Grants

 

OPEN & UPCOMING GRANTS Release Date Due Date Expected Award Date

2027 Enhancement Riparian Buffer Grant

WUV’s Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Enhancement Riparian Buffer Grant (ERBG) is for organizations to implement high priority, cost-effective, native riparian woody buffer plantings along Vermont's rivers and streams. Projects must have a minimum buffer width of 35 feet and a minimum planting density of at least 300 stems/acre.

November 2026

 

CLOSED GRANTS Anticipated Future Grant Round

Enhancement Design and Implementation Block Grant

Preliminary design, final design, and implementation of enhancement projects

TBD

Clean Water Workforce Capacity Development Grant (CWWCD)

Builds capacity in under-resourced entities to increase their ability to engage in more clean water projects, engage in more complex clean water projects, or propel others to do clean water projects.

TBD

Enhancement Project Development

Development of enhancement clean water projects

TBD

Enhancement Dam Removal Design and Implementation Block Grant

Preliminary design, final design, and implementation of dam removal projects

TBD