$150,000-$10,000,000

Resilient Watersheds Grant (RWG) Program

$45 million will be made available through the NYSDEC for the RWG Program. The program seeks to build on the success of the Resilient NY program and advance the State’s goal of strengthening water infrastructure and protecting New Yorkers from the impacts of extreme weather. The overall goal of the RWG program is to implement projects that build community resilience to extreme weather events, promote flood risk and ice jam reduction and/or restoration, enhance flood and climate resilience, implement natural and nature-based feature construction, or ecologically sustainable projects while supporting healthy riparian habitats. This funding is for the construction/implementation of projects, not projects exclusively for planning and/or design. The RWG program is open to local governments, Indian Nations, County Soil and Water Conservation Districts, State agencies, and not-for-profit corporations.

Additional Information:
The RWG program primarily focuses on implementing projects specifically identified and recommended through flood studies completed through DEC’s Resilient NY program. However, the RWG program will consider flood mitigation projects recommended in other flood studies, if evaluated in a similar manner to those undertaken through the Resilient NY program.

Funding Agencies: NYSDEC

Match Requirement: 10% of award amount