Connect & Prep

Lancaster needs more resources and capacity to increase the scale and pace of restoration and conservation efforts in order to meet our collective goal of clean and clear water by 2040. Funding opportunities are a chance to share ideas, combine forces with our colleagues for bigger impact projects, plus craft and use a consistent message with the funders about how Lancaster collaborates for success in this effort.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction applications are due by 12pm on November 5th
Susquehanna River Basin Commission’s Conowingo “pay for success” applications are due December 16th

Goals for the meeting:

• Strengthen applications by coordinating projects by watershed to minimize duplicative applications and implement priorities in the CAP.
• Standardize the language in each application to show that Lancaster is communicating about CAP priorities and implementation.
• Forms signed & questions answered!

12:00 Welcome and Introductions: Ground rules & goals for today around the room

12:15 NFWF INSR 2024 Opportunity and Overview

12:30 SRBC “Pay for success” opportunity and overview

12:45 Lancaster CAP and Beyond: Progress and need areas that could use your help

12:55 Resources: Strengthen Your Applications

• Collaborative Mapping Tool
• Collective Action for Clean Water – Partners & Resources Inventory developed by PSU Agriculture & Environment Center
• Shared Language
• Delisting Strategy
• Lancasterwatersheds.org

Time for Questions: What haven’t we covered yet?

1:00 Dive into the Work

• Breakouts by watershed or project
• Sharing application plans/ideas
• Prompts to ensure collaboration in reality
• Can we make the projects contiguous?
• How does my project align with the CAP priorities?
• Is there an alternative funding source that is a better fit?
• How can we strengthen the application?
• Do you have ideas for subawards or can we combine?
• What buzzwords or filters are you finding helpful in these projects to ensure success?
• How can we use our network’s shared values to better align the projects in our applications?
• How will you be tracking your grant and associated nutrient reductions?

1:40 Shared Results

1:55 Wrap Up. Any final questions? Any “Ah-ha” moments of collaboration?