MassDEP funding opportunity through the Natural Resource Damages Assessment and Restoration Program. The Program assess injuries to natural resources resulting from spills and releases of oil and hazardous materials and substances into the environment, brings claims against responsible parties for monetary damages to compensate the public for these injuries, and plans and implements projects to restore, replace or acquire the equivalent of natural resources and the services that they provide to the environment and the public. 

Over $128,000 is being made available for projects that will restore, replace or acquire natural resources that were injured (including wetlands, surface waters, sediment, shoreline and water quality and the services that these resources provide to humans and ecosystems). Proposed restoration projects must benefit the Chelsea and Mill Creek, and/or the Lower Mystic River watersheds.

Additional information can be found on MassDEP’s website: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/natural-resource-damages-program-restoration-funds