National Wildlife Federation Grant

Organization - National Wildlife Federation
Grant Amount - $500,000
Foundation - Mott Foundation
Grant Purpose - The National Wildlife Federation, a national environmental group with a longtime presence in the Great Lakes region, will continue to work with partner organizations to help implement the Clean Water Act and related policies throughout the Great Lakes basin. In recent years, the federation has helped establish more protective standards for mercury pollution, develop new state-level policy for ballast water discharges, and establish protective rules for the mining of sulfide-based ores. With continued Mott support, the federation will maintain and expand such work. Activities will include: monitoring implementation of existing water quality standards and ballast water discharge rules; promoting improved wetland protections; and holding proposed sulfide mining activities around Lake Superior to the highest standards.


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