The Southwest Florida Water Management District is announcing the recipients of the 2005 Community Education Grant Program. The grants, which are up to $5,000 each, will help fund projects that provide communities the opportunity to learn about water resources.
This year the District awarded 29 grants Districtwide for a total of $107,667.
The overall goal of the Community Education Grant Program is to actively engage adults in water-related issues pertaining to conservation, protection and preservation. Funded by the District’s Basin Boards, the program is intended to motivate communities to get involved in water protection through various activities and educational formats.
This is the ninth year community education grants have been available.
Here is the Pasco County recipient:
Pascowildlife, Inc. will receive $1,500 for a Low Impact Development Design and Technology Workshop: Strategy for Stormwater Management. This one-day workshop will train 100 Tampa Bay-area development and governmental permitting professionals on cutting-edge design principles of the Low Impact Development (LID) strategy for stormwater management. The workshop will provide a thorough overview of new low impact design principles and management practices, innovative LID methods for protection and restoration of watershed hydrologic management and protection of receiving
waters. The workshop will follow the 8th Annual Stormwater Research and Watershed Management Conference.
This project’s funding comes from the District’s Hillsborough River Basin Board. The Hillsborough River Basin includes portions of Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, and Hernando counties.
The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s 2006 Community Education Grant Program will begin its application process in August of this year if funding is approved by the Basin Boards. The deadline for applications is tentatively scheduled for October. To be added to the mailing list to receive the 2006 application, call the District’s Communications Department at 800-423-1476 or 352-796-7211, ext. 4757.