CHESAPEAKE BAY STEWARDSHIP FUND 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

OUR PROGRAM

Celebrating 20 years of partnership working to restore polluted rivers and streams in the region through cost-effective, innovative and locally led solutions.

In 2019, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation With its 2019 investments, NFWF’s grant-making in (NFWF) celebrated 20 years of partnership in the region stands at nearly $175 million, with nearly supporting local efforts to protect and restore the $250 million in additional local matching resources. Chesapeake Bay watershed. Founded on a partnership Together with local partners, NFWF’s conservation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency impact in the region now stands at more than and the Chesapeake Bay Program in 1999, NFWF’s $425 million. Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund has since grown to encompass funding and support from numerous These impressive results do not mean the work is federal agencies, state conservation programs, and done. Data continue to demonstrate that the Bay leading corporate partners invested in a vibrant and watershed is rebounding after centuries of decline, but sustainable future for the region. additional work is needed to finish the job and sustain collective successes. That’s why the Foundation These resources and NFWF’s public-private funding continues to advance next-generation approaches to model allow the Foundation to support local watershed restoration. conservation and restoration actions through IMAGE a combination of competitive grants programs, Working together, the public and private sectors can dedicated capacity-building for watershed partners, get the job done. and investments that help local partners identify and deliver more effective results for their communities and the natural resources that sustain them.

ON THE COVER Oysters RIGHT PHOTO A great egret fishing on the Chesapeake Bay LEFT Farmland along the in in

3

OUR INVESTMENTS Through a partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Chesapeake Bay Program, the Stewardship Fund advances cost-effective and creative restoration solutions. Local Water Quality Investments 2019 Project Funding Snapshot

EPA INSR — $4,853,455

EPA SWG — $7,316,712

NRCS — $900,000 CBSF Grant Awards More than FWS — $200,000 $38 Million Total

Has gone to funding projects in 2019 USFS — $100,000

Altria — $1,594,528

CSX — $60,000

Local Match — $22.9 Million

Stewardship Fund Grant Awards — $15.2 Million * This chart reflects grant awards only Location of New 2019 Stewardship Fund Grants Location of Historic Stewardship Fund Grants

OUR IMPACT Through grants awarded in 2019, the Stewardship Fund will achieve measurable results for a healthier Chesapeake Bay watershed by working to restore local rivers and streams.

2019 Highlights Since 1999

• Awarded $497,125 via 10 grants through the Small Watershed Grants – Planning and Technical Assistance 2 Million Of Nitrogen Avoided Annually Program for work that enhances local capacity for Pounds restoration

• Awarded $12.2 million via 37 grants through the Small Watershed Grants – Implementation and Innovative 4.5 Million Of Phosphorus Avoided Annually Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants programs to Pounds implement restoration projects in the Bay

• Awarded $2.4 million via 14 grants through the Pennsylvania Local Government Implementation Grants 892 Million Of Sediment Avoided Annually program to implement restoration projects in selected Pounds Pennsylvania communities.

• Surveyed leading regional and national experts on Of Riparian Habitat Restored collaborative conservation to improve NFWF’s strategies 2,076 Miles for scaling up water quality and habitat improvements

• Launched a comprehensive regional soil health programming strategy, with $3 million in grants to 1.7 Million Impervious Surface Removed agricultural agencies, land grant universities, and farm Square Feet service organizations • Hosted three Regional Agricultural Networking Forums Under BMPs for Nutrient and across Maryland and Virginia, bringing together more than 830,385 200 practitioners, local government employees, NGOs, Acres Sediment Reduction and federal partners to share knowledge and expertise on conservation agriculture best practices OUR PROJECTS

Protecting Habitat Where Land Meets Water The Pamunkey Indian Tribe is helping preserve its past and safeguard its future by addressing coastal hazards and restoring marsh habitat

The 1,200-acre Pamunkey Indian Reservation sits on the shores of the Pamunkey water and wave action that threatens the reservation, where the terrain is only a River, a tributary of the York River in King William County, Virginia. Home to the maximum of 9 feet above sea level. “Marsh is insurance against flooding, a living federally recognized Pamunkey Indian Tribe, the reservation is located on a portion buffer” said MacCormick, noting the importance of maintaining and increasing this of the tribe’s ancestral land but is facing modern environmental challenges. inter-tidal zone.

