FY15 Approved Grants. Allegany. Organization Grant Amount Description

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1 FY15 Approved Grants Allegany Organization Grant Amount Description Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation $10,000 for support of the Allegany Public Schools 8th grade Researching Energy Across the Landscape program. Mountain Ridge High School $2, for support for 65 high school students to participate in a tree planting project on school grounds. Allegany County Public Schools $2,224 for 70 students to take part in a student lab experience at the Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Lab. Allegany County Public Schools $3, for partial program, transportation, native plants, printing and supply costs for middle and high school students to participate in a field experience to Evergreen Heritage Center and expand the existing rain garden on their school campus. Western Maryland Resource Conservation & Development Council (Inc.) $40,000 for the Frostburg Grows Stormwater Collection and Outreach Project. Anne Arundel

2 Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards Academy $1, for costs of water quality testing and communications for a Community Based Social Marketing campaign to reduce pollution from pet waste. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. $1,198 for costs to implement a focus group study conducted on the knowledge, experiences, and perceptions of low-income African American Annapolis residents towards the Bay and environmental movement. Heritage Harbour Community Association, Inc. $1, for native trees, shrubs, mulch, delivery and tree shelters to create a forested landscape on a 3000 square foot grass slope in the Heritage Harbour Community Association to prevent stormwater runoff. West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc. $1, for costs of native plants, tree tubes and stakes to plant over 200 trees in Shadyside Park. Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards Academy $1,250 for supply and printing costs to create signage, posters, demo rain barrel and other pre-made communication tools that can be re-used by Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards to conduct behavior change campaigns in their communities. Olde Severna Park Improvement Association, Inc. $1,420 for contractual, native plants and tree costs for an invasive removal followed by native planting on 1.5 acres in Olde Severna Park.

3 Koolhof Earth, Inc. $1, for funds to restore a closed canopy vernal pool located at 8134 Elizabeth Rd, Pasadena. Annapolis Maritime Museum $10, for support of the Chesapeake Champions program. Maryland State Parks -- Sandy Point State Park $10,464 for support of the invasive species control and reforestation project at Sandy Point State Park. Funds support contractual costs and project supplies. South River Federation $100,000 for costs associated with implementing the Annapolis Harbour Center Stream and Wetland Restoration Project. Cloverlea Boat Club, LLC $100, for costs associated with implementation of a living shoreline at the Cloverlea Boat Club. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. $125,152 for support of the Corcoran Track invasive species control and reforestation project.

4 Gravely Property Owners Association $2, for the implementation of an upland forest planting and a stream buffer planting in Gravely Community. Richard Henry Lee Elementary School $2, for twenty K-5 teachers to participate in a 5-day Chesapeake Bay Foundation Professional Development program that strives to increase the integration of environmental literacy in elementary schools. St. Andrews United Methodist Day School $2, for 50 fourth and seventh grade students to set-up and maintain an aquaecosystem with bay grasses and fish, and then plant the grasses and release the fish at a National Aquarium restoration site. Londontowne Property Owners Association $20, for costs associated with implementing a living shoreline in the Londontown Community. Round Bay Community Association $23, for costs associated with implementation of a rain garden in the Round Bay Community. Spa Creek Conservancy (SCC) $25, for support of the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis Stormwater Retrofit Showcase Program. Funds support contractual and supply requests.

5 Smithsonian Institution $299, for research to quantify the hypothesized reduction in loads of nutrients and suspended sediments from regenerative stormwater conveyance restoration sites relative to control sites and relative to pre-construction loads. West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc. $30, for costs associated with designs for the Holly Hills Harbor community park project. Summit School, Anne Arundel County $ for support of the horseshoe crab and oyster project with Sandy Point Park field experience for students. Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary School $4, for 105 second grade students to attend multiple field experiences and implement an action project on school grounds as a part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum's Chesapeake Champions program. Hillsmere Elementary School (P.T.A.) $4, for 100 second grade students to attend multiple field experiences and implement an action project on school grounds as a part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum's Chesapeake Champions program. South River Federation $4, for costs associated with implementation of a living shoreline at a Marina in Edgewater, MD.

6 West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc. $45, for costs associated with implementing a stormwater wetland and removing impervious surface at the Avalon Shores Fire Department. Annapolis Maritime Museum $45, for costs associated with implementing a living shoreline project at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. South River Federation $45, for support of the Governor Bridge Road Reforestation project. West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc. $5, for costs associated with creation and distribution of a Report Card. Twin Harbors Community Association $5, for support of a community installed living shoreline in the Twin Harbors waterfront community. Koolhof Earth, Inc. $54, for support of the Chesterfield Community reforestation project with community partners.

