The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has been awarded more than $169,000 in grant money to help improve water quality in the Trout Run (LeBoeuf Lake) Watershed in Waterford Township. 

The funding will be used for targeted landowner outreach to implement erosion and sediment controls on farmlands, plant 10 acres of forested riparian buffers and grass filter strips, and stabilize 1,000 linear feet or streambank.