“Anyone who lives on the reservation has known that Scott Hardaway, marine scientist supervisor at the Virginia erosion is an issue, everyone there is concerned about the Institute of Marine Science, assisted with efforts to shoreline, which has been disappearing for some time,” said construct a rock breakwater to slow down the wave energy Kathryn MacCormick, a tribal member and biologist. The tribe hitting the shore by creating a planting terrace. Volunteers endeavored to tackle the substantial shoreline erosion with helped plant the terrace with freshwater sedges and grasses a plan to protect their land, residents, structures, and buried to help restore and enhance the marsh. archaeological sites. “We’re preserving or establishing the marsh fringe which The Pamunkey Indian Tribe received a 2017 Small Watersheds is also good for the fishes and the water quality,” said Grant award of $199,544 from NFWF to help address the Hardaway said. “Some of the rock will allow shelter for the impacts of coastal hazards, including soil erosion, storms smaller fish and algae will attach to the hard substrate, and recreational boat wake. The funding was used to create functioning like a little reef.” a management plan for 13 miles of shoreline and construct a living shoreline that will create and reestablish more than The tribe hopes to continue to implement their 6,000 square feet of marsh habitat. These restoration efforts management plan to remedy erosion and protect vital help reduce sedimentation to the Pamunkey River, which ultimately will reduce habitat along the remaining shoreline surrounding the reservation. These sediment loading to the Chesapeake Bay. sustained efforts contribute to the Pamunkey Indian Tribe’s goal of “inspiring and promoting natural restoration along the Virginia Rivers and leading preservation Shoreline restoration provides a natural buffer to decrease erosion from high efforts for the next seven generations.”

PHOTO (NEXT PAGE) Pamunkey River resoration project

OUR PROJECTS

Integrated and Innovative Stormwater Solutions A creative project works to meet the fresh produce needs of the Anacostia community while simultaneously addressing stormwater runoff and providing job training for local residents

Supported by a 2017 Small Watersheds Grant from NFWF, the Low Impact NFWF award will minimize stormwater runoff into the Anacostia River coming Development (LID) Center, in partnership with the University of the District of from the site. Food crops including kale, lettuce, and chard will replace the typical Columbia‘s (UDC) College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental raingarden planting palette and increase rainwater infiltration on the farm. Sciences (CAUSES), spearheaded an innovative effort to integrate green infrastructure best management practices The lessons learned from the three pilot sites contribute to (BMPs) with urban agriculture. the project’s comprehensive approach to investigating how urban agriculture and stormwater management can coexist. The project included the design and implementation The center, the university, and other project partners of three stormwater control BMPs in planted farming are developing garden templates, trainings, outreach spaces within food deserts the university identified in the activities, and an Urban Agriculture BMP manual that can District of Columbia. Suzy Cho, landscape architect at the be implemented in other cities throughout the Chesapeake center, believes this is the first time, at least in her design Bay region. experience, that crops will be used to create a buffer to mitigate runoff into city storm drains. “This garden work in Sites of BMP implementation also serve as training locations Anacostia may be one of the only such projects that uses for local residents participating in the Maya Angelou Public food crops for stormwater management,” said Cho. Charter School’s workforce development program, Seeds for Success. Adult students in the program receive a mix of The location of one of the project’s BMP installations is the classroom and hands-on instruction as they work towards East Capitol Street Urban Farm in Ward 7, one of several becoming landscapers certified by the National Garden urban food hubs created by CAUSES to improve food security Industry. The experience students gain through the program and sustainability in the District. Transformed as a result of a lays the groundwork for their future pursuits. “It is great to major local, federal, public and private collaborative effort, the once vacant lot is teach my class how their skills can move to a job in the community for gardening now the city’s largest urban farm of its type. and landscape construction work” said Kerry Harrington, with Seeds for Success.

The raingarden constructed at the East Capitol Farm as part of the nearly $200,000 PHOTO (NEXT PAGE) Seeds for Success students working in the East Capital Street urban farm

OUR PROJECTS

Diverse Partnerships for Clean Water A market-driven approach provides innovative incentives for dairy farmers implementing conservation practices

The Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership is a collaborative effortomprised c of The $1 million award to the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (ACB) through private and nonprofit entities working together towards a common goal. It is NFWF’s Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction grant program will take coordinated by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, in partnership with Turkey the existing Turkey Hill Clean Water partnership to the next level and accelerate Hill and the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, to conservation planning and best management practice implementation from motivate greater conservation efforts on farms in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. dairy farmers.

The county is one of the most agriculturally productive Grant funding will help the ACB provide farmers with the areas in the country, but agriculture has contributed to technical and financial assistance necessary to meet Turkey the impairment of nearly half of Lancaster’s 1,400 miles Hill’s commitments for sustainable milk production. This of streams. The many small dairy operations found in the assistance will help increase the rate and magnitude of BMP county have the opportunity to significantly reduce pollutant implementation while leveraging existing cost-share programs loads to local waterways and ultimately the Chesapeake to allow for the strategic and timely deployment of assistance Bay. Turkey Hill Dairy is the largest buyer of milk in Lancaster to the producers that need it most. The effort to support all of County and sources milk from over 100 Maryland & Virginia Turkey Hill’s farmers within the cooperative will result in large Milk Producers Cooperative Association (MDVA) farms within pollutant load reductions once all the planned conservation a 50-mile radius of their manufacturing facility in Conestoga, practices are put in place. Cover crops, forested buffers, Pennsylvania. animal waste storage systems, barnyard stabilization, and other best management practices will contribute to reducing As part of their 2018 contract renewal with MDVA, Turkey an estimated 421,000 pounds. of nitrogen, 7,000 pounds of Hill has required that all producers have conservation plans phosphorus, and over 2.9 million tons of sediment each year. in place to reduce nutrient-laden runoff from their farms and will implement on-the-ground practices to be in compliance with their plan. This market-driven approach is applicable to many other agricultural sectors, with Once MDVA’s member farms supplying milk to Turkey Hill Dairy are in compliance, the potential to yield dramatic acceleration in the rate of conservation practice Turkey Hill will pay the farmers a premium for their milk. This economic incentive adoption. The Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership hopes to serve as a model for this for implementing practices is critical to achieve conservation goals in the difficult approach to other organizations and businesses across the watershed, resulting in a dairy economy. paradigm shift to attaining voluntary conservation action across the watershed.

