The Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe, located in King William County, received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, part of a nearly $10 million investment into restoring the Chesapeake Bay with projects to be funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the EPA announced last week.
The project will conserve 3,385 acres of the Upper Mattaponi’s ancestral lands and watershed by removing invasive plant species, planting native grasses and trees to enhance upland, riparian and wetland habitats, and restoring channelized stream, the release stated.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is providing $238 million over five years. Funding will be directed to programs like the Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Program, as well as Small Watershed Grants and the Most Effective Basins program, all intended to contribute to the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay,
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