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Grants Customer Service Center Address:Department of Conservation and Natural ResourcesBureau of Recreation and ConservationAttn: Grants Customer Service CenterPO Box 8475, 400 Market StreetRCSOB 5th FloorHarrisburg, PA 17105-8475
The DCNR Riparian Forest Buffer Program provides financial assistance to identify locations in need of riparian forest buffers and to design, establish, monitor, and provide short-term maintenance for those buffers. Applicants are encouraged to include the Multifunctional Buffer Concept in their proposed project.
A Conventional buffer refers to a vegetated area along a stream including native riparian forested trees and shrubs.
Multifunctional buffers refer to a riparian forest buffer that includes both native riparian forested trees and shrubs as well as harvested products such as berries, woody florals, biomass etc.