Nonpoint Targeted Runoff Management Program (TRM)

(s. 281.65, Wis. Stats., and ch. NR 153, Wis. Adm. Code)

Governmental units and tribes can be reimbursed up to 70 percent of eligible costs associated with installing Best Management Practices (BMP) to limit or end nonpoint source (run-off) water pollution. Grant awards cannot exceed $150,000. Grants are made for specific projects and have a 2-year implementation time frame. Examples of eligible projects include:

• Barnyard and feedlot protection practices.
• Design as part of construction.
• Detention ponds.
• Livestock waste management practices.
• Stream bank protection projects.
• Wetland construction.

TRM grants may not be used to fund the following:

• Projects to control pollution regulated under Wisconsin law as a point source. This includes:

• Activities to meet permit requirements for large livestock feeding operations regulated under ch. NR 243, Wis. Adm. Code.
• Municipal or industrial activities to meet permit requirements under ch. NR 216, Wis. Adm. Code.

• Construction site erosion control and post-construction BMPs for new development.
• Projects that are not water quality based (such as dredging, or projects to solve drainage or flooding problems).

Efforts are focused in critical watersheds and lakes where nonpoint source-related water quality problems are most severe and control is most feasible. Projects are selected based on a competitive process until all available funds have been allocated.

Materials for Potential Applicants:

Applications for calendar year 2008-09 grants are now being accepted. The application postmark deadline is April 15, 2008.

Applications and forms are available from the Bureau of Watershed Management (exits the Bureau of Community Financial Assistance).

For the latest grant applications and instruction materials.

Additional Information:

Ch NR 154 Best Management Practice Codes, Current Grant Eligibility and Funding Source

Contacts:

Tim Parsons, CF/8
Bureau of Community Financial Assistance
Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
Phone: (608) 267-9385
Timothy.Parsons@Wisconsin.gov

Kathleen Thompson, WT/2
Bureau of Watershed Management
Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
Phone: (608) 267-7568
Kathleen.Thompson@Wisconsin.gov