CHARLESTON, W.Va.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is funding six river restoration projects in a four-state region.

The environmental group American Rivers is implementing a program funded by EPA grants for projects in a 79,000-square-mile region encompassing Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

The Washington, D.C.-based group, which works to protect the nation's rivers, and the EPA will unveil the recipients of $1.4 million in grants Thursday at Maryland's Frostburg State University.