Rebate program returns for homeowners interested in installing rain gardens Roger Soh/Flickr
Homeowners within the Peconic watershed can play a key role in preventing polluted stormwater from flowing into rivers, bays or directly into the Long Island Sound.
The Peconic Estuary Partnership is once again accepting applications for its homeowner rewards program, which allows homeowners to earn up to $500 to offset the expense of installing green infrastructure on their properties.
The grants are available for homeowners who install rain barrels, rain gardens or native plant gardens on their properties in an effort to prevent pollutants from entering the watershed.
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Peconic Estuary Partnership seeks CPF money from towns
Should Southold Town allocate a portion of its Community Preservation Fund revenues to help the Peconic Estuary Partnership?
The organization, which works to protect the waterways and wetlands surrounding Peconic Bay, has asked all five towns on the East End to chip in, with the goal of matching its federal allocation of $700,000 over three years.
“We’re looking to towns to assist us with funds that can be used operationally for the program as well as for the ongoing water quality work and habitat work that we do around the Peconics,” PEP executive director Joyce Novak explained to the Town Board during a work session Tuesday.
The Peconic Estuary Partnership was awarded more than double the funding under the final budget, according to Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor). The package includes $450,000 for the partnership, which received $200,000 in state funding last year.
“We’re absolutely grateful for the support,” PEP executive director Joyce Novak said Friday, noting that state funding has remained stagnant for the last decade. The increase, she said, stems from years of advocacy work by the organization’s members.
“It was time for the state to raise their buy-in to the program,” Ms. Novak said.
She thanked Mr. Thiele and Assemblyman Steve Englebright (add party/location) as well as state Sen. Todd Kaminsky (ditto) for their support and noted that the increased allocation comes at a perfect time.
The Peconic Estuary Partnership was awarded more than double the funding under the final budget, according to Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor). The package includes $450,000 for the partnership, which received $200,000 in state funding last year.
“We’re absolutely grateful for the support,” PEP executive director Joyce Novak said Friday, noting that state funding has remained stagnant for the last decade. The increase, she said, stems from years of advocacy work by the organization’s members.
“It was time for the state to raise their buy-in to the program,” Ms. Novak said.
She thanked Mr. Thiele and Assemblyman Steve Englebright (add party/location) as well as state Sen. Todd Kaminsky (ditto) for their support and noted that the increased allocation comes at a perfect time.