About GLBP Funded Projects in Pennsylvania

The Great Lakes Basin Program has supported six soil erosion and sediment control projects in Pennsylvania totaling $78,100, with an additional $91,300 being leveraged from non-federal sources.

Projects in Pennsylvania have demonstrated or provided information statewide about several innovative techniques to reduce streambank, urban and agricultural erosion and sedimentation. These projects will directly prevent the loss of over 2,257 tons of soil, as well as preventing inputs of over nine tons of nitrogen and 12 tons of phosphorus over the lives of the projects.

Public information and education programs have been an important component of the Pennsylvania effort, targeting key stakeholder groups such as developers, farmers, design engineers and government agency personnel. In total, more than 600 people have been directly educated about these projects.