The Bucks County Conservation District will receive a grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority through the Watershed Restoration Protection Program.
The $300,000 grant will go toward best management practices in regional wetlands with the goal of improving local water quality. Some of the plans include planting vegetation, installing turtle habitats and extracting sediment from Lake Luxembourg at Core Creek in Middletown and the Neshaminy Creek, according to Republican State Rep. Frank Farry and State Sen. Tommy Tomlinson’s offices.
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“This grant is vital to improving our environment and ensures that we are taking the proper steps to improve water quality through environmentally supported best practices,” Farry said.
“Watershed restoration is a crucial part of environmental protection, but it is very expensive. These grants will help restore and protect our waterways while reducing the local financial burden,” Tomlinson stated.
The money for the improvements are funded through Act 13’s impact fees on Marcellus Shale drilling.
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