PHOTO (NEXT PAGE) A dairy farm in Lancaster Pennsylvania

OURPAGE GRANTS TITLE

Delaware Maryland Central Baltimore Partnership Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Anacostia Watershed Society Union Collective Green Infrastructure Master Plan (MD) Developing Poultry House Buffer Alternatives in the Treating and Teaching: Outdoor Classrooms in Prince Develop a green infrastructure master plan and Nanticoke Watershed (DE) George’s County (MD) designs for a series of stormwater best management Test alternatives to mowed grass on poultry grower Build 12 customized outdoor classrooms in Prince practices at Union Collective, a 10.5-acre, mostly properties by evaluating several variations of buffer George’s County, increasing the capacity of the county impervious site with a curated assembly of plantings for improved stormwater management. to deliver effective stormwater management. Project independently owned, Baltimore-based businesses. Project will convert mowed grass areas located will engage approximately 80 teachers from 35 public Project will lead to stormwater practices that between chicken houses into a variety of vegetative school in professional development about stormwater showcase the challenges of urban stormwater buffer alternatives to capture and filter stormwater management, train building supervisors to maintain runoff and climate-related flooding and how green runoff and serve as a demonstration to encourage the practices installed, and educate 1,500 students infrastructure can be used mitigate these challenges. other farmers to implement similar plantings on about stormwater management. $49,595 their properties. $197,421 $38,629 Church of the Redeemer Arundel Rivers Federation Implementing Stormwater Best Management Camp Woodlands Stream and Outfall Restoration (MD) Practices at Church of the Redeemer (MD) District of Columbia Retrofit the existing stormwater outfall at Camp Remove 14,000 square feet of asphalt, install two Department of Energy and Environment Woodlands by restoring an eroding gully and 1,350 micro-bioretention practices and 2,415 square feet Applying Soil Amendment Techniques and Subsoiling feet of stream. Project will provide safe conveyance of pervious paving, and plant native landscaping at on Compacted Urban Land (DC) of storm flows and increase the ecological habitat the Church of the Redeemer. Project will treat 0.84 Implement and monitor the efficacy of a variety of and functions on the site to improve water quality in acres of the 1.25-acre parking lot and serve to educate subsoiling and soil amendment techniques on open Broad Creek. and inspire other communities to participate in lands in the District of Columbia. Project will aim to $199,587 stormwater best management practices. reduce compaction, restore hydraulic functionality, $169,458 and improve soil health for the purposes of reducing Blue Water Baltimore stormwater runoff and pollutants generated from Engaging the People’s Community Lutheran Church Greater Grace World Outreach compacted and public lands in the District of Columbia. in Stormwater Best Practices (MD) A Comprehensive Green Infrastructure Master Plan $200,000 Treat 0.71 acres of impervious surface on the People’s for Greater Grace (MD) Community Lutheran Church parking lot. Project will Develop a comprehensive green infrastructure construct a rain garden, install micro-bioretention, master plan and 100 percent designs for the Greater plant trees and native perennials, and build Grace World Outreach campus. Design will move community awareness of stormwater management. plans forward to reduce stormwater runoff from $188,940 the 13.6-acre property, of which approximately 84

