Climate Change and Environment
Riparian Area Enhancement
1The purpose of the Riparian Area Enhancement BMP is to establish and maintain healthy riparian areas that provide:
- Wildlife habitat, continuity and increased biodiversity through the re-establishment or rehabilitation of riparian vegetation
- Improvements to surface water quality by capturing sediments, nutrients and pesticides
- Riverbank and shoreline stabilization and erosion control
- Water storage that contributes to reducing downstream flooding during high water events
- Greater landscape resilience to the impacts of climate change
Intake Information
The deadline for applications is April 4, 2023.
Eligible Applicants
Watershed Districts
Eligible Activities
- Alternative livestock watering systems (i.e.: solar, wind, grid power, pipeline) including pumping, delivery, storage, power and access components, hardware, and supplies
- Establishment of riparian vegetation, including tame forage
- Riparian fencing
- Improved crossings (establishment of new or improvement to existing)
- Constructed works to stabilize erosion (contour terraces, gully stabilization, bank stabilization, drop inlet structures, enhanced infiltration systems, in-channel control, sediment traps, retention ponds and erosion control dams)
Project Timeline
Projects will have eighteen months to be completed.
Cost share Funding
Watershed districts can be reimbursed for up to 100 per cent of total approved eligible costs.
- There is a $100,000 maximum funding cap per application worksheet.
- There is a $300,000 funding cap per watershed per year.
