Midwest Central High School was awarded project funding from the Central Chapter of the Illinois Native Plant Society (INPS). The Mason County Chapter of Pheasants Forever is donating additional time, resources, and $1,500 to help cover project costs.The Illinois Native Plant Society is a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting the study, appreciation and conservation of native plants and natural communities in Illinois. Over the past 15 years, the Central Chapter’s fund raising efforts have allowed it to award almost $50,000 in grants to support a variety of native plant-related projects.Representatives of the Central Chapter met recently with school district superintendent, Todd Hellrigel, and teacher, Julie DeSutter project coordinator, to view other ongoing projects at the school and to present the first grant payment. mainImageContainerInnerHTML += ”+htmlencode(mainImageData_caption)+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML += ”+mainImageData_caption+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_credit+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_caption+”; $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container_sm’).css(‘width’,smimgwidth).css(‘padding’,’3px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding – 3)+’px 0 0’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container_sm’).css(‘width’,sm_img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding + 3)+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+mainImageData_leftPadding+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding)+’px 0 0’);