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"These grants are critical investments in our natural resources and
local communities," Blagojevich said. "The projects will help
protect the environment, provide more opportunities for outdoor
recreation and help bring more tourists to our state." To date,
the C2000 Ecosystems Program of the Department of Natural Resources
has awarded more than $32.5 million in grants, benefiting every
county in Illinois and leveraging an additional $31.5 million in
local matching funds and in-kind contributions, for a total of $64
million in projects throughout the state. With C2000 funding, local
partnerships across the state have restored more than 64,000 acres
of prairie, forest, wetland and wildlife habitat and protected more
than 5,600 acres of habitat through acquisition and conservation
easements.
The C2000 Ecosystems Program is designed to take a holistic,
long-term approach to protecting and managing Illinois' natural
resources. With more than 90 percent of the land in Illinois
privately owned, the C2000 Ecosystems Program's primary focus is to
improve habitat through ecosystem-based management on private land.
At the heart of the program are the Ecosystem Partnerships, which
are coalitions of local stakeholders comprised of private
landowners, businesses, scientists, environmental organizations,
recreational enthusiasts, policymakers and others.
"I'm pleased that some of the funding through the C2000 program
will go towards southwestern Illinois," said state Rep. Jay Hoffman,
D-Collinsville. "This project, along with the other projects being
funded, are important in helping to preserve the state's natural
resources, and provides residents with an opportunity to be involved
with environmental stewardship."
"We in southern Illinois are proud to be home to lands untouched
and preserved for not only recreational purposes like hunting and
fishing, but also for the enjoyment of all Illinois residents," said
state Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg. "Preserving our natural
resources and wildlife habitats are critical to the future of our
region as a tourist destination."
"I am pleased that these IDNR grants have been awarded to our
community, as they promote the understanding and improvement of our
natural areas, which are invaluable, especially in this urban
setting," said state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago. "These grants
will be used for projects that, either directly through restoration
or indirectly through research, bring our lakefront and the
surrounding ecosystem one step closer to its natural state."
"Illinois residents care deeply about protection of our natural
resources," said state Rep. Kathy Ryg, D-Vernon Hills. "C2000 grants
empower them to participate in ecosystem partnerships to protect and
preserve our watersheds and natural habitats. Governor Blagojevich
understands the importance of the state and its partners working
together to protect our environment and our quality of life."
"It's very gratifying to see C2000 grants being used for the
preservation of our natural resources, as well as educating our
children as to the importance of protecting our natural resources,"
said state Sen. John Sullivan, D-Rushville.
"By working diligently with landowners to protect our native
species and improve habitat restoration, we will strengthen and
preserve the environment of our state," said state Sen. John
Cullerton, D-Chicago.
These diverse groups advocate natural resource stewardship
through their common interest in preserving the biodiversity of
their local watershed community. Currently, 41 Ecosystem
Partnerships cover 85 percent of the state and represent more than
98 percent of the citizens of Illinois.
For more information on the C2000 Ecosystems Program, contact the
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, One Natural Resources Way,
Springfield, IL 62702-1271; call 217-782-7940; or visit http://dnr.state.il.us/orep/C2000/index.htm.
A list of Conservation 2000 Ecosystems Program grants and project
descriptions by partnership follows.
American Bottom Partnership
Counties: Macoupin, Montgomery, Jersey, Madison, St. Clair,
Monroe and Randolph
- Southwestern Illinois Resource Conservation and Development,
$14,500.00.
Conservation Subdivision Outreach and Education.
This is a phase two of an outreach and education project
developed to introduce the concepts and benefits of conservation
subdivision design and to build support for residential
development policy change in southwest Illinois. Materials
developed in phase one of the project will be distributed to
stakeholders and policymakers through presentations and
one-on-one meetings.
Big Rivers Partnership
Counties: Calhoun, Greene and Jersey
- The Nature Institute, $16,120.00.