12 OUR GRANTS

percent is impervious, and educate the 1,500-member University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center by implementing green stormwater infrastructure congregation and students about the benefits of Maryland Black Mayors Advancing Stormwater practices that improve water quality while also reducing runoff. Management creating native wildlife habitat and fostering outdoor $49,289 Meet with Maryland Black Mayor (MBM) municipality learning experiences for students within Baltimore’s communities, implement best management practices Gwynns Falls watershed. Gunpowder Valley Conservancy on five homeowner properties per community, and $181,663 Clear Creeks: Stormwater Implementation conduct outreach and tours of project sites. Project and Engagement in the Loch Raven Reservoir will coordinate and advance the capacity of MBM ReBUILD Metro Watershed (MD) municipalities to address stormwater runoff. Growing Community Green Infrastructure Conduct behavior change strategies to increase $200,000 Ownership and Urban Tree Canopy in Baltimore implementation of stormwater best management Neighborhoods (MD) practices in Baltimore County. Project will install 125 Maryland Department of Agriculture Facilitate community-determined green stormwater rain barrels, 30 rain gardens, 12 micro-bioretention Developing a Healthy Soils Program to Increase Soil infrastructure projects to create 2.75 acres of long- practices, eight Bayscapes, 24 Bay-Wise certified Health Practice Adoption and Engagement (MD) term greenspace and improve urban tree canopy yards, and 30 stream cleanup events resulting in the Engage 150 producers through outreach, education, in the Olive, Broadway East, and Johnston Square protection and improvement of 24 acres. and technical assistance to implement improved neighborhoods of Baltimore. Project will build $200,000 conservation tillage, expanded cover crop practices, community consensus and ownership of stormwater application of precision nutrient management, and projects and address future project pipelines, starting Lower Shore Land Trust increased prescribed grazing practices. Project will with lowest to greatest barriers to implementation. Identifying Wetland Mitigation Zones for Protection expand Maryland’s Healthy Soils Program with $199,990 and Restoration on the Eastern Shore (MD) an Advisory Committee, establish and measure Identify Wetland Migration Zones in Somerset, common baseline soil health metrics for participating Shorerivers Wicomico, Dorchester, and Worcester counties and producers, and inform the evolving national discussion Creating a Comprehensive Stormwater Plan and reach out to landowners and county governments of appropriate soil health metrics and tools. Implementation Strategy for Town of to obtain their cooperation to protect, restore, $996,565 Chestertown (MD) and manage these areas. Project will aid in the Complete a Comprehensive Stormwater Plan and maintenance of important wetland habitat for National Wildlife Federation Implementation Strategy and two-to-three fully American black duck and help meet Watershed Schoolyard Habitats: Watershed Public Charter engineered stormwater project designs for the Town Implementation Plan goals for the counties. School (MD) of Chestertown, Maryland. Project will benefit water $49,830 Deploy the Schoolyard Habitats program at Watershed quality in the Middle Chester River Watershed, with Public Charter School to remove 1,500 square feet secondary objectives of creating habitat, outreach, of impervious surface, implement three micro- and education to a diverse group of stakeholders. bioretention areas, and install two cisterns. Project $49,408 will increase management of upland urban runoff 13 OURPAGE GRANTS TITLE

Shorerivers mitigation plan to county roads department staff, 2018 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-funded Implementing the Maryland Conservation Drainage and incorporate community and student volunteers restoration in the Eastern Branch. Program on the Eastern Shore (MD) into restoration and monitoring on public and private $200,000 Implement conservation drainage via 20 projects to lands in western Maryland. treat agriculture runoff from approximately 400 acres. $192,540 City of Norfolk Project will support project costs not currently covered Norfolk Green Infrastructure Plan Implementation (VA) by state funding and leverage state funds 1:1 to cover Expand and increase implementation of the City of project costs, allowing for greater outreach to educate Virginia Norfolk’s Green Infrastructure Plan by supporting farmers and state and federal agricultural service Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley community tree planting, adoption of tree and providers on the benefits of conservation drainage. Scaling Up Agricultural Best Practices Through the rain barrels for installation on private property, $197,914 Shenandoah Valley Conservation Collaborative (VA) construction of rain gardens in community spaces, Recruit 90 landowners and implement a combined and restoring wetland and riparian buffers. Project Shorerivers 106 miles of livestock exclusion fencing and 490 acres will support goals of improved water quality, reduced Residential and Golf Course Best Management of riparian buffers focusing restoration efforts on nuisance flooding, expanded wildlife habitat, and Practices in the Prospect Bay Community (MD) preserved parcels in the Shenandoah Valley. Project increased community volunteer capacity. Design and implement 10 residential River Friendly will leverage a regional backbone organization, $161,500 Yard practices and three golf course best management existing partnerships, local government, and practices in the Prospect Bay Country Club enhanced coordination with technical assistance and Ecosystem Services Community. Project will result in direct reductions in habitat restoration professionals to strengthen and Prioritization of Restoration and Partnership in the nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment draining from accelerate the scale of best management practice Rivanna (VA) residential yards and the highly-fertilized golf course implementation and aquatic habitat improvements. Prioritize restoration work along the main stem of that will directly support Queen Anne’s County $996,620 the Rivanna River Corridor from the confluence of the Watershed Implementation Plan goals. North Fork and South Fork to Moores Creek. Project $192,619 Chesapeake Bay Foundation will assess streambank erosion and riparian buffer Eastern Oyster Restoration in the Western Branch of parameters and rank areas marked high or very high Trout Unlimited Home Rivers Initiative the Lynnhaven River (VA) for stabilization to maximize future implementation Western Maryland Initiative: Restoring Eastern Brook Establish 2.5 acres of new oyster reef, engage more on the Rivanna, resulting in the largest results for Trout Habitat and Connectivity (MD) than 100 volunteers in the construction and planting available funding. Restore, reconnect, and enhance aquatic habitat of reef balls, and place 5.5 million young oysters in $49,936 within stronghold patches of eastern brook trout. the Western Branch of the Lynnhaven River. Project Project will implement aquatic organism passage will be conducted in partnership with Lynnhaven (AOP) barrier mitigation and riparian restoration River Now, continuing the re-establishment of PHOTO (NEXT PAGE) Streambank restoration in Lancaster in priority watersheds, deliver an AOP barrier Eastern Oyster in the Lynnhaven and building on the County 14

