FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2020
Contact: Janet Sweeney, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Phone: 570-718-6507
Email: [email protected]
Pocono Forests and Waters Conservation Landscape announces 2020 Mini-Grantees
The Pocono Forests and Waters Conservation Landscape is pleased to announce the following Mini-Grantees:
Delaware Highlands Conservancy/Downtown Hawley Partnership – Hawley Trail Enhancement, Phase 2 $10,000: Improve access to Lackawaxen River Trail, expand educational outreach with signage at key visitor interception points.
Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation – Upgrading Lacawac’s Visitor Center Experience $6,600: Upgrade Lacawac Sanctuary’seducational displays at the Coulter Visitor Center.
Lackawanna College – Phase 2 Increasing Accessibility in LCEEC’s Raised Bed Garden $2,000: Increase handicap accessibility of raised bed garden at Lackawanna College Environmental Education Center to provide experiential learning opportunities for the community.
Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority – Lackawanna River Heritage Trail – The Lower 6 Miles Feasibility Study $10,000: Feasibility study of potential corridor for LHRT trail gaps north of Taylor, PA.
Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District – Interpretive Trail Signage in Carlton Drake Memorial Park $5,500: Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed District will design and install interpretive signs on the Woodland Trail and Meadow Trail adjacent to Wallenpaupack Creek.
Luzerne County Transportation Authority – LCTA Routes To Trails Map and Promotion of Trail Connections $2,000: Create a bus to trail guide map and promotional campaign that highlights hiking and biking trails and recreation access points along LCTA’s public transit routes.
Natural Lands – Keep Your Community Green and Your Streams Clean $4,700: Cultivating municipal relationships during challenging times, reiterating the importance of the natural world to municipal officials with the goal of bringing them alon g a conservation continuum of taking actions to protect those areas through policies and programs.
Valley In Motion (formerly Heritage Valley Partners) – Carbondale Trailhead Mural $7,000: The Carbondale John Street Trailhead Mural will be painted on the remains of a bridge abutment of the historic New York, Ontario & Western Railway to understand, interpret, and depict the region’s cultural and natural resources.
Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley – Watershed Outreach Mapping $2,200: Create watershed map and display of geographic features, unique wildlife, plant life, and historical features for the Aquashicola/Pohopoco Watershed Association, Tobyhanna Creek/ Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Association and North Pocono CARE watershed group.
Wildlands Conservancy – Thomas Darling Preserve Public Access Improvements $10,000: Provide public access improvements on the 1,500-acre Thomas Darling Preserve near Blakeslee, PA.
About the Pennsylvania Environmental Council
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council is a statewide organization that brings people, government, and business together to find real-world solutions for environmental challenges. These solutions bring about sustainable communities, protect our water resources, and address energy and climate issues. PEC was founded in 1970 and serves the entire state through offices in Luzerne, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and State College.