Welcome to project implementation, located at the confluence of your dreams and good stream science. 

We've worked together since 2009 to carefully identify many factors to guide the best stream stewardship projects in the Rondout and Neversink basins, together with the education, outreach and training needs of the community for continued success and sustainability. 

EDUCATION & OUTREACH GRANTS APPLICATIONS

Funding is in place to support the Towns of Denning and Neversink, residents, educators, students, community organizations and scientists - the many stakeholders in the health of our streams and rivers. Eligible projects to improve water quality and education about stream stewardship practices include: erosion control, floodplain management, stormwater BMPs, stream crossings, roadside ditch maintenance, training/workshops, public presentations, and school/organization partnerships.       

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Education & Outreach Grant Application Instructions

Education & Outreach Grant Application 

Grants will be considered for projects in the categories below as related to water quality stewardship principles including: water quality enhancement/improvement, stream stability and sediment transport improvement, flood hazard mitigation and infrastructure protection, riparian habitat improvement, general ecology, and any educational goal with public benefits to the community consistent with principles and best management practices recommended in the Rondout or Neversink Stream Management Plans. 

  • Training/Workshops

  • Exhibits and Public Presentations

  • School Programs

  • Educational Media in all formats

Assistance available to applicants by email at showell@rondoutneversink.org or phone: 845-985-2581. You may submit completed application forms to showell@rondoutneversink.org.  


Infrastructure Grants APPLICATIONS

ElIGIBLE: Town of Neversink, Town of Denning, Ulster & Sullivan COunties in Neversink & Denning

Project Designs/Construction Plans

(Sullivan County Soil & Water Conservation District provides P.E. Services)

  • Emergency Flood Response

  • Erosion Control

  • Basin-wide Culvert Inventory

  • Infrastructure Protection/Floodplain Management

  • Stormwater BMPs (culverts) or Stream Crossings (bridges)

  • Roadside Ditch Maintenance/Critical Area Seeding

Assistance available to applicants by email at bwagner@rondoutneversink.org or phone: 845-985-2581.

completed Implementation Projects

2015-2016

Towns of Denning & Neversink: Claryville Local Flood Hazard Mitigation Analysis

Town of Denning: Erts Brook Culvert Replacement

Town of Denning: New Road Hill Bank Stabilization

Town of Neversink: Historic Map Conservation

Town of Neversink Code Enforcement Officer: Certified Floodplain Manager Training

 2016-2017

Town of Denning: Sundown Local Flood Hazard Mitigation Analysis

Ulster County DPW: Assistance for County Road 47 Flood Hazard Mitigation

Town of Denning: Denning Road Culvert Assessments

Town of Neversink: Sugarloaf Brook Culvert Assessment

Tri Valley Central Schools: The Watershed Project, A Visual Storytelling Film

Time and the Valleys Museum: School Transportation Scholarships 

Fractured Atlas/Keiko Sono: Catskill Waters Documentation Project 

US Geological Survey: Fish Population Study for Rondout and Neversink Rivers (Year 1)

2017-2018

Tri Valley Elementary School: Wild About Water

Sullivan BOCES: Augmented Reality Watershed Model

Catskill Center for Conservation & Development: Peekamoose Blue Hole Stream Stewards (Year 1)

Time and the Valleys Museum: Augmented Reality Watershed Model

Time and the Valleys Museum: Historical Waterwheel Exhibit at Lost Farm

Colorado State University: Effects of Large Wood on Sediment in Biscuit Creek

US Geological Survey: Fish Population Study for Rondout and Neversink Rivers (Year 2)

2018-2019

Town of Neversink: Chestnut Creek River History Exhibit 

US Geological Survey: Fish Population Study for Rondout and Neversink Rivers (Year 3)

Catskill Center for Conservation & Development: Peekamoose Blue Hole Stewards (Year 2)

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies: Catskill Research Collaborative