The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is investing $17,325,163 for 89 projects across Pennsylvania that will restore streams, improve fish and wildlife habitat, and reclaim mine lands. The grants are part of the Growing Greener program, Pennsylvania’s largest environmental grant program.
Growing Greener is the largest single investment of state funds in Pennsylvania’s history to address critical environmental concerns. For the 2025 grant round, 77 projects were selected to restore streams, improve watersheds, and address legacy water pollution from abandoned mine drainage.
Six projects were funded to create or update Act 167 Stormwater Management Plans. The following counties received funding to start the process of developing or updating their county stormwater management plans: Lackawanna, Luzerne, Fayette, Jefferson, Montgomery, and Westmoreland counties.
Growing Greener grants can be awarded to watershed groups, local or county government, municipal authorities, county planning commissions, county conservation districts, council of governments, educational institutions, or non-profit organizations. Grantees have up to three years to implement their projects.
This funding is being distributed through existing Commonwealth grant programs to ensure high-impact projects are selected in the affected communities and that proper oversight is provided. Grant programs include those operated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the DEP.
