DEC Contact: Lori Severino July 26, 2022
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DEC ANNOUNCES $255,240 IN FUNDING TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND HABITAT, AND BOLSTER FLOOD RESILIENCY IN ULSTER AND RENSSELAER COUNTIESFunding Helps Counties Improve Road Infrastructure, Reduce Local Flooding, and Restore Habitats for American Eel and River Herring |
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced $255,240 for two projects to improve water quality, increase flood resiliency, and conserve natural resources in Ulster and Rensselaer counties. Funding for these projects is provided by the State's Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and is administered by DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program in partnership with NEIWPCC. Ulster County Culvert Mapper: Improving Resilience and Connectivity through Decision-Making Resources for Municipalities Ulster County is awarded $125,464 to develop an interactive map and prioritization web tool to support county and municipal decisionmakers in addressing current and future inadequate road-stream crossings. The web-based map can be filtered to display each of the county’s 24 municipalities, allowing decisionmakers to prioritize replacements that support transportation infrastructure, natural resource protection, highway department operations, and hazard mitigation. Trout Unlimited (TU) was awarded $129,776 to identify priority road-stream crossing replacement projects that reconnect high-quality aquatic habitat and improve community flood resiliency and road infrastructure conditions within the towns of Berlin, Grafton, and Brunswick. The project will include the evaluation of road stream crossing survey data; an evaluation and prioritization of the results of the survey; and the development of conceptual and final designs for the highest priority aquatic barriers in each town. The survey results will be compiled into an inventory document and a web-based map resource for each town to further support future budgeting and planning efforts. |
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