7 Herald Harbor Citizens Association $55, for costs associated with implementing a restoration project in the Herald Harbor community at Bonaparte Road. South River Federation $55, for costs associated with implementation of a restoration project at Camp Woodlands. Turkey Point Property Owners Association $58, for costs associated with design and implementation of a living shoreline in the Turkey Point community. Spa Creek Conservancy (SCC) $68, for support of the Hawkins Cove Mini-Watershed Restoration Plan. Severn Riverkeeper Program $69, for support of the design of the Hockley Branch stream valley reconnection project. Maryland Therapeutic Riding, Inc. $75, for support of the afforestation of a stormwater managment project and additional reforestation at the Maryland Therapeutic Riding Center.

8 South River Federation $77, for costs associated with implementing bioretention projects in the Hillsmere community. Ben Oaks Civic Association $87,566 for costs associated with constructing rain gardens in the Ben Oaks community. West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc. $90, for costs associated with Phase II of a living shoreline at Camp Letts. Hillsmere Shores Improvement Association $ for Hillsmere Shores Improvement Association to install a 400 square foot rain garden for a Watershed Steward capstone project and neighborhood demonstration site. Annapolis Maritime Museum $ for an educational rain garden to be installed at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. Baltimore St. Paul's School $1, for one-half program, transportation and substitute costs for 55 fourth grade students to sail on the Patapsco River as part of the Living Classrooms Shipboard Educational Program.

9 Pearlstone Conference & Retreat Center $1, for the restoration of a forest buffer between Pearlstone's New Field and Sycamore Creek through invasive removal and native planting. Blue Water Baltimore $1, for costs to establish a water quality monitoring program on illicit discharges in the Herring Run watershed. Funds will be used for water test kit, travel, and personnel. Norwood Elementary School $1, for transportation costs for first through third grade students to attend a field experience at the Marshy Point Nature Center. Carnegie Institution for Science, Dept of Embryology $15, for Your Watershed, Your Backyard. Funds support personnel, supplies, contractual and travel. Maryland DNR $2, for support of the nature play space workshop at Irvine Nature Center. Halstead Academy $2, for full program and transportation costs for 180 second and third graders to participate in a Skipjack Martha Lewis field experience.

10 Baltimore Lab School $2, for all students in the Baltimore Lab School, a non-public school for students with mild to severe learning disabilities and ADHD to participate in one of various outdoor environmental field trips. St. Mark School $3, for 145 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students to participate in the National Aquarium s AquaPartners Education field experience. Oregon Ridge Nature Center Council $4, for supply costs associated with constructing two rain gardens at Oregon Ridge Nature Center. Hereford Middle School $4, Halstead Academy $4, for all 8th grade students to participate in a day-long field trip focused on ways to improve key negative impacts on the Chesapeake Bay. for full program and transportation costs for 250 students to attend field experiences at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Arthur Sherwood Study Center, and Cromwell Valley Park and to participate in a tree planting experience at Oregon Ridge Nature Center. Rosedale Center for Alternative Studies $5, for support for 250 sixth through twelfth grade students to participate in clean-up and tree planting activities.

11 Cromwell Valley Elementary School $5, for all fifth grade students to participate in a 3 day outdoor education field trip at Camp Wo-Me-To and plant a native garden on school grounds. Towson Unitarian Universalist Church (TUUC) $5, for a rain garden and a Bayscape garden design and installation at the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church in Lutherville, Maryland. Arbutus Middle School $5, for partial transportation costs for 200 sixth grade students to attend a NorthBay field experience. Halstead Academy $5, for program and transportation costs for 160 third and fourth graders to attend a Philip Merrill and Living Classrooms Foundation field experience. General John Stricker Middle School $5, for partial program costs for 100 sixth grade students to attend a NorthBay field experience. Rosedale Center for Alternative Studies $5, for support for 250 sixth through twelfth grade students to participate in clean-up and tree planting activities.

12 Blue Water Baltimore $50, for support of the Blue Water Baltimore Rainwater Harvesting Behavior Change Implementation project. Gunpowder Valley Conservancy $50, for support of the Clear Creeks Project. Catonsville Elementary School $ for partial program costs for 90 fourth grade students to participate in a Living Classrooms field experience. Prettyboy Watershed Alliance, Inc. $21, for support to develop a riparian forest buffer social marketing plan. Baltimore City National Aquarium $1, for support of the certified wildlife habitat garden at Benjamin Franklin High School. Baltimore Community ToolBank $1, for partial costs to create and install informational signage for the newly constructed rain gardens on the front landscape of the Baltimore Community ToolBank warehouse in southwest Baltimore City.

13 National Aquarium $1, for costs to implement a wildlife identification workshop followed by a BioBlitz event at Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center in Baltimore City. Atholton Elementary School $1,505 for transportation costs for 72 fifth grade students to attend a Living Classrooms field experience as an opportunity for a meaningful watershed experience. Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy $1, for one-half program costs for 28 seventh graders to attend a Living Classrooms Foundation field experience. Patterson Park Audubon Center $10, for support of the Baltimore Audubon Watershed Experience. Mount Vernon-Belvedere Association $10, for a tree planting project in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere community. Cross Country Elementary School $10, for support of the School Grounds to Streams project.

