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July 25, 2005
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| Rob Tilson, ASLA, (center), with
EPA regional administrator Don Welsh (left) and National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation executive director John Berry (right). |
ASLA Receives Chesapeake Bay Small
Watershed Grant
The $25,000 grant will go toward the construction
of the ASLA green roof.
ASLA has received a $25,000 Chesapeake Bay Small
Watershed Grant from the Chesapeake Bay Program, a partnership between
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, the
Chesapeake Bay Commission, and the federal government. The National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, is charged with administering the grant.
This is the second grant ASLA has received for its
green roof project.
The Society previously received a $20,000 grant from the Chesapeake
Bay Foundation. Rob Tilson, ASLA, attended a media event in
Annapolis, Maryland, announcing the grant, and he met with officials
from the EPA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program
provides grants to organizations working on a local level to protect
and improve watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay basin while building
citizen-based resource stewardship. The purpose of the grants program
is to address the water quality and living-resource needs of the
Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The program encourages the development
and sharing of innovative ideas among the many organizations involved
in watershed protection activities.
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program
seeks to:
- Support communities in developing and implementing
watershed management plans;
- Encourage innovative, locally based programs
or projects that improve water quality and restore important habitats
within the Chesapeake Bay basin;
- Develop the capacity of local governments, citizen
groups, and other organizations to promote community-based stewardship
and enhance local watershed management;
- Encourage environmentally sensitive development,
land conservation, and sound land use planning;
- Promote a greater understanding of the Chesapeake
Bay and the interrelationship between the health of the bay and
the condition of local watersheds; and
- Strengthen the link between communities and the
Chesapeake Bay Program.
Under last year’s program, 93 projects from across the bay
watershed (out of approximately 120 applications) received grants.
Grants ranged in size from $5,000 to $50,000 and included five
Community Legacy Grants of up to $100,000. The average grant award
is between $25,000 and $35,000.
The 2005 grants program continues the Community
Legacy Grants initiative begun in 2002. This initiative is intended
to encourage partnerships that will create a conservation legacy
in communities throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. As envisioned
under the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement, this legacy includes abundant,
diverse populations of fish, wildlife, and plants fed by healthy
streams and rivers that sustain strong local and regional economies
and a unique quality of life.
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