Blufftop Exotic
Species Control. This project will facilitate exotic species
removal and brush control in at least five high-quality natural
areas along the bluff ecosystem in Madison and Jersey counties.
Ninety acres of hill prairie and forested bluff, an area which
contains many rare species, will benefit from the work. In
addition, a floristic survey and monitoring will be
established.
Cache River Partnership
Counties: Union, Johnson, Alexander, Pulaski, Pope and Massac
- Union County Soil and Water Conservation District,
$211,750.00.
Big Creek Pilot Project -- Phase II. The
purpose of this project is to build upon the success in phase
one by finishing the final 10 retention structures needed in the
watershed, establishing buffers where needed and working on the
side inlet channel erosion of Big Creek.
Chicago Wilderness Partnership
Counties: McHenry, DuPage, Cook, Will and Lake
Plants of Concern. Using standardized
protocols, Plants of Concern will train volunteers to collect
data on the size of, threats to and management of populations of
rare plants in northeast Illinois. Reports to landowners then
guide future management. This is a long-term monitoring program,
and continuity of data collection is essential. C2000 funds will
support work in 2007, the seventh year of Plants of Concern.
Chicago Academy of
Sciences, $30,000.00. Butterfly Restoration Project for
Regal Fritillaries. This project is intended to enhance
knowledge and techniques of restoring prairie butterflies by
pairing translocations with comparisons of the butterflies'
molecular diversity at the donor and restoration sites.
Specifically, regal fritillaries, a state-threatened species,
will be restored to Cook County.
Chicago Park District, $67,158.28.
Montrose Beach Dunes Habitat Restoration. This project will
restore beach, foredune and globally imperiled panne communities
at Montrose Beach Dunes, an Illinois Natural Areas Inventory
site that supports five state-listed species on Chicago's
lakefront. Funds will be used to conduct targeted herbiciding of
Salix interior, planting of native species and creation of
interpretive signage.
Driftless Area Partnership
Counties: Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll and Whiteside
Wapello Land and Water
Reserve Restoration. Prairie restoration on former cropland and
adjacent upland forest enhancement will be done at the Wapello
Land and Water Reserve in order to protect mussel beds and
threatened and endangered mussel species of the Apple River,
enhance wildlife habitat, and also preserve a significant
archaeological site.
Natural Land
Institute, $20,000.00. Horseshoe Mound Restoration. Natural
Land Institute will work with the owner of the 28-acre Horseshoe
Mound property, which is listed on the Illinois Natural Area
Inventory as an Outstanding Geologic Area, to restore native oak
savanna. The property owner has donated a conservation easement
to the Natural Land Institute, which will protect the land in
perpetuity.
Jo Daviess County Soil and Water
Conservation District, $24,831.00. Preserve, Enhance and
Provide Public Access to 1939 Aerial Photography. Jo Daviess
County Soil and Water Conservation District has maintained a
complete set of the oldest aerial photography for the county
from 1939. This unique resource will be cleaned, professionally
scanned and ortho-rectified by the Illinois State Geologic
survey staff.
DuPage River Coalition
Counties: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will
- Naperville Park District, $31,119.00.
Pioneer Park
Habitat Restoration. The Naperville Park District will restore
and enhance 12 acres of wetland, woodland and prairie habitat at
Pioneer Park along the West Branch of the DuPage River. The
project includes developing a restoration and maintenance plan,
removing invasive species, planting native species, maintenance,
and installing interpretative signage.
Embarras River Partnership
Counties: Douglas, Edgar, Coles, Cumberland, Clark, Jasper,
Crawford, Richland and Lawrence
- Douglas-Hart Nature Center, $8,000.00.
Habitat
Restoration at Douglas-Hart Nature Center. This project will
improve habitat at the Douglas-Hart Nature Center by removing
bush honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). Contractors specializing in
invasive shrub removal will do the work. The nature center staff
will maintain the removal sites as necessary.
