Article originally posted to WTAJ on 8 December 2025

Grants are being awarded to help protect waterways across the state thanks to the Foundation for Pennsylvania Waterways (FPW).

The FPW announced that they have awarded $265,000 in grants for projects that will work to protect and restore waterways, including some in Central Pennsylvania. Projects can be designed to protect healthy streams, clean up pollution, and restore degraded wildlife habitat.

The following grants were awarded:

  • $7,500 to Allegheny Land Trust for a conservation easement on the Panhandle Green III property
  • $7,500 to the Foundation for Sustainable Forests for a conservation easement on the Robert Crawford Memorial Forest property
  • $8,000 to Tree Pittsburgh for the Collection and Distribution of Native Riparian Species
  • $22,000 to the Three Rivers Waterkeeper for Documenting Waste Flow in SW PA Watersheds project
  • $17,000 to Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance for AMD Passive Treatment Sites Maintenance Projects
  • $15,000 to the Waterkeepers Chesapeake for Conowingo Dam outreach and education
  • $18,000 to the Watershed Alliance of York for the Codorus Creek Tributary at Lake Lehman Floodplain Restoration Phase One
  • $20,000 to the Manayunk Development Corp for Manayunk Canal Native Plantings project
  • $12,000 to POWR for Fiscal Agency Feasibility study
  • $25,000 to Cambria County Conservation District for the Colver Reservoir Ramp and Habitat Improvement Project
  • $25,000 to Washington County for the Cross Creek Shoreline Stabilization project
  • $15,000 to the Allegheny Front for a special series on emerging threats in the Ohio River watershed
  • $15,000 to the Food & Water Watch for the Municipal Ordinance Project
  • $16,000 to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership for Hunter and Angler Support for Watershed Protection
  • $22,000 to the Tookany Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership for Protecting the waterways of the Scattergood Nature Preserve in North Philadelphia
  • $20,000 to Stroud Water Research Center for expanding community awareness and management of road salt contamination in Pennsylvania streams with Citizen Scientists

“FPW recognizes that the need to support the many organizations leading conservation and restoration work across Pennsylvania is both substantial and urgent,” Deborah Nardone, FPW’s executive director, said. “Our conservation grants program continues to be highly competitive, and this round of funding reflects the broad scope of projects underway throughout the  Commonwealth.”

About Foundation for Pennsylvania Waterways

The Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds (FPW) is a grant-making foundation that invests in local efforts to protect healthy natural streams, clean-up and restore degraded streams, and advocate for Pennsylvania’s extensive water resources.

Pennsylvania’s rivers are expansive, covering 86,000 miles. Some are pristine. Others are highly polluted. Through our grantmaking, we assist conservation organizations in achieving their restoration goals, while ensuring enough clean water for future generations of Pennsylvania children, families and wildlife. Our ethos is to protect the best of the best and restore the worst of the worst.

Since our inception in 1995, we have provided matching funds to leverage local, state, and federal resources. We provide private matching grant funds to both small and large groups throughout most of the Commonwealth (we currently do not service areas east of the Susquehanna River).