SNEP Watershed Implementation Grants
SWIG24 Grant Recipients
Restore America’s Estuaries and the US Environmental Protection Agency are pleased to announce the recipients of 2024 SNEP Watershed Implementation Grants. Together, these projects represent more than $2.8 million in high-impact projects to restore clean water, healthy ecosystems and sustainable communities in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts.
Rhode Island Grants
Trout Unlimited / RI Dept. of Environmental Management | Breakheart Pond Dam Removal Engineering (Arcadia Management Area, Richmond, RI) | $190,000
Groundwork Rhode Island / Blackstone Park Conservancy / City of Providence | Stormwater Management in York Pond Watershed | $282,288
Town of Coventry | Upper Dam Pond Restoration | $87,568
Town of South Kingstown | Green Hill Pond Water Quality Improvements | $250,000
Pawtuxet River Authority | Fish Passage Engineering at Pontiac Dam (Cranston) | $150,000
Town of Smithfield | Esmond Village Natural Infrastructure Park | $346,522
City of Cranston | Natural Solutions for Flood Mitigation, Fenner Pond Watershed | $192,500
Massachusetts Grants
Nantucket Conservation Foundation | Windswept Bog Wetland Restoration| $200,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition | Remediating Stormwater Pollution at Buttonwood Park Zoo (New Bedford) | $362,838
Town of Yarmouth | Chase Brook Park Coastal Restoration | $434,230
Barnstable Clean Water Coalition | Marston’s Mills Cranberry Bog Restoration | $200,000
Interstate Grant
New England Water Pollution Control Comm. | Community-Based Habitat Restoration: Water Chestnut Management in Blackstone & Ten Mile Watersheds, Phase 2 | $100,000
SWIG24 is now closed for applications.
On February 15, RAE released the 2024 Request for Proposals (RFP) for SNEP Watershed Implementation Grants. This year, we expect to award about $2.8 million in funding for high-priority projects that restore clean water, healthy ecosystems and sustainable communities throughout Southeast New England. To see the kind of work that we fund, click the links to the left and check out prior year grants.
If you submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) this year, we’ll notify you in May as to whether we’re requesting a Full Proposal for your project. Full Proposal applicants will receive additional guidance at that time.
Information, forms and templates needed to complete a Full Proposal application are here:
Southeast New England Program (SNEP) 2024 Watershed Implementations Grant RFP
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Anyone interested in applying for a grant, particularly first-time applicants, should be sure to watch this webinar to learn more about the application process, how you can build a successful proposal, and other resources that you may need!
