Funding Opportunities & Reports

Catskill Streams Buffer Initiative

The overall goal of the CSBI is to inform and assist landowners in better stewardship of their riparian (streamside) area through protection, enhancement, management, or restoration.  The program can provide:  1) Riparian Corridor Management Plans to create awareness about riparian management issues specific to individual properties;  2) Best management practice design and/or prescriptive measures and installation to encourage positive riparian stewardship and;  3) Educational materials and activities as needed by landowners to understand the critical role of their buffer and how to maintain it in optimal functioning condition. Lean more.

Stream Management Implementation Programs

The SMIP is a reimbursement-based grant opportunity administered through the Soil and Water Conservation Districts and NYCDEP. The SMIP provides funding to implement projects, programs, or management efforts that serve to protect water quality within the watershed area of each basin, part of the New York City public water supply. The SMIP offers funding for government agencies, streamside landowners, schools, and 501(c)(3) organizations involved in stream stewardship. All programs and projects funded through SMIP must support water quality protection and stewardship. To learn more or see a complete list of SMIP grants dunded to date in the NY, visit the Stream Management Implementation Programs page.

Streamside Acquisition Program

Through this program the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development works with interested landowners in the Schoharie Basin to acquire eligible vacant streamside property at fair market value for ownership by New York City. This land is set aside for preservation as natural, forested buffers and floodplains to protect water quality, mitigate flood risk, and protect fish and wildlife habitat.

Landowners who might be interested in selling some or all of their vacant property can learn more about this program at Catskillcenter.org/streamside