Fox River Ecosystem Partnership
Counties: McHenry, Lake, Kane, Kendall, DuPage, LaSalle and Cook
Evaluation of the South Batavia
Dam Removal on the Fox River, Illinois. This project will assess
effects of complete removal of the South Batavia dam on the Fox
River. Data collected will add to data collected during pre-
(2002-2003) and partial-removal (2003-2005) phases, enabling an
assessment of complete removal effects. This additional data is
crucial to understanding the effects of dam removal on Illinois'
rivers.
Lake County Forest
Preserve District, $76,016.72. Nippersink Phase I
Restoration; Restoring Wetland and Savanna Habitat. The
Nippersink Forest Preserve (Squaw Creek Watershed) supports over
75 acres of hemimarsh. The 91-acre project area provides
opportunity to restore wetland hydrology, expand and enhance
existing wetlands, and restore savanna habitat. The project
addresses the goals of both the Fox River Ecosystem Partnership
and the 2004 Squaw Creek Watershed Management Plan.
McHenry County Conservation Foundation,
$68,466.00. Restoration and Enhancement of Protected,
High-Quality Natural Areas in Northeastern Illinois. Specialized
machinery will be purchased for use in the mechanical removal of
exotic and invasive woody vegetation in dedicated nature
preserves, land and water reserves, Illinois Natural Area
Inventory sites, high-quality natural areas, and conservation
easements in northeast Illinois to facilitate management and
restoration of native plant communities and significant wildlife
habitat.
Headwaters Partnership
Counties: Ford, Champaign and Douglas
- Urbana Park District, $59,850.00.
Judge Webber-Perkins
Road Park Restoration, Phase 2B. Urbana Park District ultimately
will restore over 35 acres of habitat on former stream flood
plain. This 7-acre project would create a variety of habitat
types for wetland and upland wildlife, protect existing habitat,
and improve area biodiversity. The area will also be used for
conservation and public environmental programs.
Illinois River Bluffs Partnership
Counties: Bureau, Fulton, Knox, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Peoria,
Putnam, Stark, Tazewell and Woodford
- Marshall-Putnam Soil and Water Conservation District,
$16,900.00.
Native Grass Drill -- Get It Right. This project
will provide easy access to a quality native grass drill to
establish or enhance native wildlife habitat, native grasses and
forbs and will provide conservation measures to local citizens
in Marshall, Putnam and neighboring counties.
Kankakee River Basin Commission
Counties: Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Vermillion and Will
- Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve District, $138,750.00.
Aroma Land and Water Reserve Addition. The forest preserve
district will purchase a 30-acre parcel south of the Aroma Land
and Water Reserve, a 56-acre site comprised of high-quality
woodland, wetland and prairie community types. This parcel is
currently fallow, with native grasses migrating onto the site.
Kaskaskia River Partnership
Counties: Montgomery, Bond, Madison, St. Clair, Clinton, Marion
and Washington
- Illinois Audubon Society, $8,000.00.
Bush Honeysuckle
Control at H. & B. Bremer Sanctuary. To encourage recovery of
upland oak-hickory and flood plain forest, exotic woody
vegetation will be removed. Volunteers will use fire management
and will reintroduce appropriate native woody and herbaceous
vegetation after the contract period.
Kishwaukee River Partnership
Counties: McHenry, Boone, Winnebago, DeKalb and Ogle
Forest Preserve District, $351,000.00. Kishwaukee River
Forest Preserve Addition. This project is the acquisition of
33.68 acres of cropland that is surrounded on three sides by
Winnebago County Forest Preserve. The forest preserve district
will convert the property to prairie and forest.
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County,
$38,500.00. Alden Headwaters Conservation and Protection
Plan. This project will develop a comprehensive plan to
protect and restore land in a 3,200-acre area of Alden Township,
McHenry County -- a region with state- and regionally
significant natural resources. Key outcomes include engaging new
landowners in restoration of their property, a restoration and
management plan, and restoration of 50 acres of land.
