Projects & Funding
Stream Management Implementation Program (SMIP)
The Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program (AWSMP) provides funding for community partners to implement recommendations identified in the AWSMP Action Plan and in Stream Management Plans. Projects must be carried out within the Ashokan Reservoir Watershed.
The AWSMP funds stewardship projects in the following categories:
- Planning
— Education
— Research, Assessment and Monitoring
(see priority research needs)
— Stream-Related Public Infrastructure Improvements
(see project eligibility guidance)
— Flood Hazard Mitigation
— Stream Restoration
The next funding round will be announced in February 2021. Applications for projects recommended in a Local Flood Analysis plan may be submitted at any time. See instructions in Local Flood Analysis Funding section below.
For information on funding program requirements, see the 2020 application instructions and form:
Application Instructions
Application Form
Eligible applicants include local, county, state, or federal government agencies, 501©(3) organizations, secondary school districts, colleges or universities. For-profit firms or institutions may submit funding applications in the Research, Assessment and Monitoring category only.
Potential SMIP applicants are asked to carefully review the following policies before submitting an application:
Insurance Requirements
Copyrights and Access to Information
The Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program will accept applications for stream management projects in the Ashokan watershed during three funding rounds each year.
The AWSMP has provided $4.6 million for stream management projects in the Ashokan watershed since the SMIP began in 2009.
For more information, contact Leslie Zucker at (845) 688‑3047 or laz5@cornell.edu.
Local Flood Analysis Funding
Funding for municipalities to conduct Local Flood Analysis (LFA) and implement recommended flood mitigation solutions in eligible communities is available year-round. Local Flood Analysis is a category of funding within the existing Stream Management Implementation Program (SMIP) to support projects led by municipalities to:
- Determine the conditions contributing to inundation of public and private infrastructure associated with high flows within population centers;
- Develop and analyze the potential of specific projects, and projects in combination, to mitigate these flood damages and hazards;
- Provide planning assistance to characterize the relative costs and benefits of technically effective projects; and
- Assist communities in determining the social feasibility of projects that are shown to be both technically and cost-effective.
The following Ashokan Watershed communities are eligible for Local Flood Analysis (LFA) funding:
Town of Olive: West Shokan, Boiceville, Ashokan
Town of Shandaken: Big Indian, Shandaken/Allaben, Pine Hill, Chichester,
Phoenicia, and Mount Tremper
Town of Hurley: Glenford
Funding is available on a rolling basis until LFAs have been completed for all eligible population centers (listed above).
The LFA application with instructions is available for download:
Funding Application for Local Flood Analysis — Planning
Applications to fund LFA-recommended implementation projects adopted by communities may be submitted at any time. The LFA implementation application with instructions is available for download:
Funding Application for Local Flood Analysis — Implementation
More information on the Local Flood Analysis program, including funding program rules, is available here.
The SMIP program is administered by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County. Funding for the SMIP program comes from the NYC Department of Environmental Protection. Please carefully read the following policies before applying:
Please review the Insurance Requirements for SMIP projects.
Please review our Copyrights and Access to Information policy.
The Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program is a collaboration between Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, the Ulster County Soil & Water Conservation District, and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection.