Sample Projects


The Trust has funded seven Targeted Watershed projects, four in the 2004-2005 funding cycle, and three in the 2005-2006 funding cycle in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

In the 2005-2006 cycle, the Trust, NFWF and EPA together awarded $2.6 million in Maryland:

University of Maryland/Chesapeake Bay Foundation:  $998,300
Enhancing Nutrient Efficiencies on Dairy Farms in the Monocacy River Watershed

Deliverables include:
  - Implementation of precision dairy feeding on 20 farms
  - Reduction of nitrogen by 248K pounds
  - Use of precision feeding by half of watershed's dairy farms within six years

Chesapeake Bay Recovery Partnership:  $800,000
Corsica River Watershed: A Community Response to Pollution Runoff 
Deliverables include:
  - 200 storm water BMPs on 50 acres of (sub)urban land
  - Restoration of 10 acres of wetlands
  - 50 acres of forested buffers
  - Reduction of nitrogen by 1200 pounds

Maryland Department of Agriculture:  $796,600
Innovative BMP Strategies in the Choptank River Watershed
Deliverables include:
  - Enrollment of 6000 acres/year in commodity cover crop program
  - Reduction of nitrogen by 32K pounds
  - Installation of drainage control structures 



  • Stewardship Grants:
    July 11, 2008

    Targeted Watershed Grants:

    July 11, 2008

    Grant Forms:
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