N.C. Division of Soil and Water Conservation Fall 2014 Grants | Eastern NC Now

News Release:

    Good afternoon,

    I hope all are doing well. Following up on the letters that Sen. Cook received about the need for appropriations to clean up the downed trees and other debris, we have been informed that the N.C. Division of Soil and Water Conservation has been awarded $250,000 in funding from the Water Resources Development Project Grant Program.

    The funds will be distributed to multiple eastern North Carolina counties for the removal of storm debris from streams. The counties include Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washington. Details about the grants are attached. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.

N.C. Division of Soil and Water Conservation receives water resources grant award

    RALEIGH     The state recently awarded the N.C. Division of Soil and Water Conservation $250,000 in funding to be distributed to multiple eastern North Carolina counties for the removal of storm debris from streams. The counties include Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washington.

    The N.C. Division of Water Resources awarded $966,177 as a part of its 2014 fall grant cycle for the Water Resources Development Project Grant Program that will help North Carolina towns and counties restore streams, reduce erosion, study future water supplies and benefit other water resources. Money for the grants was generated by appropriations from the General Assembly.

    The water resources program provides cost-share grants and technical assistance on a competitive basis to local governments in North Carolina. Applications are accepted for general and recreational navigation, water management, stream restoration, beach protection, land acquisition and development of water-based recreation facilities.

    There are typically two grant cycles each fiscal year with application deadlines of July 1 and Jan. 1. Units of local government and local political subdivisions are eligible for these grants. The full list of grant recipients can be found at: http://www.ncwater.org/files/grants/Fall_2014_Grant_Awards.pdf. For more information, contact Jeff Bruton, state-local grant program coordinator with the N.C. Division of Water Resources, at 919-707-9006, or jeff.bruton@ncdenr.gov.

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