2011-12 Pennsylvania Grant & Resource Directory

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & NATURAL RESOURCES (DCNR)
www.dcnr.state.pa.us
GRANT/PROGRAM
VOLUNTEER FIRE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM
Bureau of Forestry Grants – This grant provides financial
and technical assistance to State Foresters in cooperative
efforts to organize, train and equip local forces in rural areas
or communities under 10,000 population to prevent, control
and suppress fires which threaten human life, livestock,
wildlife, crops, pastures, orchards, woodlands, farmsteads, or
other improvements in rural areas. The key objectives of this
program are to save lives and protect property in unprotected
or inadequately protected rural areas.
CONTACT INFO/DEADLINE
More information can be found at www.
grants.dcnr.state.pa.us/LearnMore.
aspx?GrantProgramId=45.
Contact – Charles C. Choplick, Program
Specialist, at (717) 787-2925 or visit the
Bureau of Forestry at www.dcnr.state.pa.us/
forestry/wildfire/vfd/index.htm
WILD RESOURCE CONSERVATION PROGRAM (WRCP)
Wild Resource Conservation Program – The Wild Resource
Conservation Program awards grants for biodiversity research,
conservation, and education. The grant application window
opens in April and ends June 30. While the exact grant
priorities vary from year to year, our current focus is on better
understanding of, and addressing the effects of environmental
stressors, such as climate change and energy development, on
our native species. Most of the funds available through this
grant program come from the Environmental Stewardship
Fund, therefore applicants must be counties, municipalities, or
tax exempt 501 (c)(3) organizations.
Contact – Deb Miller at (717) 787-3212 or at
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wrcp
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