Lake Calumet Partnership
County: Cook
Hydrologic Master Plan
Implementation: Indian Ridge Marsh South. The Calumet Hydrologic
Master Plan is complete, thanks to prior C2000 funding. Key
findings regarding the region's hydrology include the importance
of stabilizing, modifying and installing water control
structures at critical habitat areas. This project involves the
installation of a weir at the Indian Ridge Marsh and Calumet
River interface.
Chicago Department of Environment,
$94,380.00. Calumet Ecological Rehabilitation Video. The
video will record site rehabilitation work, research, community
efforts and stewardship occurring in Calumet. Interviews,
narrative and depictions of landscape changes will demonstrate
for others the extent of collaboration involved, the challenges
encountered and the importance of community connections.
Lake Michigan Watershed Ecosystem Partnership
Counties: Cook and Lake
Control of Invasive Species
in Spring Bluff Nature Preserve.
Spring Bluff is protected for its natural communities and
threatened and endangered species and is regularly fire-managed;
yet, invasive species continue to spread. This effort will
reduce the abundance of invasive species where floristic
integrity and wildlife habitat are threatened. Permanent
transects will be monitored to detect change in the project
area.
Alliance for the Great Lakes,
$36,956.00. Lake Michigan Subwatershed Project
Identification and Planning. Using maps developed in cooperation
with the strategic subwatershed identification process of the
Department of Natural Resources, the Lake Michigan Watershed
Ecosystem Partnership, with staffing from the Alliance for the
Great Lakes, will perform field assessments of prioritized
on-the-ground improvement sites, conduct local stakeholder and
landowner outreach, identify measures of improvement to be used
by partnership, and summarize priority projects.
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 North Branch of the Chicago River
Counties: Cook and Lake
Old School Forest Habitat Restoration
and Enhancement. This project will increase structural and
biological diversity to 66 acres of forest. Native plants and
shrubs will be reintroduced in 3 acres of vernal ponds and 63
acres of upland forest to restore the ground and shrub layer
communities that have been degraded from past land-use
practices.
Society of the
Divine Word, $23,000.00. Restoration of Fragment Oak-Hickory
Forest. This project will remove and control exotic species from
approximately 30 acres of fragment native forest and return
natural habitat and function to this once-undisturbed site.
Lake County Forest
Preserve District, $85,838.86. Control of Invasive Species
in Spring Bluff Nature Preserve.
Spring Bluff is protected for its natural communities and
threatened and endangered species and is regularly fire-managed;
yet, invasive species continue to spread. This effort will
reduce the abundance of invasive species where floristic
integrity and wildlife habitat are threatened. Permanent
transects will be monitored to detect change in the project
area.
Alliance for the Great Lakes,
$36,956.00. Lake Michigan Subwatershed Project
Identification and Planning. Using maps developed in cooperation
with the strategic subwatershed identification process of the
Department of Natural Resources, the Lake Michigan Watershed
Ecosystem Partnership, with staffing from the Alliance for the
Great Lakes, will perform field assessments of prioritized
on-the-ground improvement sites, conduct local stakeholder and
landowner outreach, identify measures of improvement to be used
by partnership, and summarize priority projects.
Lower Des Plaines River Ecosystem Partnership
Counties: Cook, DuPage and Will
Reaching, Educating and
Involving New Stakeholders. The partnership's Watershed Plan
outlines an ambitious strategy for the restoration and
protection of this biologically significant and challenged
watershed. This project prioritizes and implements plan
objectives and builds the partnership's internal capacity to
fulfill its mission by improving its communications systems and
increasing stakeholder involvement.
Forest Preserve District of Cook
County, $50,000.00. Dan McMahon Fen Buffer Enhancement
Project. McMahon Fen hosts a biologically rich natural
community, but the densely shaded uplands are virtually bare and
prone to runoff. This project proposes to restore prairie to an
8-acre, 150-foot buffer above the fen. Palos volunteers who have
managed the fen for the past eight years will play an integral
role, with the help of local high school ecology clubs.
