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Board of Water and Soil Resources highlights living‑landscape grants, cover-crop spending and pending federal matches
Summary
Bowser officials summarized 2023 appropriations remaining for lawns-to-legumes, habitat-enhancement and habitat-friendly utility programs, described cover-crop and water-retention initiatives and said they are holding state match funds pending federal award confirmations.
The Board of Water and Soil Resources briefed the Senate Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy on Feb. 27 about one-time appropriations from the prior biennium for pollinator, habitat and conservation programs, ongoing cover-crop and water-retention projects, and federal matches that remain pending.
Assistant Director Andrea Fish said Bowser’s living‑landscape initiatives — lawns to legumes, habitat enhancement landscape grants and the habitat‑friendly utilities program — have produced thousands of local projects and continue to distribute remaining appropriations from the last biennium.
Why it matters: Bowser programs direct funding and technical assistance to private landowners, soil-and-water districts, watershed districts and counties; the work supports pollinators,…
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