{"id":10563,"date":"2016-06-15T11:09:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T15:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=10563"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:24:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:24:59","slug":"governor-larry-hogan-announces-23-25-million-in-grants-to-reduce-nonpoint-source-water-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/06\/15\/governor-larry-hogan-announces-23-25-million-in-grants-to-reduce-nonpoint-source-water-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Larry Hogan Announces $23.25 Million in Grants to Reduce Nonpoint Source Water Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund Sponsors 21 Projects<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/749\/22727839938_5dac6b86f7_m_d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/749\/22727839938_5dac6b86f7_m_d.jpg\" alt=\"Restoration Project\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0has awarded grant funding, totaling $23.25 million, to reduce nonpoint source pollution through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/ccs\/Pages\/funding\/trust-fund.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund<\/a>. The Trust Fund directs funding to the most cost-effective and efficient projects in the state, with the goal of gaining the greatest reduction of pollution for the investment being made.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chesapeake Bay is our greatest and most important natural asset, and a national treasure that needs our continued attention and focus,\u201d said Governor Hogan. \u201cThat is why we honored our commitment to bay restoration by fully funding the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund for the first time in state history. Trust Fund projects enhance our local streams and rivers, and bring us a step closer to a healthier and more productive Chesapeake Bay, for this and future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Projects from Anne Arundel to Wicomico County will receive <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/ccs\/documents\/Trust-Fund-FY17-Priority-List.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">funding\u00a0for projects<\/a>\u00a0such as stream and wetland restoration, innovative stormwater management, enhancing the urban tree canopy and more. In all, the state received nearly $72 million in requests for the $23.25 million available in Fiscal Year 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Trust Fund is one of the most innovative pollution reduction programs in the nation,\u201d Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton said. \u201cIt engages local communities and leverages third-party organizations and partners into real, practical projects and solutions. Through this program, the state is effectively lowering the costs to reduce pollution in our waterways, a victory for the environment, taxpayers and the watershed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund is guided by the Chesapeake Bay Cabinet and administered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Since its creation in 2007, the Trust Fund has supported more than 2,000 projects, including the planting of 1,081 acres of riparian forest, as well as the restoration of 601 acres of wetlands, creating and supporting about 2,000 jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund Sponsors 21 Projects Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the Department of Natural Resources\u00a0has awarded grant funding, totaling $23.25 million, to reduce nonpoint source pollution through the\u00a0Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund. The Trust Fund directs funding to the most cost-effective and efficient projects in the<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/06\/15\/governor-larry-hogan-announces-23-25-million-in-grants-to-reduce-nonpoint-source-water-pollution\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-the-bay"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10567,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10563\/revisions\/10567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}