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Applications are being accepted for grants offered by the Grand River Conservation Authority and the Grand River Conservation Foundation for schoolyard and community environmental projects

Applications must be submitted electronically by April 30. Successful applicants will be notified in late May.

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Grants are offered in two categories:

• Community groups can get up to $1,000 for tangible conservation projects for use or benefit of the entire community. Previous recipients have built a river access point, carried out habitat restoration and planted trees.

• Elementary schools in the Grand watershed can get up to $750 to pay for natural elements, such as trees, shrubs, seeds and plants, of a schoolyard naturalization project.

Details and application forms are available on the foundation’s website at www.grcf.ca.

Money for the grants comes from the GRCA’s Thiess Riverprize Endowment Fund, which was established with the monetary portion of the GRCA’s 2000 Brisbane, Australia, award for excellence in watershed management, and the foundation’s Grand Champions Endowment Fund, established through private donations to support local environmental work.

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