Three types of projects are funded through this program. DEC is seeking proposals for the following: 1. Greeter Projects a. This project category is to develop or maintain a Greeter Project (Public Access Greeter Program) at a public access point on a local waterbody. b. Grant funds may be used for greeter salaries, physical materials needed onsite (i.e., a greeter shelter), and other associated costs. This may also include funds for aquatic macrophyte surveys. c. To receive funding, all people (including the coordinator) associated with the project must attend at least one public training session during the current or prior field season. 2. Management Projects a. This project category provides funds for the control or management of an aquatic nuisance species. This may also include funds for aquatic macrophyte surveys. b. For most projects, applicants hire a subcontractor to implement best management practices based on the management plan for the known aquatic nuisance species. 3. Education, Outreach, or Survey Projects a. This project category supports activities for restoration, management, or protection projects or for studies in the best interests of the State that reduce the threat of aquatic invasive species, to monitor for current or potential incipient species threat, or to understand the proliferation of an aquatic nuisance species, and how it may impact native species. The results should assist in informing the municipality and the State of the nuisance, the extent of aquatic species present including native, non-native, and invasive species, and what best management practices might be utilized to reduce the population. b. Examples of projects include aquatic invasive/nuisance species scientific monitoring surveys, the development of statewide aquatic invasive species management plans, etc
