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Nature Conservancy Grant
Organization - Nature Conservancy
Grant Amount - $75,000
Foundation - Mott Foundation
Grant Purpose - The Nature Conservancy's Global Freshwater Team, formerly called the Sustainable Waters Program, provides technical assistance on protecting natural river flows. With this grant increase, and associated one-year extension, the team will develop technical tools and provide assistance to partners in the Great Lakes and southeastern United States.
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Nature Conservancy - $250,000 from the Mott Foundation - Conservation of the Great Lakes region is a global priority for The Nature Conservancy, a leading international conservation organization. The conservancy's Great Lakes program works to abate threats to freshwater biodiversity across the Great...
River Network - $410,000 from the Mott Foundation - River Network, a national organization, provides organizational, technical, and networking assistance to freshwater conservation organizations active at the state, regional, and watershed level. With prior Mott support, River Network has provided...
Alliance for the Great Lakes - $200,000 from the Mott Foundation - The Alliance for the Great Lakes, founded in 1970 as the Lake Michigan Federation, seeks to conserve and restore the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem using policy, education, and local conservation efforts. Past general support from Mott helped the...
Instream Flow Council - $35,000 from the Mott Foundation - The Instream Flow Council, a nongovernmental organization formed by state and provincial agency personnel in the United States and Canada, works to improve the effectiveness of instream flow policies through a variety of programs, including an...
Brookings Institution - $150,000 from the Mott Foundation - In partnership with a network of academic, public policy, business, and civic organizations, the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program launched a multiyear research and policy development initiative in 2005 to improve the economic...
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