Indiana, PA – March 3, 2026 – The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is now accepting proposals for the 2026 BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grant Program, which provides financial assistance to watershed groups and organizations across the region. The application deadline is March 31, 2026.
The watershed mini grants can be used to support projects in three areas: water quality monitoring, watershed restoration, and organizational promotion and outreach. Grants of up to $3,500 may be awarded for water quality monitoring and restoration projects. Grants of up to $2,500 may be awarded for promotion and community outreach projects. A cash or non-cash match is preferred, but not required.
For 2026, the program will offer funding to watershed groups and organizations in the following counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lawrence, McKean, Mifflin, Potter, Tioga, Washington and Westmoreland.
The mini grant program offers funding for volunteer-based organizations that support a variety of different projects–such as tree plantings, youth education and water quality monitoring–that are vital to sustaining and enhancing local watersheds. Financial support for this program is provided by the generosity of the BHE GT&S Foundation.
Last year, grants totaling $29,650 were awarded to 14 different local environmental organizations in nine counties across Pennsylvania as part of the 2025 Watershed Mini Grant Program.
An online application, including more details and the grant and proposal guidelines, is available on the Conservancy’s website at WaterLandLife.org/watershed-mini-grant-program. For questions regarding the Watershed Mini Grant Program, or to request an application, please contact WPC’s watershed conservation office at 724-471-7202. Grant applications must be mailed and postmarked by March 31, 2026, and mailed to:
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
c/o Kelly Horrell
1067 Philadelphia Street, Suite 101
Indiana, PA 15701
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About the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) enhances the region by protecting and restoring exceptional places. A private nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1932, WPC has helped establish 11 state parks, conserved more than a quarter million acres of natural lands, protected or restored more than 3,000 miles of rivers and streams, and assessed thousands of wildlife species and their habitats. The Conservancy owns and operates Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and symbolizes people living in harmony with nature. In addition, WPC enriches our region’s cities and towns through 130 community gardens and other green spaces and thousands of trees that are planted with the help of more than 7,000 volunteers. The work of the Conservancy is accomplished through the support of more than 10,000 members. For more information, visit WaterLandLife.org or Fallingwater.org.
About BHE GT&S Foundation
The BHE GT&S Foundation provides financial support to qualified charitable organizations within the communities where BHE GT&S operates. The Foundation’s philanthropic giving is directed toward generating substantial, lasting benefits, with an emphasis on supporting initiatives that enhance community strength and safety, broaden access to arts, culture and education, and encourage environmental stewardship.
About BHE GT&S
BHE GT&S, www.bhegts.com, is an interstate natural gas transmission and storage company headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia, with operations in 10 states. The company currently operates more than 5,400 miles of transmission lines in the eastern U.S and 756 billion cubic feet of total natural gas storage – with 420 bcf of working gas capacity – along with gathering, processing and field services businesses. It also provides a variety of LNG solutions through Pivotal LNG, its 75% operating stake in Cove Point LNG – an import, export and liquefaction facility in Lusby, Maryland—and other LNG processing and storage initiatives.
Media Contact:
Carmen Bray
Senior Director of Communications
412-586-2358, work
cbray@paconserve.org