OUR GRANTS

Friends of the Rappahannock while engaging and educating local residents through the experience. Project will focus on enhancing and Implementing Virginia’s Phase III WIP Through the design and implementation process. facilitating cross-sector relationships across the Rappahannock Roundtable (VA) $199,959 Chesapeake Bay watershed in order to encourage Install 10 miles of livestock fencing and stream stronger restoration efforts. restoration, 30 acres of urban forest/tree canopy, Living River Restoration Trust $45,000 300 acres of urban nutrient management plans, Long-Term Land Conservation and Buffer 5 acres of oyster reef restoration, and 15 living Implementation on the Elizabeth River (VA) The Elizabeth River Project shoreline projects. Project will capitalize on the Evaluate 29 forest and wetland sites for long-term River Stars: Maturing the Movement (VA) local and regional partnerships developed across conservation, prioritize sites and plan for a corridor Develop the first protocol in the Chesapeake the Rappahannock River Basin to accelerate the of high-value habitat, place 50 acres in permanent Watershed for verifying residential best management implementation of priority best management protection, and plant 1,500 square feet of riparian practices and construct a living shoreline showcase practices outlined in the Virginia Phase III Watershed buffer. Project will build the capacity to conserve on the Norfolk Southern corporate campus. Project Implementation Plan. wetlands and forested riparian buffers in the Elizabeth will increase the capacity of the River Star Homes and $810,100 River watershed, including establishing conservation River Star Businesses programs to reduce pollution, of high-quality riparian corridors. while developing important protocols and models for Headwaters Soil and Water Conservation District $48,500 residential and industrial stewardship. Increasing Manure Injection Opportunity (VA) $198,472 Partner with the most widespread custom manure Lynnhaven River Now applicator in Virginia, adding an injector unit into the Restoring the Eastern Oyster in the Eastern and Town of Colonial Beach applicator fleet. Project will increase the adoption of Western Branches of the Lynnhaven River (VA) Robin Grove Living Shoreline (VA) manure injection and provide farmers an individual Restore three acres of oyster reef in the eastern and Restore eroded shoreline along Monroe Bay by farm experience with the cost-benefit of utilizing western branches of the Lynnhaven River. Project constructing a living shoreline with rock sills, sand fill, manure injection with minimum disturbance for will support reaching the target of an additional 60 and wetland plantings to restore marsh habitat. Project farms implementing no-till management, resulting in acres of oyster habitat target in the Lynnhaven, in will install oyster shell bag sills to maintain existing positive nitrogen load and water quality impacts. partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, marsh fringe, partner with the Virginia Institute of $199,876 and builds on the 2018 National Fish and Wildlife Marine Science, and engage the community through Foundation-funded restoration in the Eastern Branch. volunteer installations of oyster bags. James River Association $200,000 $197,804 Improving Drainage in the Lakemont Neighborhood (VA) National Wildlife Federation Implement a hydronamic separator structure retrofit and Accelerating Implementation through Information extend a storm sewer to provide water quality treatment Sharing at the Choose Clean Water Conference (VA) and enhance maintenance access. Project will intercept Bring together regional stakeholders and community drainage and redirect flow through a new storm sewer members for a two-day educational and networking 16 OURPAGE GRANTS TITLE