14 The Church of the Redeemer $11, for support of the playground rain garden system project. Hollins Roundhouse Association, Inc. $11, for support of a growing green design project at West Lombard and South Stockton street. Blue Water Baltimore $14, for support of the Paint it Blue: Engaging Baltimore's Faith-Based Communities in Storm Drain Art project. Parks & People Foundation, Inc. $15, for support of the Community Awareness and Empowerment through Greening project. Civic Works, Inc. $15, for support of the Gateway Garden project. Amazing Grace Lutheran Church $15, for support of the Amazing Grace Lutheran Church Rain Garden to be located at Amazing Port Street Commons.

15 Westport Academy $2, for 40 fifth to eight grade students to participate in the National Aquarium's Aqua EcoSystem Program and Fort McHenry Wetland Field Experience. Mount Washington Elementary Middle School $2, for costs associated with water quality projects and a field trip. Civic Works, Inc. $21,500 for support for the Food and Water project. WBC Community Development Corporation $23, for support of the development of a stormwater master action plan for Forest Park. Second Chance, Inc. $24, for costs associated with development of a plan for treating stormwater at Second Chance. Mount Royal Community Development Corporation $24, for support of the Mount Royal Neighborhood TreeVision Expansion.

16 Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Inc. $25, for support of Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore's partnership with Blue Water Baltimore, Parks & People and Baltimore City Recreation & Parks to combine their efforts and establish a menu of healthy recreation activities focused on increasing environmental stewardship for Baltimore City residents. Chesapeake Center for Youth Development $25, for support of the Healthy People Healthy Places program to expand Docs in the Park to integrate human and environmental health in the Brooklyn and Curtis Bay neighborhoods of Baltimore City. Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends, Stony Run $25, for support of the Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends, Stony Run Storm Water Remediation, Education, and Restoration Project. Kadampa Meditation Center Maryland $27, for support of the World Peace Garden at Kadampa Meditation Center. Old Goucher Community Association $3, for supply and personnel costs to build awareness around the creation and then implementation of a Sustainable Community Plan for the Old Goucher neighborhood in Baltimore City. Blue Water Baltimore $3, For support of the Blue Water Baltimore Build-Your-Own Rain Barrel Workshops with Free Barrel Installation in Low-Income Neighborhoods.

17 Parks & People Foundation, Inc. $3, for 14 teachers and 13 teacher assistants to attain Professional Development in the Parks and People Foundation's One Park Schools Professional Development program. Cross Country Elementary School $3, for 30 sixth through eighth grade students to participate in a series of field experiences and a water quality monitoring investigations. Blue Water Baltimore $35, for support of an awareness and stormwater management plan development project at Harbor Hospital. Baltimore Tree Trust $35, for costs associated with a tree planting project in the Ellwood Park neighborhood. Parks & People Foundation, Inc. $4, for support of teacher professional development for the One Park Schools program with Patterson Park Public Charter School. Jane's House of Inspiration $4, for support of the A-MAZE-N Recovery fruit garden project.

18 Creative City Public Charter School $4, for 178 third and fourth grade students to participate in a Robert E. Lee Park field experience, mural creation and rain garden installation on school grounds. Midtown Academy $4, for 42 elementary school students to participate in the Aquapartners program and student led action project. Lakeland Elementary/Middle School $4, for 65 sixth grade students to participate in a field experience at NorthBay and enhance the school's native plants garden. Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts $4, for 50 students to participate in a Chesapeake Bay Foundation field experience to Port Isobel and Clagett Farm. Hamilton Elementary/Middle School $4, for support of an Echo Hill Field experience and student led rain garden project. Parks & People Foundation, Inc. $4, for supplies and other costs for a community clean-up pilot program in five identified neighborhoods of Baltimore City.

19 Parks & People Foundation, Inc. $40, for support for the Baltimore Green Sports program. Druid Heights Community Development Corporation $49, for support of the Peace Park project in Druid Heights. Cecil Elementary School $5, for program and transportation costs for 100 fourth and fifth grade students to attend Sandy Point State Park and Ft. McHenry field experiences. Pigtown Main Street $5, for supplies and personnel costs for Bloom the Boulevard 2015, an inclusive community greening event on Washington Boulevard in the Pigtown neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Graceland Park -O'Donnell Heights Elementary School $5, for program, rain barrels, water quality testing kits and supply costs for 48 sixth grade students to attend a week long field experience at NorthBay and conduct water quality experiments. Thomas Johnson Elementary School $5, for 48 sixth grade students to participate in a NorthBay Adventure field experience.

