Creating the Allegheny Watershed Alliance MiniGrant Program |
ACCD has received funding from the Department of Conservation and Environmental Resources (DCNR) Riparian Forest Buffer Grant Program to implement Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer projects with five active watershed groups in Allegheny County, including the Montour Run Watershed Association, Streets Run Watershed Association, Turtle Creek Watershed Association, Plum Creek Watershed Association, and Peters Creek Watershed Association. These projects will help to enact DCNR’s stated goal of planting 95,000 acres of trees in the Commonwealth by 2025 and enable watershed groups in Allegheny County to plant over 2,000 trees on 10 acres of land. These projects will also support the collaboration of watershed groups and enable them to complete their watershed plans, while also providing opportunities for public engagement and education on the importance of riparian buffers, and creating habitat for birds and wildlife in urban watersheds.