The Stream and Wetland Restoration Grant Program is designed to leverage improvement opportunities in selecting and funding projects that best ensure benefits to natural resources with a nexus to those injured and compensated for through enforcement.
Donor Name: Department of Environment & Conservation
State: Tennessee
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/19/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Projects funded through this program may not be used as a mechanism for fulfilling any compensatory mitigation liabilities or requirements for impacts authorized through the State’s Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit and 401 Water Quality Certification programs or required to correct an unpermitted alteration. However, with appropriate documentation to ensure both obligations are separately satisfied, a compensatory mitigation project could be combined with a grant-funded project, provided that the compensatory mitigation does not count as a match. “Mitigation” means the restoration, creation, enhancement, and/or preservation of aquatic resources to compensate for unavoidable impacts as provided by Tenn.
Stream and Wetland Restoration Grant Program Goals
- Establish and nurture partnerships that lead to the implementation of critical projects to protect and improve the state of watersheds in Tennessee;
- Work together to accelerate restoration of impaired streams and degraded wetlands;
- Encourage the exchange of information, coordination, and planning among agencies, citizens, and communities to achieve healthy watersheds;
- Encourage and assist with the application of good science to achieve comprehensive and collaborative strategies for healthy watershed planning; and
- Focus stakeholder programs and resources toward collaborative initiatives, promoting better decisions on spending available resources, and increasing the opportunity to protect and improve multiple resources and watersheds with an emphasis on increased connectivity to maximize resource services.
Funding Information
Total grant funding available for all projects selected under this RFP is up to $300,000. The minimum project funding amount is $20,000. The maximum project funding for a single project is $250,000.
Eligible Applicants
Grant funding through the Stream and Wetland Restoration Grant Program is available to nonprofit corporations, state agencies, federal agencies, and municipal entities.
For more information, visit Department of Environment & Conservation.