20 Federal Hill Preparatory PTO $5, for support of a rain garden project on school grounds involving students and community volunteers. Strength to Love II (Newborn Community of Faith) $5, for support of the invasive species removal project as the first phase of the Urban Farmstead Initiative in the Sandtown-Winchester Community. Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School $5, for program costs for 63 sixth grade students to attend a NorthBay field experience. Harford Heights Intermediate School $5, for full program costs for 168 fourth grade students to attend the Fort McHenry Field Station and fifth grade students to attend the Sandy Point State Park as part of the National Aquarium's AquaPartners Program. Civic Works, Inc. $50, for support of the Dayspring Green Parking Lot project. Parks & People Foundation, Inc. $50, for support of the Maryland in Miniature project. Funds are provided for contractual, supplies, travel, and personnel costs.

21 Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. $56, for support of the Bridgeview/ Greenlawn Community Enhancement project. Baltimore City Department of Public Works $58, for support of the development of design standards for ESD practices in Baltimore City. Lake Roland Nature Council (formerly known as Robert E. Lee Nature Council, Inc.) $6, for support for the Trails over Truancy Program. Funds are provided for contractual, supplies, and travel costs. Civic Works, Inc. $63, for support of the Flower Factory project at Broadway East. Living Classrooms Foundation $70, for support of a stormwater management design project at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Early Childhood Center. Baltimore Tree Trust $71, for support of the Ellwood Park Trees for Public Health "Green and Clean" Project.

22 Blue Water Baltimore $74, for costs associated with implementing a tree planting project. Highlandtown Community Association $75, for costs associated with implementation for a tree planting, a community garden, and a swale in the Highlandtown community. Parks & People Foundation, Inc. $75, for costs associated with impervious surface removal and replanting at the Sarah's Hope. Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Inc. $87, for support of the McKeldin Plaza Design Project. Old Goucher Community Association $99, for costs associated with design and implementation of sidewalk bioswales in the Old Goucher community. Calvert American Chestnut Land Trust, Inc. $1, for costs to install a rain garden and six signs at the American Chestnut Land Trust in Prince Frederick, MD.

23 Calvert County Public Schools $30, for support of the development of the Mosquito Fish issue investigation program with Calvert County Schools. Caroline County Commissioners of Caroline County $4, for support of related survey and design costs for a new stormwater BMP. North Caroline High School Green Club $4, for support of the Restore and Explore your Watershed Expanded Year 2 project. Caroline County Public Schools $5, for partial program costs for 16 fourth grade students to participate in the Under Sail Ecology Program aboard schooner Sultana with field trip experience and water quality sampling on the Chester River. Carroll Carroll County Government $10, for support of the Earth Day 2015 at Ebb Valley Elementary School. Freedom Elementary School $2, for partial program and transportation costs for 90 fourth grade students to participate in a Living Classrooms field experience.

24 Carroll County Forest Conservancy District Board $2, for 1,000 tree protection tubes and stakes to support tree survivability for the Carroll County Forestry Board's Backyard Buffer program that will plant trees with urban and suburban landowners. Carroll County Government $212 for support of a community stream clean-up and storm drain stenciling event in New Windsor, MD. Carroll County Government $30, for support of the Carroll County Farm Museum environmental site design. Carroll County Government $4, for costs of 50 rain barrels to launch a rain barrel program in the Lower Monocacy watershed. Cecil Catonsville Middle School $3, for 267 sixth grade students to attend North Bay Adventure Camp. Rising Sun Elementary School $4, for 175 4th and 5th grade students to participate in a 6-phase NorthBay field trip experience and install a native garden and rain garden.

25 Elk Neck Elementary School $4, for 131 4th and 5th grade students to participate in a 6-phase NorthBay field trip experience and install a riparian buffer of native grasses. Loch Raven Technical Academy $5, for sixth grade students to participate in a North Bay field experience and link this field experience with Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience efforts in this Green School. Cecil County, Maryland $74, for support of the implementation of four new stormwater facilities and associated environmental education programming at Northeast Elementary school and Northeast Middle School. Charles Port Tobacco River Conservancy $2, for the reforestation of 0.82 acres and planting of 600 trees at a historic property in Port Tobacco, MD. Washington, D.C. Capital City Public Charter School $1, for 58 high school students to participate in an Environmental Science Oyster Expedition. Wilderness Leadership & Learning, Inc. (WILL) $5, for partial program and transportation costs for 34 students to attend a field experience at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Karen Noonan Center.

26 American Farmland Trust $15, for support of the Voices for Conservation: Empowering Women Landowners project. Earth Conservation Corps $1, for signage to accompany the Earth Conservation Corps Earth Day Event on April 17th, District of Columbia Environmental Education Consortium $15, for support of Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool- Mobilizing Environmental Literacy in the District of Columbia Schools. Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy $4, for support of student field experiences to Dumbarton Oaks Park. Living Classrooms Foundation of the National Capital Region $4, for 30 students to attend a Living Classrooms Foundation field experience. Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens $4, for costs associated with the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Spring Break NatureFest.

