography. As it pours off hillsides, cascades down mountain streams, meanders through valleys and sleepily flows on rivers, water is the sustaining lifeblood of our communities, our identity and our way of life.

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