Trout Unlimited Pennsylvania Project will determine how property maintenance and Expanding Brook Trout Patch Size and Improving Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay landscape techniques can be improved to maximize Water Quality in the North River Watershed (VA) Pennsylvania Lawn Conversion Program (PA) water quality benefits while balancing aesthetics, Restore 1 mile of instream habitat, install 7,000 feet Convert 60 pilot acres with urban forest planting and maintenance requirements, and needs of the school of exclusion fencing, and establish 19 acres of riparian conservation landscaping best management practices. district. buffer in spring fed streams in the Mossy Creek and Project will develop a Lawn Conversion Program $176,000 Briery Branch subwatersheds of Upper North River. in Pennsylvania that can be carried and expanded Project will increase and expand eastern brook trout by the commonwealth through the year 2025 Clauser Environmental patches and improve water quality in the Shenandoah through training practitioners, generating outreach Good Spring Creek Watershed Restoration Plan (PA) Valley while providing technical assistance to materials, and starting an advisory committee to pilot Develop a watershed restoration plan for the landowners working to implement restoration implementation in south-central Pennsylvania. Good Spring Creek Watershed in Schuylkill County, projects on their properties. $199,942 Pennsylvania. The plan will fill critical gaps in the $178,385 identification and prioritization of projects scheduled Borough of Northumberland to be the next phase of a regional watershed Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Detailing and Designing Green Infrastructure in restoration and construction initiative. Building Soil Health Through Collaboration, Liberty Hollow Run (PA) $49,500 Implementation, and Market Opportunities (VA) Conduct site analysis, design, and public outreach Pilot 45 producers with management control of to create 12 design documents, three community Watershed Association 2,250 acres of cropland to create widespread program plans, and an outreach report for Liberty Cocalico Creek Watershed Farmer Engagement for adoption of cover crop, no-till, and enhanced nutrient Hollow Run. Project will advance formal action plans Conservation (PA) management practices, increasing adoption to 20,000 for rain barrels, disconnected downspouts, and tree Assist seven townships in collaboration with their acres post-pilot. Project will enhance the efforts of planting programs while ensuring high community farm community to achieve significant water Virginia’s Soil Health Coalition to expand awareness participation. quality improvements for local streams through among both producers and consumers for the $50,000 farmer meetings and farm visits. Project will value of healthy soil practices and create increased increase planning and implementation of barnyard partnerships that benefit soil health and water quality City of Lancaster improvements, riparian forested buffers, and manure in priority regions in the Shenandoah Valley and the Maximizing Water Quality Benefits on School storage to manage agriculture runoff, maximizing lower Eastern Shore. Campuses in Lancaster (PA) designs and applications to funding from state and $1,000,000 Create a master plan of urban nutrient management other agencies for project completion. at 19 campuses owned and maintained by the School $199,350 District of Lancaster and implement a pollinator garden, seeded meadow, no-mow zone, and a basin retrofit at Hamilton Elementary and a native meadow planted at Elizabeth R. Martin School. 17 OUR GRANTS

Lancaster Farmland Trust contractors available to conduct riparian forest buffer Center’s Farm Stewardship Program and adapt it Accelerating Acquisition of Conservation and Manure planting and maintenance through a correctional for use by crop farmers to improve profitability and Management Plans in Paradise Township (PA) vocational training program, establishment of a environmental performance. Collaborate with Paradise Township to accelerate the workforce pipeline, and on-the-ground conservation $199,528 acquisition of conservation and manure management projects. Project will increase the survivability rate of plans for local farms by utilizing successful outreach riparian forest buffers and expand buffer maintenance Stroud Water Research Center strategies to position farmers for the implementation options to increase implementation of forested buffers. Expanding Soil Health Through Partnership, Better of agricultural best management practices. Project $50,000 Coordination, and Increased Practice Adoption (PA) will set the stage for large-scale nutrient and sediment Expand soil health outreach to assist 75 farmers reductions in the Watershed and help Pennsylvania State University implement rotational grazing on more than 860 fulfill the Town’s commitment to achieve 100-percent Chiques-Conoy-Conewago Regional Partnership: acres and 12,000 acres of new cover crops and/ conservation plan compliance. Outreach and Implementation with Priority or no-till practices. Project will reach an estimated $49,606 Farmers (PA) 4,500 farmers through grazing advisors and farmer- Accelerate improved agriculture management in led, peer-to-peer soil health hubs throughout Watershed Alliance the lower Susquehanna River region through the Pennsylvania, and will further employ applied Updating the Lititz Run Watershed Action Plan and implementation of 75 acres of forested riparian research to develop a better understanding on the Watershed-Based Permit (PA) buffers, 1,360 acres with soil health practices, and benefits of soil health practices to runoff, productivity Update the Lititz Run Watershed Action Plan and 7,500 feet of stream restoration. Project will improve and farm management. include a framework for a more comprehensive existing restoration data and analysis tools to $999,318 method of determining current water resource prioritize work based on aquatic habitat impairment conditions in the watershed while incorporating local and engage farmers in Lancaster, Lebanon, and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy citizen and government input with the establishment Dauphin counties through a strategic team of Riparian Restoration and Buffer Establishment in the of a watershed-based permit. Project will protect the outreach and technical assistance. Susquehanna River West Branch (PA) Cold Water Fishery Existing Use classification achieved $1,000,000 Restore 20 acres of riparian habitat and expand local for Lititz Run, self-propagating aquatic life observed, community riparian knowledge. Project will facilitate and improved water quality and flooding conditions. Stroud Water Research Center partner collaboration on reaching out to landowners 49,960 Accelerating and Converting Marginal Cropland to with degraded riparian areas, leading to increased Forested Buffers (PA) planting of new riparian acres and post Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Convert near-stream marginal cropland to forested planting establishment, monitoring, and stewardship Resources buffers, implement soil health best management development. Correctional Vocational Training: Increasing the practices and advanced nutrient management, $158,755 Workforce for Buffer Planting and Maintenance (PA) and accelerate forested buffer implementation. Increase available private riparian forest buffer Project will build on the Stroud Water Research PHOTO (NEXT PAGE) Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania 18