27 Anacostia Watershed Society $5, for program, transportation, printing and copying costs for 328 students to attend an Anacostia Watershed Society field experience. Dorchester Nanticoke Watershed Alliance $1, for support of the Trinity Church rain garden project. Nanticoke Watershed Alliance $1, for partial event costs to implement the Backyard Conservation Resource Fair held at ACE Hardware in Cambridge, MD. University of Maryland Extension $ for support of the 4-H Club storm drain stenciling project. Nanticoke Watershed Alliance $2, for support of the volunteer creek watchers program to produce the Nanticoke River Report Card. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) $39, for support of the Cultivating Student Leadership in STEM and E-Lit through Schoolyard Chestnut Grove Program. Frederick

28 Hood College: Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies $1, for partial informational signage costs to install six signs across Hood College to educate the campus about the multiple stormwater management projects recently installed. Land and Cultural Preservation Fund, Inc $14, for costs associated with implementing a tree planting project at a park along the Lower Monocacy River. Friends of Baker Park, Inc. $ for support for the third annual Green Neighbor Forum. Garrett Nature Conservancy, The $1, for installation of educational items to improve visitor attendance and enhance educational experiences at Finzel Swamp. Garrett County Department of Community Planning & Development $69, for support of the Deep Creek Watershed Stormwater Retrofit Opportunities Assessment Pilot Project. Harford Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. $1, for the implementation of a stormwater remediation project at Christ Our King in Harford County, Maryland.

29 Council of Unit Owners Waters Edge Condominiums, Inc $5, for support of the native plant garden in the designated wetland area along the Bush River. Havre de Grace Maritime Museum $5, for native plants and trees, invasives removal, educational signs, and other costs related to the restoration of a wetland at the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum. Howard Dunloggin Middle School $1, for native trees and shrub costs for seventh grade students to remove invasive plant species growing around the streams near their school, and to replace them with native species. Middle Patuxent Environmental Foundation $13, for support of the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area Weed Warrior Program. University of Maryland College Park $15, for support of the Howard County Citizen Engagement in Watershed Restoration project. Oakland Mills High School $3,352 for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students to conduct monthly stream monitoring.

30 Middle Patuxent Environmental Foundation $38,052 for support to develop a replicable watershed assessment protocol for the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area. Howard County Office of Environmental Sustainability $69,882 for support of the READY for Watershed Restoration project. Kent Queen Anne's County High School $1, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy $1, for 30 high school students to participate in an Echo Hill Outdoor School field trip experience. for transportation, substitute fees, supplies, and data collection tool costs for 120 tenth grade students at Kent County High School to attend multiple field experiences to the Sassafras Environmental Education Center in conjunction with a student-led investigation of the Clean Water Act. Chester River Association $1, for the development of an outreach program concerning discharge of sewage by boaters in the Chester River to be developed. Echo Hill Outdoor School $1, for partial costs of mulch and lumber for terraces to create a permanent rainwater retention system on Echo Hill Outdoor School's challenge course in order to reduce soil compaction and create a more permeable surface.

31 Partnerships for Ecological Restoration, Inc. $34, for design costs for the Worton Park Stormwater Retrofit project. Montgomery Meadowside Nature Center $1, for the construction of a Nature Play Space at Montgomery Parks' Meadowside Nature Center in Rockville, MD. Muddy Branch Alliance $10, Carderock Springs Citizens Association $11, for a needs assessment and the development of a framework for a Watershed Stewards Academy in Montgomery County, Maryland. for the Carderock Conservation Coalition of the Carderock Springs Citizen Association to provide community outreach for the RainScapes program at workshops in the neighborhood and a permeable pavement demonstration project. Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council $15, for the Interfaith group involvement in environmental healing watershed and stormwater management education videos proposed for the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection. Friends of Sligo Creek $15, for increased citizen awareness and reduced water pollution by expanding the citizen-based report system called "Water WatchDogs" in the Sligo Creek watershed.

32 Paint Branch High School $2, for partial program, transportation and substitute costs for 150 students to attend a Chesapeake Bay Foundation Port Isobel field experience. Montgomery Housing Partnership $20, for community RainScapes implementation at the Glenville Road apartment complex and for outreach and education by the youth Green Club to the Glenville Road and Grand Bel II apartment complexes. Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, Inc. $26, for a site assessment, stormwater management solution design, and outreach to local stakeholders at the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States, Inc. in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Anacostia Riverkeeper $27, for the Anacostia Riverkeeper to provide stormwater management outreach and to install cisterns at three faith based organizations in Montgomery County, Maryland. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School $3, for partial program and transportation costs for 60 middle school students to attend a Chesapeake Bay Foundation field experience at the Karen Noonan Center to conduct rainbow trout and horseshoe release. Westbrook Elementary School $3, for 23 fifth grade students in the Aqua Eagles program to attend multiple Chesapeake Bay Foundation field experiences and activities close to school (raising trout eggs, evaluating water quality of Little Falls stream).

