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Wetlands Initiative awarded $57,286 state grant for Putnam County nature preserve work · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Wetlands Initiative awarded 57,286.34 state grant for Putnam
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  County nature preserve, Work. Written by Michael Urbanek. This article
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  is being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlit.
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  The Wetlands Initiative will receive 57,286.34
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  from the Illinois Department of Nature Resources to restore habitat at a
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  Putnam County Nature Preserve, according to the department The
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  money will pay for staff time, supplies, and contract work at the
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  Sandy Hollow Buffer Addition to The Thomas W. Land Elizabeth Moose DoorSeep
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  natural Preserve. Crews will control invasive species, cut back encroaching woody plants,
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  and connect high quality habitats, the department.
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  Said. The grant is one of fourteen totaling 697,816
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  that the department awarded through the Illinois Natural Area Stewardship Grant Program.
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  The program pays and trusts to protect and restore natural areas protected
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  by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission, and grants can cover added staff
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  and equipment according to the department. Other grants in the region went
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  to the Parklands Foundation in Woodford County, which received 98,340.46
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  for invasive species removal land prescribed fire at for
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  sites, and Pheasants Forever in Knox County, which received 29,082.31
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  for prescribed fire equipment and reseeding. Only tax-exempt conservation and
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  trusts, whose founding documents include preserving native plants, animals, natural communities, geologic
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  informations, or significant archaeological sites may apply. Since 2001, the program has
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  awarded more than 4.3 million to land trusts, the department said. Money
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  for the grants comes from a portion of the Illinois Natural Areas
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  Acquisition Fund, which the department must use to buy and care for
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  natural areas, including habitat for endangered and threatened species.