2009 Growing Greener Grant

PALMS receives a $250,000 grant from PA Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP)!

The Pennsylvania Lake Management Society (PALMS), with funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), was able to offer assistance to landowners, non-profits, and municipalities to address lake-related issues of critically eroded shorelines, excess nutrient loading, and aquatic invasive species that degrade the quality of lakes in the Commonwealth. Through this program, we offered a limited number of grants on a competitive basis up to $24,000.00 each to correct identified lake problems.

Current Projects

The Bucks County Conservation District is using funds from the grant program to address an aquatic invasive species problem in one lake and establish 2 stabilized shoreline areas on Lake Galena.

The Leaser Lake Heritage Foundation is working on a lake shoreline stabilization project which includes a riparian buffer planting at Leaser Lake.

Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy was granted funds to remove the invasive aquatic plant water chestnut from lakes within the Perkiomen Watershed.

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is working on the removal of Eurasian watermilfoil from the Lake Pleasant watershed.

The students and faculty at Westtown School are using funds for an innovative project to install floating wetland islands in Westtown Lake and mechanically harvest nuisance aquatic vegetation.

The Tanglwood Lakes Community Association is working on a shoreline stabilization and riparian buffer project at Tanglwood Lake.

Staff at the Venango Conservation District are working on shoreline stabilization and riparian buffer projects to help protect Justus Lake.

Big Bass Lake Community Association is also working on a riparian buffer project in northeast Pennsylvania.

State Park staff at Maurice K. Goddard and Pymatuning State Parks are working to stabilize shoreline at Lake Wilhelm and Pymatuning Lake in western Pennsylvania.