33 John Poole Middle School $3, for 120 students to attend a Chesapeake Bay Foundation field experience followed by a planting project on the school's property. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. $31, for watershed outreach and tree planting at ten faith based organizations in Montgomery County, Maryland. Bethesda Green $32, for a rain garden, tree planting, and cistern implementation at the Glen Waye Gardens Condominium in Silver Spring, Maryland, as well as outreach and education to the diverse community that will be provided by Bethesda Green. Rock Creek Conservancy $38, for Rock Creek watershed homeowner education through the Rock Creek Park in Your Backyard program and for conservation landscaping implementation projects. Westbrook Elementary School $4,852 for partial program and transportation costs for 75 fourth grade students to attend field experiences with Echo Hill Outdoor School, Flag Ponds, and Living Classrooms Foundation. Gaithersburg High School $4, for program, transportation, printing and project supplies for 100 high school students to attend two field experiences to conduct local stream studies followed by the design and implementation of a student-led action project.

34 Friends of Cabin John Creek (and) Watershed $42, for outreach and capacity building for the Friends of Cabin John Creek watershed group in four targeted neighborhoods and for rain barrel demonstration and installation projects by the Potomac District of the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Sandy Spring Friends School $49, for RainScapes practice installations, pet waste stations, and community workshops at the Sandy Spring Friends School in Sandy Spring, Maryland. National Wildlife Federation $51, for conservation landscaping workshops and a webinar for the faith based community in Montgomery County, Maryland. St. Martin of Tours $ for one-half program and transportation costs for 18 fifth grade students to participate in the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center field experience. Potomac Conservancy $ for costs to develop outreach materials on native plants, rain gardens, rain barrels and alternatives to fertilizer that will be distributed after the pollinator garden planting at Glen Echo Park. Pennsylvania Diakon Child, Family & Community Ministries $4, for program and transportation costs for 40 students to attend a Chesapeake Bay Foundation field experience.

35 City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania $60, for costs associated with obtaining designs for green infrastructure retrofits in the City of Lancaster, PA. Community Action Commission $70, for costs associated with implementing pervious paving in Harrisburg, PA Prince George's Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. $25, for educational workshops focused on the faith-based community to promote watershed and stormwater awareness in Prince George's County, Maryland. Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (The) $1, for installation of a conservation garden at Kenmoor Middle School. Funds support plant material and supplies. Mattaponi Elementary School $1, for support of the Save the Marlton Maryland Streams project. Lewisdale Elementary School $1, for 98 fifth grade students to expand a litter reduction curriculum, conduct a stream clean-up, and attend a field trip to the Prince George's County Recycling Facility and the Prince George's County Yard Waste & Composting Facility.

36 Pheasant Run Home Owner's Association, Inc. $11, for stormwater and watershed citizen engagement and awareness as well as rain garden design, dog waste stations, and interpretive signs at the Pheasant Run Homeowner's Association, Inc. located in Laurel, Maryland. Prince George's County Public Schools, William Schmidt Outdoor Education Center $119, for support of the Chesapeake Bay Themed Environmental Literacy Program. Town of Landover Hills $126, for rain gardens at the New Hope Academy in Landover Hills, Maryland. Funds are provided for costs associated with the community rain garden implementation, plants, interpretive signs, and personnel to conduct the project work. Town of Edmonston $14, for costs associated with development of a green streets concept for Crittenden Street in the Town of Edmonston. The Empowerment Institute $152, for costs associated with impervious cover removal, stormwater management improvements, and interpretive signs at the Southern Avenue Market in Oxon Hill, Maryland. City of Greenbelt $187, for costs associated with the design and construction of several stormwater best management practices at the Buddy Attick Park parking lot in the City of Greenbelt, Maryland.

37 Alice Ferguson Foundation $188, for costs associated with stormwater best management practices to improve water quality and for stormwater education for teachers and students at the Alice Ferguson Foundation's new Potomac Watershed Study Center. Alice Ferguson Foundation $23, for a Clean Water Course development and for a Rain Check Rebate community outreach effort. Alice Ferguson Foundation $30, for support of the Native Species Restoration MWEE Module for Seventh Grade Students in Prince George's County. City of District Heights $34, for costs associated with a rain garden installation along the District Heights Parkway walking trail in District Heights, Maryland. Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. $35, for support of the Communities Organized for Health & Environment (COHEN) program which includes a tree adoption program, Anacostia Trail cleanup, outdoor physical activity, and health and environment day workshop. Anacostia Watershed Society $48, for a National Capital Region - Watershed Stewards Academy by the Anacostia Watershed Society.

38 Town of Forest Heights $48, the Treekeepers of Forest Heights program to maintain street trees in Forest Heights, Maryland. University of Maryland College Park $5, for support of the third annual symposium on environmental justice and environmental health disparities. Global Health and Education Projects, Inc. $5, for a health and environment focused community-wide workshop with speakers and outdoor events to increase citizen awareness for the Riverdale / Bladensburg communities in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hillmeade Homeowners' Association $5, for homeowners assocation to install signage educating community members of the environmental benefits of the native tress and stormwater practices in their community. Clean Water Fund $5, for support of the rain garden project with the town of Capitol Heights. The Low Impact Development Center, Inc. $55, for implementing the seven Rain Check Rebate practices at Behnke Nurseries in Beltsville, Maryland.

