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| Funding Source Website | Activities Funded | Match Required | Eligibility |
| General Projects | |||
| Nonpoint Source Section 319 Grant Program USEPA and NCDWQ | Development or implementation of TMDL or watershed restoration plan | 40% of Total Award | State and Local Governments Intra and Inter - State Agencies, Nonprofits, Educational Institutions |
| Clean Water Management Trust Fund NCDENR | Protect and/or restore surface water, add to riparian buffers | Varies | State Agencies, Local Governments, Nonprofits |
| 205 (j) Planning Grant USEPA and NCDWQ | Water Quality management and planning | Optional Match | Regional Councils of Governments |
| Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation | Improve, restore, protect water quality, and ensure access to all waters | 501(c) 3 Organizations | |
| State Revolving Fund USEPA and NCDWQ | Projects associated with estuary and nonpoint source programs | N/A | Local Governments |
| Cooperative Water Program USGS | Jointly funds water resources projects | Varies | Non-Federal Agencies |
| NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program | Conduct watershed assessment, planning, and restoration implementation. EEP offers many benefits to landowners interested in protecting and restoring wetlands, streams, and riparian areas on their property, and may pay up to 100 percent of the costs of restoration. | N/A | Public and Private Entities |
| Conservation Community Cost Share Program NCDSWC | Funds non-agricultural management measures | Up to 75% cost share | Citizens |
| Water Resources Development Project Grants NCDWR | Funds general and recreational navigation, water management, stream restoration, beach protection, land acquisition and facility development for water based recreation and aquatic weed control. | Varies | Local Governments |
| Section 206 Aquatic Restoration Grants USACE | Aquatic ecosystem restoration and protection projects | 35% | Non-federal public agencies |
| Parks and Recreation Trust Fund NCDPR | -65% State park land acquisition and capital improvements -30% Local government park and recreation purposes -5% Beach Access | 1:1 | State and Local Governments |
| Agriculture | |||
| Conservation Reserve Program USDA | Convert highly erodible cropland and other environmentally sensitive acreage to vegetative cover | Cost Sharing | Farmers and Ranchers |
| Environmental Quality Incentive Program USDA | Technical and financial assistance to install or implement structural and/or management practices on eligible agricultural land | Up to 75% Cost Share | Farmers and Ranchers |
| Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program NCDSWC | Seeks to protect land along water sources that are in agricultural production | 75 - 100% Cost Share | Landowners of agricultural land in Neuse, Tar-Pamlico, Chowan, Lumber Basins and Jordan Lake Watershed |
| Agriculture Cost Share Program NCDSWC | Funds agricultural management measures | 10 - 25% | Farmers |
| Farm Bill Programs | Funds agricultural management and grassland, wetlands and wildlife preserve programs | Varies | Farmers and Ranchers |
| Coastal | |||
| Coastal Counties Restoration Initiative NACo and NOAA | County-led or supported projects - wetland, riparian, and coastal habitat restoration | 1:1 | NACo Coastal Member Counties |
| Wastewater Infrastructure | |||
| NC Clean Water State Revolving Fund USEPA and NCDWQ | Congress provides states with grant funds to establish revolving load programs to assist funding of wastewater treatment facilities and estuary and nonpoint programs. | N/A | Local Governments |
| Clean Water Partners Infrastructure Program Rural Center | Planning, design, and construction for water and wastewater infrastructure | Varies | Local governments in rural counties including water/sewer districts and authorities |
| Wetlands | |||
| Wetland Protection Development Grant USEPA | -Develop comprehensive monitoring and assessment programs -Improve compensatory mitigation effectiveness -Refurbish wetland, aquatic resources, protection | 25% | States, tribes, local governments, non governmental organizations (NGOs), nonprofits |
| Wildlife | |||
| Partners for Fish and Wildlife USFWS | Technical and financial assistance to landowners to restore and enhance fish and wildlife habitats on their property. Projects must benefit migratory birds, T & E species, anadromous, or migratory fish | 30 - 60% | Private landowners, businesses, NGOs, nonprofits, and schools |
| Private Steward Grants Program USFWS | Conservation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, candidate, or other at-risk species | 10% | Individuals, groups in local, private, volunteer conservation efforts that benefit federally listed , proposed or candidate species |
| Other Funding Databases/Resources | |||
| APNEP Funding Resources Page | |||
| ACOE Planning/ Restoration | |||