LaMoine River Partnership
Counties: Adams, Brown, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough,
Schuyler and Warren
Hutchins Ecosystem Restoration
Project. This project will involve the complete restoration of
approximately 45 acres of upland and 15 acres of
bottomland-wetland habitat within a headwater stream system,
tributary to the La Moine River in McDonough County.
Lower Kaskaskia River Partnership
Counties: Macoupin, Montgomery, Madison, Bond, St. Clair,
Washington, Randolph, Perry, Monroe and Jackson
Clifftop Alliance Outreach and Info-Educational Programs.
Clifftop Alliance is a partnership bringing together landholders
and conservation organizations to focus on protecting the
Mississippi River bluff lands in Monroe and Randolph counties.
Educational outreach efforts will be implemented to improve land
stewardship practices within the Northern Ozark Division, a
Department of Natural Resources Conservation Opportunity Area.
Southwestern Illinois Resource
Conservation and Development Inc., $17,882.00. Illinois Cave
Amphipod Recharge Area Delineation. The Illinois cave amphipod,
which is federally listed as endangered, is known from several
groundwater systems whose recharge areas have not been
delineated, including Frog Spring, Luhr Spring and Dual Spring,
as well as Annbriar Spring north of Fountain Creek. This project
would provide these critical delineations.
Lower Rock River Partnership
Counties: Lee, Whiteside, Rock Island, Henry, Bureau, Ogle and
Carroll
- City of Moline, $24,500.00.
Greenvalley Nature Preserve
Wetland and Prairie Restoration Plan. A restoration plan with
multiple implementation phases will be developed for
approximately 130 acres of degraded wetland and prairie along
the Rock River in Moline. When the plan is completed, the first
phase of the plan will be executed and will consist of the
restoration of 9 acres of prairie adjacent to the Rock River and
a wetland bird sanctuary.
Lower Sangamon Valley Partnership
Counties: Cass, Christian, Logan, McLean, Macon, Macoupin, Mason,
Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Sangamon, Shelby and Tazewell
Ag Day. This
project is designed to educate students and teachers about
natural resources and conservation. Students in kindergarten
through fifth grade will be exposed to hands-on activities,
wildlife paw prints, water quality and planting activities.
Springfield Park District, $28,700.00.
Centennial Park Prairie Project. Funding for this project will
help restore a 70-acre prairie that would provide additional
habitat for the Franklin's ground squirrel, an endangered
species known from the Centennial Park area.
Mackinaw River Partnership
Counties: Ford, Livingston, McLean, Mason, Tazewell and Woodford
- Woodford County Soil and Water Conservation District,
$82,104.00.
Woodland Habitat Enhancement Program. This
program will assist landowners of wooded property in the
Mackinaw watershed in implementing timber management plans that
have a primary goal to maintain, restore or enhance habitat for
wildlife.
Ozark Hills Partnership
Counties: Union, Alexander, Jackson and Randolph
- Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Area Council
Inc., $65,390.80.
River to River Cooperative Weed Management
Area. The goal of the project is to provide support for the
development of the River to River Cooperative Weed Management
Area and to control invasive plant species projects on private
lands within the Ozark partnership. The project coordinator will
conduct noxious weed workshops for private landowners, garden
and nursery staff, organizations, and government employees.
Prairie Parklands Partnership
Counties: Kendall, LaSalle, Grundy, Will, Cook, Kankakee and
Livingston
Natural Community
Enhancement at Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve. The
district proposes to restore dry-mesic sand savanna and mesic to
wet-mesic sand prairie communities at Braidwood Dunes and
Savanna Nature Preserve in an area that has become a large
throng of black locust trees (Robinia pseudoacacia). Restoration
will require cutting black locust trees, applying herbicide,
planting and prescribed burning.
Joliet Junior
College, $35,000.00. Fen and Dolomite Prairie Enhancement at
Joliet Junior College Natural Areas. This project's goal is to
maintain an existing fen and restore degraded uplands by the
timely eradication of exotics. Adjacent areas will be cleared of
woody exotics and seeded in appropriate native species. These
restored areas will serve as a buffer, provide better habitat
along the Rock Run Creek and prevent erosion.