39 City of College Park $66, for costs associated with a bioretention, tree planting, tree boxes, and interpretive sign at the Narragansett Parkway in the City of College Park, Maryland. Neighborhood Design Center $79, for stormwater community support to Prince George's County, Maryland. Alice Ferguson Foundation $ for the installation of a recycling system at the The William S. Schmidt Outdoor Education Center in Brandywine, MD. GreenTrust Alliance Inc. $885, for the proposed wetland creation at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Queen Anne's Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy, Inc. $20, for support of the Students for Streams program in Queen Anne's County. Kennard Elementary $3, for support of the American Eel raise and release project with field experience on the Schooner Sultana.

40 Environmental Concern Inc. $38, for costs associated with implementing a living shorelien at Brown's Landing in Queen Anne's County. Kennard Elementary $4, for one-half program and transportation costs for 370 fourth and fifth grade students to participate in Echo Hill Outdoor School and Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center field experiences. Grasonville Elementary School $ for native plant costs for 490 elementary school students to participate in Phase II of a wetland planting project at Grasonville Elementary School. Church Hill Elementary School $ for one-half program costs for all 50 fourth grade students to participate in a field experience on the Chester River aboard the 1768 Schooner. Talisman Therapeutic Riding, Inc. $9, for support for the Talisman TheraBay Trails program. Saint Mary's St. Mary's Parish, Trinity Episcopal Church $125, for costs associated with implementation of a living shoreline project at Church Point and for design and implementation of a living shoreline at HSMC.

41 Greenwell Foundation, Inc. $42, support for the Watershed Heroes program. Somerset Crisfield Heritage Foundation $5, for support of the Exploring the Water: Ways of Tangier Sound program. Statewide Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) $15, for support of the Maryland Environmental Literacy Planning Initiative. Funds support personnel and teacher substitute fees. The Mountain Institute $15, for support of Environmental Literacy Planning in West Virginia. Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit $15, for support of the Pennsylvania ELIT Survey Project. American Rivers $19, for costs associated with development of a white paper on greening the gateways to communities.

42 River Network $2, for scholarship funds so that Maryland based conservation groups can attend the River Network's 2015 River Rally in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. Maryland Water Monitoring Council $2, for support of the Stream Information Exchange workshop. Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (The) $2, for 24 teachers to participate in a two-day professional development workshop. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) $292, for stream restoration research toquantify how ecological uplift for stream restoration is impacted by the approach, age, and landscape context as described in your proposal. Maryland Water Monitoring Council $3, for support of the 20th Annual Maryland Water Monitoring Conference. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. $4, for volunteers statewide to experience meaningful environmental stewardship through stream and general litter clean ups.

43 Alice Ferguson Foundation $4, for personnel, transportation and printing costs for significant stakeholders to participate in sampling trips to provide firsthand knowledge of the Bay's trash pollution problem which will be followed by an outreach "roadshow," official report and National Aquarium in Baltimore exhibit. Chester River Association $44, for support of the Chester River Watershed Assessment & Targeted Restoration Plan. Ridge to Reefs $45, for support of the development of a social marketing campaign targeting the disposal of fats, oils, and grease, in order to reduce sanitary sewer overflows. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. $45, for support of the Maryland Environmental Literacy Project. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. $5, for scholarship funding of Maryland participants to attend the annual Watershed Forum. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc. $75, for supoprt for thetrees for Sacred Places project. Talbot

44 Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy, Inc. $1, for the installation of two rain gardens and a rain barrel at Midshore River Conservancy s new office in Easton, MD. Talbot County Public Schools $10, for support of the Talbot County Environmental Literacy Program. Phillips Wharf Environmental Center $11, for support of the Oyster House Ditch Restoration Project. Chesapeake Christian School $2, for one-half of total costs to send 16 sixth grade students on a 3-day Chesapeake Bay Foundation field trip to the Karen Noonan Center. National Aquarium $21, for the Poplar Island Tidal Wetland Restoration Project. Pickering Creek Audubon Center $29, for support of the Audubon Watershed Experience for Talbot County high school students and teachers.

45 Talbot County Public Schools $4, for 324 fourth grade students at Easton Middle School to attend a Pickering Creek Audubon Center field experience to study wetland water quality and wetland wildlife onsite. Eastern Shore Land Conservancy $1, for the creation of an easement guide for new easement landowners and accompanying preserve signage. Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy, Inc. $15, for support of the awareness raising elements of the Lawn Fertilizer Use Behavior Change project. Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy, Inc. $26, for support of the Nurture By Nature program. Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy, Inc. $3, for costs for Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy's 2015 State of the Rivers Report Card and outreach event. Virginia Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District $1, for partial native plants, tools and soil amendment costs to conduct three plantings to reduce and filter stormwater runoff with 785 students at two high schools.

