The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy announced it will begin accepting applications for Canoe Access Development Fund grants on October 15.  The deadline for applications is November 15.

WPC’s Canoe Access Development Fund seeks to make the region’s rivers and streams more accessible for outdoor recreation by providing grants to watershed organizations or other community groups to develop access sites for canoers and kayakers.

The best reference for identifying these types of waterways remains the “Canoeing Guide to Western Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia,” compiled and edited by Roy Weil and Mary Shaw.

Projects in these counties would be eligible-- Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland counties.

Qualified grant recipients will receive up to $4,000 per site for the construction and enhancement of canoe and kayak access locations.

Grant funding could be used in multiple ways, including stabilizing access areas to rivers or streams, adding nearby parking areas or purchasing riverside access.

The Conservancy's Canoe Access Development Fund was established in 2008 by the generosity of longtime Conservancy members and outdoor enthusiasts, Roy Weil and Mary Shaw.

For more information and an online application, visit the WPC’s Canoe Access Development Fund webpage.  Questions should be directed to Eli Long at WPC’s Watershed Conservation office by sending email to: elong@paconserve.org or calling 724-471-7202, ext. 5105.

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(Photo: Roy Weil and Mary Shaw.)

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[Posted: October 1, 2019]

10/7/2019