The application period for our 2025 Cost-Share Program is now open.
The program is designed to provide financial assistance to landowners and keep Lake Wallenpaupack clean. Grant funding is awarded for projects in the Lake Wallenpaupack watershed that will help protect water quality. These projects may include shoreline erosion stabilization, stream bank erosion stabilization, storm water improvements, and agricultural improvements. Contact LWWMD if you have questions about your project/location eligibility.
2025 is the fifteenth year of this successful program. Residential, commercial, and community properties are eligible. Grants may provide up to a 50% match of project cost; up to a maximum of $10,000. (For example-If your project cost is $20,000 the LWWMD may provide a $10,000 match.) Priority will be given to projects that reduce or eliminate the flow of pollutants into Lake Wallenpaupack and those that provide greater than 50% landowner match. Landowner match may be in-kind(materials/labor/etc.) or cash.
SEPARATE AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION -Agricultural Projects have a separate application and different maximum award. Applicants wishing to submit the Agricultural Application must qualify under the “Pennsylvania Right to Farm Law” (see link below). Those who do not qualify under this law are still eligible to submit a standard application for an agricultural project.
Funding for the LWWMD Cost-Share Program is provided by Brookfield Renewable through the FERC Relicensing Settlement Agreement of 2006.
2025 Cost Share Grant Application
2025 AGRICULTURAL Cost Share Grant Application(.doc)
Fact Sheet- PA Right to Farm Law
For more information, contact Nick Spinelli, Executive Director at 570-226-3865, or nick@wallenpaupackwatershed.org.