46 Hanover-Caroline Soil and Water Conservation District $1, for transportation and supply costs for all sixth grade students in Hanover and Caroline counties to participate in a field experience at Poor Farm Park. Grymes Memorial School $1, for partial program, transportation and substitute costs for 19 seventh grade students to participate in a Chesapeake Bay Foundation Port Isobel field experience. East Rockingham High School $1, for one-half program and transportation costs for 26 tenth to twelfth grade students from Rockingham High School to attend a Chesapeake Bay Foundation Smith Island field experience. Belvedere Elementary School $1, for 130 fifth grade students to participate in a Living Classrooms shipboard field experience located on the Potomac and Anacostia rivers and install a 600-square foot rain garden. Virginia Resource Use Education Council (VRUEC) $15, for support of efforts to build Virginia's capacity for Science and Environmental Literacy. The Nature Generation $2, for 150 Loudoun Valley High School students to participate in water quality monitoring and implementation of a stream side buffer planting on the Chapman DeMary Trail along the South Fork Catoctin Creek.

47 Edward E. Drew Middle School $2, for one-half program, transportation and supply costs for 170 seventh grade students to participate in water quality testing and a macroinvertebrate and fish study. University of Mary Washington $2, for support for the Engineering Solutions to Environmental Problems: Cleaning Up Oil Spills project. James River Association $3, for program, transportation, native plants, mulch and planting supply costs for 50 students at Hermitage High School to attend a field experience at James River Ecology School and then install of a schoolyard habitat project. Riverheads High School $ for partial program costs for 72 high school students to participate in a Chesapeake Bay Foundation field experience. Blue Ridge Land Conservancy $4, for all 380 fourth-grade students from Botetourt County to participate in a variety of watershed-focused stations as part of the Bay Day Program followed by a riparian buffer planting. Ginter Park Elementary School $4, for 70 fifth grade students to attend multiple field experiences and implement a rain collection device.

48 Fairfax High School $4, for 135 high school Advanced Placement Environmental Studies students to use field laboratories and classroom lectures to study human impact on watershed health. Riverheads High School $ for native plants, supplies and signage costs for 60 high school students to complete the final phase of their Back Creek Restoration Project. Friends of the North Fork Shenandoah River $43, for costs associated with implementation of a stormwater improvement project at Edinburg Mill. Elizabeth River Project, The $5, for program, transportation, native trees and workbook costs for 200 preschool students to attend The Living Barge field experience and implement a tree planting. Friends of the North Fork Shenandoah River $5, for 20 teachers to participate in a professional development MWEE training with a Shenandoah River and Chesapeake Bay focus through multi-day Friends of the North Fork and Chesapeake Bay Foundation programs. VSDB Foundation $5, for 30 6th through 12th grade science class students from the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind field experience and to install a 300 foot riparian buffer at their campus that is located in Staunton, Virginia.

49 Locust Grove Middle School $5, for partial program, transportation, rain barrel, signage and supply costs for 50 sixth and seventh grade students to attend a Chesapeake Bay Foundation field experience, conduct a school site assessment followed by a planting on their school campus and creation of an interpretive trail. Rivanna Conservation Alliance $5, for 800 elementary, middle and high school students to participate in a watershedwide water quality monitoring network of 13 schools to determine the chemical, physical, bacterial and biological health of the Rivanna watershed. City of Staunton, VA $75, for costs associated with implementation of pervious paving on Central Avenue in Staunton, VA. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $88, for a stream stability literature review, field-based hydraulic study, design guidance, and to transfer the results in workshops and published literature as described in your proposal. Washington Highland View Academy $2, for 115 high school students to attend a Chesapeake Bay Foundation field experience followed by a native planting project. Wicomico National Aquarium $165, for the construction of the proposed wetland by implementing a series of ditch plugs within the Nassawango Creek Preserve.

50 4STEPS Therapeutic Riding Program $18, for support for the Horseplay Adaptive Environmental Education Camp for Children with Disabilities. Wicomico County Board of Education / Public Schools $30, for support of year one program development and pilot costs for the Our Rivers, Our Responsibiltiy program in Wicomico County schools. Salisbury University $4, for support of the Wicomico Creekwatchers Program and river health report. Wicomico County $57, for support of the Wicomico County Phase 1A Stormwater Design Projects. Lower Shore Land Trust $69, for support for the Conservation and Resiliency WIP Planning project for the Wicomico Watershed. West Virginia Friends of Deckers Creek $4, for support of teacher professional development workshops for schools in Decker Creek Watershed and schoolyard habitat projects.

51 Eagle Intermediate School $5, for partial program, transportation and supply costs for 240 fourth grade students to participate in a Potomac Valley Audubon Society meaningful field experience.