NARROWSBURG, NY —The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) voted on October 1 to award $35,000 in fiscal year 2016 Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) for 10 projects that help fulfill goals of the River Management Plan for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River.

The latest grant round brings the cumulative amount to $809,325 that the UDC has provided to its member municipalities since 1988. In all, 240 projects have been funded through the TAG program.

Technical Assistance Grants are available for non-construction projects conducted by the UDC’s eight member New York towns (Hancock, Fremont, Delaware, Cochecton, Tusten, Lumberland, Highland and Deerpark), five Pennsylvania townships (Damascus, Berlin, Lackawaxen, Shohola and Westfall), and their encompassing five river-corridor counties. They can provide seed money for a municipality to embark on a project without having to dip into local tax dollars. Multiple applications are allowed.