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Delaware
Estuary Coastal Zone Projects
PD.01: "Delaware Estuary Coastal
Zone Management Implementation Program"
Contact person: Chris Linn 215-238-2873; clinn@dvrpc.org
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission will use a $51,000
grant to implement the Coastal Zone Management Program in the Delaware
Estuary Coastal Zone that includes Delaware, Philadelphia and Bucks counties.
PD.02:
"Schuylkill Banks Trail Extension Design: South Street to Catharine
St"
Contact person: Joseph Syrnick 215-222-6030; joseph.syrnick@srdc.net
Schuylkill River Development Corporation will use a $60,000 grant
to design a trail segment to extend the Schuylkill River Trail along Schuylkill
Banks from South St. to Catharine St.
PD.04:
"Connecting People to Aquatic Biodiversity: Freshwater Mussel Surveys
in PA"
Contact person: Karen Johnson 302-655-4990; kjohnson@delawareestuary.org
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary will use a $49,941 grant
to develop and launch a mussel survey program in Pennsylvania’s
coastal zone.
PD.05:
"Restoration & Stewardship of Bristol Marsh"
Contact person: Susan Myerov 215-345-7020; smyerov@heritageconservancy.org
Heritage Conservancy will use a $12,942 grant to restore and
develop interpretative programs about Bristol Marsh, a unique tidal wetland
in Bucks County’s coastal zone region.
PD.06:
"Schuylkill River Trail Crossing: West Bank Landing Design"
Contact person: Joseph Syrnick 215-222-6030; joseph.syrnick@srdc.net
Schuylkill River Development Corporation will use a $45,000 grant
to design the West Bank landing and approaches of the Schuylkill River
Trail Crossing to extend from Grays Ferry Crescent to West Philadelphia.
PD.07:
"Delaware River Water Trail Signage & Activity Clusters"
Contact person: Jessica Anderson 215-545-4570; janderson@pecpa.org
Pennsylvania Environmental Council will use a $50,000 grant to
design and install Tidal Delaware Water Trail signs along the entire length
of the 56-mile trail between Morrisville, Bucks County, and Marcus Hook,
Delaware County, and to recommend access site improvements and develop
programming to attract current and novice boaters.
PD.08:
"ICC Coordination/Promotion, Cleanup, and Education events in the
Delaware Estuary"
Contact person: Heidi Pedicone 724-836-4121; hpedicone@keeppabeautiful.org
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful will use a $50,000 grant to coordinate
the 2012 International Coastal Cleanup Day in the Delaware Estuary, which
includes planning three to five community cleanups.
PD.09:
"Morrisville Riverfront Preserve Restoration"
Contact person: Mary Hrenda 215-428-4715; hrendarice@verizon.net
Morrisville Borough will use a $14,346 grant to restore, preserve
and provide public access to more than eight acres of natural riverfront
area.
PD.10:
"Evaluation of Nutrient Uptake and Burial by PA Largest Tidal Wetland"
Contact person: Tracy Quirk 215-299-1109; quirk@ansp.org
Academy of Natural Sciences will use a $10,882 grant to develop
a nutrient budget for Tinicum marsh and evaluate the ecosystem service
of nutrient removal.
PD.11:
"2012 Southeast Pennsylvania Coast Day"
Contact person: Karen Johnson 302-655-4990; kjohnson@delawareestuary.org
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary will use a $35,000 grant
to conduct Pennsylvania Coast Day 2012 events, which educate the public
about coastal recreation, historic sites and public access.
PD.12:
"Mill Creek & Otter Creek Watershed Monitoring and Protection
Program"
Contact person: Lorraine Skala 215-785-1177; llskala@co.bucks.pa.us
Friends of Silver Lake will use a $10,000 grant to train students
and community volunteers in proper water testing protocol, develop an
educational program for research and provide outreach to local municipalities.
PD.13:
"Delaware County Riverfront Resource Environmental Event"
Contact person: Karen Holm 610-891-5213; holmk@co.delaware.pa.us
Delaware County Planning Department will use a $10,500 grant
for an interactive environmental education program as part of the annual
Delaware County Riverfront Ramble.
PD.14:
"Coastal Zone Interpretive Signage Research & Development"
Contact person: Karen Holm 610-891-5213; holmk@co.delaware.pa.us
Delaware County Planning Department will use a $50,000 grant
for coastal community revitalization and interpretive signage along the
East Coast Greenway Corridor.
Lake
Erie Coastal Zone Projects
PE.01:
"Lake Erie Coastal Zone Coordination & Technical Assistance"
Contact person: Julia Donahue 814-451-6018; jmcconnaughey@eriecountygov.org
Erie County Department of Planning will use a $67,000 grant for
coordination and technical assistance with Lake Erie Coastal Zone projects.
PE.02:
"BRSA Local Ordinance Administration"
Contact person: Julia Donahue; 814-451-6018; jmcconnaughey@eriecountygov.org
Erie County Department of Planning will use a $9,000 grant to
assist Lake Erie coastal communities in administering the Bluff Recession
and Setback Act of 1980. Nine municipalities have been designated as having
bluff recession hazard areas and are required to administer bluff setback
ordinances.
PE.03:
"Implementation of Springfield Township's Parks Master Plan - Phase
I"
Contact person: Jeff Eaton 814-823-6258; sprtwp@aol.com
Springfield Township will use a $95,000 grant to construct a
picnic pavilion at Raccoon Creek Park in accordance with the Springfield
Township Parks Master Plan.
PE.04:
"Lake Erie Coastal Zone Issues and Solutions"
Contact person: Anna McCartney 814-217-9011; axm40@psu.edu
Erie Times-News in Education Inc. will use a $38,760 grant for
a recurring Newspaper in Education weekly page focusing on coastal zone
environmental issues.
PE.05:
"Evaluation of Lake Sturgeon Population and Their Habitat in Lake
Erie"
Contact person: Jeanette Schnars; 814-835-6975; Jeanette@RegSciConsort.com
Regional Science
Consortium will use a $49,974 grant for Phase II of the Evaluation of
Lake Sturgeon Population and their Habitat in Lake Erie. This project
will assess habitat through digitized side-scan sonar and continue awareness,
education and genetic population determination. The consortium will also
develop education and outreach tools, including posters, newspaper articles
and a live sturgeon aquarium.
PE.06:
"Building Sustainable Communities"
Contact person: Emily Pritchard; 814-835-8069; epritchard@earthactionerie.org
Lake Erie Watershed Association will use a $35,000 grant to develop
an environmental education program that increases awareness, provides
information and creates opportunities for educators, students and the
general public in the Lake Erie Coastal Zone to address environmental
issues through the reduction of non-point source pollution.
PE.07:
"Investigating and Researching Environmental Health Problems"
Contact person: Melanie Floyd 814-734-8421; melanie_floyd@iu5.org
Northwest Tri-County Unit will use a $10,000 grant to operate
the Regional Summer School of Excellence program, “Investigating
and Researching Environmental Health Problems.”
PE.09:
"Launch Ramp Repair"
Contact person: Raymond Schreckengost 814-455-7557; aoleson@porterie.org
Erie-Western PA Port Authority will use a $30,000 grant to rehabilitate
an existing public launch ramp at Bay Harbor West.
PE.10:
"Public Access Repair"
Contact person: Raymond Schreckengost 814-455-7557; aoleson@porterie.org
Erie-Western PA Port Authority will use a $20,000 grant to rehabilitate
a 1,500-square-foot lakefront public access walkway that will provide
enhanced public access for viewing and fishing areas on the bay front.
Enhancement
Grants Projects
EG.01-03:
"Building Coastal Outreach Capacity in Pennsylvania 2011"
Contact person: Robert Light 814-898-6160; rw12@psu.edu
Penn State Sea Grant will use a $118,976 grant to develop an
aquatic invasive rapid response monitoring and surveillance system, build
Marine Spatial Planning and explore the Lake Erie coastal zone boundary
and potential interests in expansion. In addition, Penn State Sea Grant
received $41,000 for the PA Clean Marinas program that will create boat
shrink-wrap recycling programs and pollution prevention workshops as well
as expand the program to help implement non-point source pollution prevention
activities for boaters and marinas.
Coastal
Nonpoint Pollution (CNPP) Projects
09.PS.12: "Implementation
of the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Program"
Contact: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Erie, Montgomery, and Schuylkill
County Conservation Districts and the Philadelphia Water Department
The County Conservation Districts and the Philadelphia Water Department
will each use a $25,000 grant to implement and track Coastal Nonpoint
Pollution (CNPP) management measures in eight counties. The county conservation
districts have a key role in permitting actions, inspections, enforcement
and education for a number of programs that help Pennsylvania meet CNPP
goals. Programs and activities that they implement or support locally
include nutrient management, erosion and sedimentation control, capacity
building for local watershed groups, environmental education, wetlands
protection and storm water management. In addition, conservation districts
investigate complaints related to runoff and water pollution.
State
Level Coastal Zone Projects
PS.05:
"PA Clean Marinas"
Contract person: Karla Kaczmarek 814-217-9020; kmk32@psu.edu
Penn
State Sea Grant will use a $41,000 grant for the PA Clean Marinas program
that will create boat shrink-wrap recycling programs and pollution prevention
workshops as well as expand the program to help implement non-point source
pollution prevention activities for boaters and marinas.
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