EASTON, Pa. — More than a dozen Lehigh Valley organizations will share $86,500 in environmental conservation mini grants, officials announced Tuesday.
- 13 Lehigh Valley organizations will share environmental conservation mini grants
- The grants come are funded by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and administered by the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
- More than $120,000 was requested
Northampton will get $3,000 to support the design and installation of Memorial Monarch Butterfly Gardens at Canal Park, while $1,800 will go to Bushkill Township for the municipality’s official map update.
The grants come from Lehigh Valley Greenways Conservation Landscape, an effort funded by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and administered by the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, according to a news release.
The purpose of the Lehigh Valley Greenways Mini Grant Program is to protect and promote natural resources through the implementation of ready-to-go, single-year projects.Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor written announcement
“The purpose of the Lehigh Valley Greenways Mini Grant Program is to protect and promote natural resources through the implementation of ready-to-go, single-year projects,” officials said in the release. “The 2023 Lehigh Valley Greenways Mini Grant application period closed on March 16 and attracted a large group of applications requesting just shy of $120,000.”
Other awards include:
- Coalition for Appropriate Transportation, $4,300, to support the “Everybody Rides LV 2023!” a guided bike-ride program with community partners
- Community Bike Works, $10,000, to support Youth Bike Education through workshops with a focus on sustainability and healthy living
- Hellertown Borough, $10,000, to support restoration of the tree canopy in the woodlands along the western edge of the Saucon Rail Trail bordering Saucon Creek
- Lehigh Carbon Community College, $6,900, to support delivery of Field Biology classes to ten Promise Corps participants in collaboration with Promise Neighborhoods
- Lehigh County Conservation District, $4,700, to support the improvement of a pocket park adjacent to Trout Creek Harrison St. Trailhead, installing a pollinator garden, nature journaling benches, wooden cave, magnifying station, boulders, tree stump seating, edible and aromatic native trees and shrubs, and signage
- Lehigh County Conservation District, $10,000, to support stabilization and fish enhancement along 730’ of the Little Lehigh Creek in the Lehigh Parkway off Keystone Avenue in Allentown, upstream of the Lil Le Hi Fish Hatchery
- Lower Mount Bethel Township, $10,000, to support the installation of a vegetated swale at Centerfield School Park and Municipal Complex
- Upper Macungie Township, $10,000, to support improvements at Grange Park, including planting of over 30 mature trees and installation of double-sided outdoor information board and publication racks
- Valley Mountain Bikers, $7,600, to support the production and installation of maps and welcome kiosks at five major mountain bike trail systems across Lehigh and Northampton counties
- Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley, $3,200, to support the production of illustrated Lehigh Valley watershed maps in poster and brochure-sized formats
- Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley, $5,000 to support a Walnutport Buffer Walking Tour installation with demonstration plots on a D&L Trail spur
To learn more about Lehigh Valley Greenways, go to www.lvgreenways.org.
