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Nature Conservancy Grant
Organization - Nature Conservancy
Grant Amount - $1,750,000
Foundation - Mott Foundation
Grant Purpose - Through its Northern Great Lakes Forest Project, the Nature Conservancy, an international conservation organization, will protect more than 270,000 acres of forested land in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This grant increase will be used for additional acquisition and stewardship costs, bringing Mott's total commitment to the project to $10 million.
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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...
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...
Great Lakes United - $150,000 from the Mott Foundation - Great Lakes United is a binational network of organizations founded in 1982 to protect and restore the Great Lakes ecosystem. With prior Mott support, the organization has worked on a range of issues such as improving regional water planning and...
University of New Hampshire - $45,000 from the Mott Foundation - This grant will enable the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire to conduct a comparative rural economy survey of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This survey will be used by Northern Initiatives, a nonprofit affiliate of ShoreBank...
University of Michigan - $10,469 from the Mott Foundation - The effects of climate change in the Great Lakes region are expected to be quite serious, impacting shipping channels, commercial fisheries, natural habitats, and more. To protect the region's long-term economic, social, and environmental...
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