Embrace A Stream (EAS) is a matching grant program administered by TU that awards funds to TU chapters and councils for coldwater fisheries conservation. Since its inception in 1975, EAS has funded more than 1,100 individual projects with more than $4.75 million in direct cash grants.
Local TU chapters and councils contributed an additional $14 million in cash and in-kind services to EAS funded projects, for a total investment of nearly $19 million. For current updates on EAS projects, visit the EAS Facebook page and follow #embraceastream on Instagram and Facebook.
In 2020, a total of $85,000 was awarded to 17 chapters and councils, helping restore stream habitat, improving fish passage, and protecting water quality in 10 different states from coast to coast.
Grant Applications
Please note the following 2021 EAS funding cycle deadlines:
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- March 15 – Embrace A Stream webinar recording
- April 15 – Deadline to notify regional EAS representative of your intent to apply
- May 15 – Draft online application due via chapter account
- July 15 – Final online application due (Interim report due from 2019 funded applicants)
Before contacting your regional EAS Committee member, please review the 2021 EAS proposal guidelines.
Create your chapter account or log into your existing chapter account for the 2021 EAS Online Application here.
Confirm that an account does not exist before creating a new chapter account. This chapter account will be used for future applications.
Embrace A Stream Grant Review Committee
The Embrace A Stream Committee is comprised of TU volunteers and scientific advisers. The committee evaluates all proposed projects and makes final funding decisions in the fall of each year. EAS Committee members are a valuable resource for potential grant seekers and should be a chapter or council’s first point of contact when considering an EAS application. Chapters and councils that receive money are often in contact with their EAS committee representative early and often. The members of the committee include:
Region Name Phone
Chair Russ Meyer 775-852-6141
New England Ellen Smith 413-624-3483
(ME, MA, NH, VT, CT, RI)
Northeast Greg Malaska 570-657-7169
(NY, NJ, PA, DE)
Mid-Atlantic Brian Bernstein 410-262-4188
(MD, VA, WV, DC, OH, KY)
Great Lakes Mike Kuhr 414-588-4281
(MI, MN, WI, IA)
Midwest States Mike Kruse 573-819-5426
(IL, IN, MO, AR, KS)
Northern Rockies Andy Brunelle 208-334-1770
(ID, WY, MT, ND, SD, NE)
Southern Rockies Marshall Pendergrass (970) 596-8602
(UT, AZ, NM, CO, OK, TX)
Pacific Northwest Paige Wallace 503-593-9655
(WA, OR, AK)
Southwest Peter Mangarella 510-289-8163
(NV, CA, HI)
Southeast Tom McInnis 864-654-4003
(TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL)
Embrace A Stream Final Reports
One of the requirements for receipt of an EAS grant is a final report. Your team has two years to complete your project and file a final report. Reports are important as they communicate your efforts to allow the EAS committee to tell compelling stories for program sustainability. In your final report, highlight your proposed goals and objectives and how those were met. If there are goals and objectives that were not attained, please provide additional details to explain. Any surplus EAS funds must be returned.
Note that TU chapters who fail to file a final report for projects that received EAS funding will not be eligible to receive future EAS grants.
You will submit your final grant report online here through the chapter or council account that you originally applied for EAS funds. Your team may find this EAS Final Report video helpful.
For further information, please contact Lisa Beranek, Embrace A Stream staff liaison and Leadership Development Manager of Volunteer Operations.