OUR GRANTS

Lower Allen Township West Lampeter Township community education events to encourage its Detention Basin Retrofit in Residential Lower Allen Groff Farm Floodplain Restoration (PA) residents, businesses, and churches to do similar Best Township (PA) Restore a 2,300 linear foot section of an eroded Management Practices to reduce stormwater runoff Retrofit an existing dry detention basin to a streambank and create approximately 4.4 acres of and maximize infiltration. bioretention facility in the Moreland residential riparian habitat on a large portion of streambank of $120,000 neighborhood of Lower Allen Township. Project will Big Spring Run in the Mill Creek Watershed. Project retrofit a total drainage area of 17.7 acres improving will reduce pounds of sediment, pounds of nitrogen, Mount Joy Borough water quality and stormwater management while and pounds of phosphorus through the construction of Stormwater Management in Rotary Park (PA) engaging and educating the local community about Agricultural Best Management Practices on Groff Farm. Establish a native vegetative bioswale to slow stormwater pollution. $200,000 down the velocity of water through a native grass $160,486 channel while providing heavy erosion control to Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. prevent future washouts. Project will reduce the Hallam Borough Lancaster City Retrofit and Rain Garden amount of annual sediment, phosphorus, and Streambank Restoration on a Tributary to Kreutz Implementation (PA) nitrogen transported to Little and Creek (PA) Support the City of Lancaster in implementing two erect educational kiosks throughout the park to Restore 545 linear feet of stream bank along with 400 green infrastructure projects within the southwest promote education on pollutants, erosion control, and linear feet of eroded swale on an unnamed tributary quadrant of Lancaster City. Project will partner with stormwater best management practices for Borough to in Hallam Borough, York County, the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals and residents and participants at the park. PA. Project will stabilize stream banks and reduce Interfaith Partners of the Chesapeake to retrofit $100,000 sediment discharge to Kreutz Creek. an existing rain garden in Brandon Park, and a $200,000 rain garden will be installed on the property of a Manheim Township neighborhood church to reduce the amount of Stoner Park Streambank Restoration (PA) Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County stormwater entering Lancaster City’s combined sewer Restore streambank along Landis Run within Stoner Cocalico Creek Floodplain Restoration (PA) overflow system. Park for approximately 1,336 linear feet of property Establish native vegetation and stabilize streambanks $200,000 owned by Manheim Township. Project will contribute in preparation for next phases of floodplain restoration to the sediment load reduction objectives of Manheim within the Little Cocalico Creek and Cocalico Creek Borough of Akron Township’s Pollutant Reduction Plan by eliminating a watershed. Project will improve water quality through Akron Borough Community Rain Garden and Stream known source of sediment. reduction of pollution and increase of wetland habitat. Restoration (PA) $200,000 $200,000 Implement a rain garden for runoff control from the Akron Borough office building and restore approximately 500 feet of eroded stream through Roland Park. Project will reduce stormwater runoff and maximize infiltration and will continue 20 OUR GRANTS

Manheim Borough environmental improvements on farms to increase reduce nutrient and sediment pollution near the Memorial Park Stream Restoration (PA) their economic and environmental performance. headwaters of the Watershed, Implement riparian buffers and stream bank $200,000 improving water quality for downstream neighbors. stabilization for an approximate 3,000 linear foot $161,934 section of the Chiques Creek. Project will reduce Manheim Township sediment and associated nutrients and other Streambank Restoration on a Tributary to Conestoga pollutants entering the stream in addition to providing Creek (PA) West Virginia educational and passive recreational opportunities. Restore approximately 1,065 linear feet of an Trout Unlimited Home Rivers Initiative $200,000 unnamed tributary to the Conestoga River along Potomac Brook Trout Patch Reconnection from Big Manheim Township property in Lancaster County, PA. Run to Judy Gap (WV) Penn Township Project will provide sediment load reductions to help Restore, reconnect, and meld two stronghold patches Stream Restoration on a Tributary to Chiques Creek (PA) meet Manheim Township’s Pollutant Reduction Plan of eastern brook trout in the North Fork of the South Partner with a plain-sect farmer to restore an eroded by eliminating a causal source of sediment. Branch of the Potomac River. Project will expand stream channel that conveys stormwater discharge $93,780 existing patches to restore adjacent 50 square miles to a tributary to Chiques Creek from an upland of stream habitat to improve water quality through developed area, including installing a stormwater West Hempfield Township riparian and in-stream restoration, aquatic organism bioretention facility to reduce stormwater volume Streambank Stabilization and Stormwater passage barrier mitigation, and the installation of and provide water quality benefits. Project will Management on a Tributary to Chiques Creek (PA) agricultural practices that meet the needs of the fish achieve a portion of the Township’s required pollutant Partner with a plain-sect farmer to stabilize an and the farms. reductions through stream restoration and native eroded stream and drainage channel that conveys $194,418 forest riparian buffers. stormwater discharge from an upland developed area $200,000 to Chiques Creek and install a bioretention basin to reduce stormwater volume and provide water quality Multiple States TeamAg, Inc. benefits. Project will advance load reduction efforts Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Agriculture Runoff Water Quality Improvement (PA) through accelerated implementation of structural Strengthening Watershed Initiatives and Increasing Implement prepared Comprehensive Nutrient load-reduction practices. Capacity to Implement Watershed Restoration Management Plans for several small Plain Sect dairies $200,000 (multiple states) in Salisbury Township identified with critical water Help local watershed groups increase capacity to concerns including leaking manure storage facilities, Lancaster Farmland Trust implement restoration projects at more efficient runoff from barnyards and loafing areas, inadequate Stream Restoration on Cedar Creek (PA) and effective levels by strengthening networks manure storage, improper treatment of milk house Implement the following priority practices: loafing lot of individuals, communities, businesses, and wastewater, and lack of cattle stream crossings and management, forest and grass buffers with exclusion governments around shared goals of advancing fencing to exclude cattle. Project will implement fencing, and stream restoration along five properties watershed protection and restoration. Project will on Cedar Creek in East Earl Township. Project will 21 OUR GRANTS

organize nine Watershed Initiative tasks to offer University of Maryland Center for Environmental Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay information sharing activities, overarching objectives Science Nestle Agriculture and Dairy Conservation Initiative of peer-to-peer learning, areas of common concern Increasing Stakeholder Engagement in the (MD, PA, VA) and need, and solutions to common challenges. Chesapeake Bay Report Card (multiple states) Pilot the planning and implementation of agriculture $500,000 Improve the Chesapeake Bay Report Card process conservation practices with six Nestle farmers to and product by engaging in new partnerships to build a model to scale implementation to the entire The Nature Conservancy develop ecosystem health indicators for non- 900 farms that supply milk to the company in the Accelerating Wetland Restoration Through tidal watershed areas and indicators for social, Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Project will lay the ground Partnerships and Landowner Engagement (DE, MD, cultural, and economically relevant values identified work for building a watershed-wide conservation PA, VA) by stakeholders. Project will refine the process program to support the farmers that supply to Nestle. Accelerate water quality and black duck habitat of integrating new indicators via stakeholder $200,000 improvements through strengthened partnerships to engagement workshops, which require new regional advance wetland and stream restoration in priority partnerships and collaborations, a vital outcome of Chesapeake Bay Commission regions and identification of landowner priorities this project. Lessons Learned from Decades of Experiences of and constraints to guide restoration outreach $82,678 the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership (multiple and opportunities. Project will leverage existing states) partnerships and expertise and add needed capacity Tioga County Soil and Water Conservation District of Draft and publish a multi-author paper in the peer to further foster watershed-wide collaboration to reviewed literature summarizing the core set of restore, enhance, and protect a network of habitats to Expanding Engagement in the Upper Susquehanna lessons learned through the work of the Partnership improve water quality. Coalition Buffer Program (NY, PA) which are applicable to other watershed-based/ $965,852 Expand and engage new partners and populations partnership-based restoration efforts, at the result in the Upper Susquehanna Coalition Buffer of repeated requests to share the key lessons Chesapeake Stormwater Network Program. Project will build outreach opportunities learned during the multi-decade, partnership-based, Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Training and and engage populations that have yet to be Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts. Project will result Engagement III: (multiple states) engaged in pilot projects incorporating riparian in a multi-media series of ‘lessons learned’ products. Focus stormwater training and engagement efforts restoration, livestock exclusion, agricultural land $25,316 on four critical and under-served target populations retirement, green infrastructure, and natural in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to accelerate stream corridor restoration. the pace of local nutrient load reductions. Project $200,000 will promote more widespread implementation of effective stormwater and restoration practices across the watershed. $125,000 22 Canvasback ducks flying over the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY STEWARDSHIP FUND, PLEASE CALL US AT: 202-857-0166. OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: WWW.NFWF.ORG/CHESAPEAKE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM 1133 Fifteenth Street NW, Suite 1000 410 Severn Avenue / Suite 112 Washington, DC 20005 Annapolis, Maryland 21403 (202) 857-0166 Tel: (800) YOUR-BAY www.nfwf.org/chesapeake Fax: (410) 267-5777 www.chesapeakebay.net

*THE VIEWS AND CONCLUSIONS CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE THOSE OF THE NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY: FRONT COVER, PAGES 2, FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION AND SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS REPRESENTING THE 16, 21, 22 PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHESAPEAKE OPINIONS OR POLICIES OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. MENTION OF TRADE NAMES OR COMMERCIAL BAY PROGRAM, PAGE 7: PAMUNKEY INDIAN PRODUCTS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THEIR ENDORSEMENT BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. TRIBE, PAGE 9: GEOFFREY LIVINGSTON, PAGE 11: WILL PARSON,