Little Beaver group honored for culvert plan
LISBON — On Oct. 20, Dominion and the nonprofit Western Reserve Land Conservancy awarded $35,025 in grant funding to 16 Ohio watershed groups for marketing, promotions and outreach efforts as well as project-specific restoration or water quality improvement project expenses. The ceremony took place at the Land Conservancy’s Conservation Center in Moreland Hills.
Through the support of Dominion, Western Reserve Land Conservancy launched the Watershed Mini Grant Program last year to serve organizations working to protect and improve land around rivers, lakes and streams throughout Ohio.
“Dominion is proud to partner with the Western Reserve Land Conservancy for the second year of the Watershed Mini Grants Program,” said Tracy Oliver, director media and local affairs for Dominion. “Funding meaningful projects that encourage the understanding, appreciation and preservation of our environment is a key focus for us. Congratulations to all of the award winning watershed organizations across Ohio.”
Two organizations were recognized with Spotlight Awards and grants of $5,000 in support of larger water quality improvement or restoration projects: The Captina Conservancy in Barnesville for its Repair-A-Riparian Project in Belmont County. Once completed, the project will enhance and connect three acres of priority stream corridors in the Captina Creek Watershed to improve and preserve the chemical, physical, and biological health of Captina Creek and its tributaries; and the Little Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River Advisory Council in Salem for its Greenway Trail Culvert Replacement project in Columbiana County. The award will help the council and its partners remove an existing culvert and replace it with an open bottom structure to facilitate normal flows and fish passage stabilizing the adjacent stream banks and reducing sedimentation.