Stewardship Grey Bruce is proud to announce the 2019 Soil & Water Stewardship Program. This program will fund water quality stewardship projects in all of Bruce and Grey counties, south of Owen Sound.

The Soil & Water Stewardship Program consists of four project streams; Seed Reimbursement, Soil Testing, Organic Amendments and Project Partnership.

The Seed Stream covers 100% of seed costs for water quality stewardship projects, such as cover crops, buffer plantings and grassed waterways - up to $1000 per applicant. The Soil Testing and Organic Amendments streams cover 50% of your invoiced costs – again, up to $1000 per applicant. Should a project incur additional costs, applicants are invited to apply to the project partnership stream. All streams’ registrations will be approved on a first-come, first-served basis until the program is at capacity.

Registrations are due March 15th, 2019

Eligibility is a process that is initialized after an applicant has registered. Participants are required to attend and tweet about 3 approved soil health workshops, demonstration sites or meet a mentor, using the hashtag #GBSteward. After this, they will be contacted regarding the successful completion of their eligibility process and will attend the Soil & Water Steward Awards (date: TBD), where they will bring a picture of their finished project and paid receipt to receive their reimbursement.

Eligibility processes are due: August 1st, 2019

Applications are available via online form, for download or available for pick up at the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority office in Formosa.

For more information, interested applicants can contact Tori Waugh. call (519) 367-3040 x 249 e-mail: [email protected], check out our twitter account: @StewardshipGB or visit our website: stewardshipgreybruce.org

source: media release, Stewardship Grey Bruce