Board of Trustees, University of
Illinois, $34,692.00. Prairie Seed Banks at Midewin National
Tallgrass Prairie: A Key to its Restoration. This investigation
characterizes seed banks (composition, viability) of remnant and
restored prairie and old field and crop lands at the Midewin
National Tallgrass Prairie. Remnant prairie seed banks will
serve as a benchmark for success of restored prairies and will
guide restoration efforts in disturbed lands. Photos of
recovered seeds will be posted on the Illinois Natural History
Survey website.
Rock River Partnership
County: Ogle
Exotic Herbaceous and Small Diameter Woody
Vegetation Management in Rock River Partnership. These funds
will be used for the purchase of a Brush Wolf 7200 brush cutter
skid steer attachment to be used throughout the Rock River
Partnership for exotic herbaceous vegetation and small-diameter
brush mowing. It will be used as a cost-effective management
tool in maintaining and restoring prairies, wetlands and oak
savanna-woodland communities.
Byron Forest Preserve District, $10,350.00. Nardi Hills
Preserve Prairie Planting and Management. Forty acres of mixed
upland prairie will be planted and management of the prairie and
adjacent preserve lands for invasive species and brush control
will be accomplished at the Byron Forest Preserve District's
Nardi Hills Preserve.
Shawnee Ecosystem Partnership
Counties: Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and Saline
- Pope-Hardin Soil and Water Conservation District,
$16,640.00.
Big Grand Pierre Creek – Phase I. Survey and
design of 16 miles of Big Grand Pierre Creek from the Ohio River
to the confluence of Hart and Gibbons Creek will be conducted in
order to prepare projects for needed stream bank stabilization.
Sugar Pecatonica Rivers Partnership
Counties: Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Carroll and Ogle
- Sugar Prairie Wildlife Corridor, $11,940.00.
Incorporating Pecatonica Valley Wildlands Inventory into Local
Planning. This project will digitize findings of the recent
Pecatonica Valley Wildlands Inventory into a GIS format that
will be used in support of land protection efforts in the Sugar
and Pecatonica River watersheds.
Thorn Creek Macrosite Partnership
Counties: Cook and Will
Central Park Wetlands Project. Continue
management of a 46-acre wetland restoration site by the removal
of invasive species. Improvements will be made at the wetland
site by seeding and planting wetland plants. Construction of an
observation-education deck and installation of interpretive
signage will be accomplished to improve interpretive and
educational programs.
Governors State University, $65,970.00. Thorn Creek
Headwater, Wet Prairie Restoration. This project will restore 44
acres of prairie, stabilize and protect 1,500 feet of Thorn
Creek headwaters, and add 22 acres of land to the Governors
State University Field Station. It would also serve as a living
laboratory for students at the university and area high schools.
Ecological research and monitoring will increase understanding
of prairies and wetlands.
Upper Des Plaines Partnership
Counties: Lake, DuPage and Cook
Grainger Woods Woodland Restoration
and Reforestation. This project will enhance and expand existing
Illinois Natural Areas Inventory woodland habitat and two
wetlands within the Des Plaines River greenway. Fifteen acres of
woodland will be selectively cleared, 29 acres of pasture will
be reforested, and the entire area will be supplementally
seeded. Depressional areas in the former pasture will be planted
with wetland plugs.
Township of Libertyville,
$19,725.00. Creating a Restoration, Education and Outreach
Plan for the Liberty Prairie Area Homeowners Association Section
of Bull Creek. Protection of a section of Bull Creek from
further degradation due to serious flooding, erosion and neglect
will be implemented. A plan will be developed to restore eroded
stream banks and educate residents about their responsibilities
in caring for the stream, stream bank and flood plain. Citizen
volunteers will participate in ongoing maintenance activities.
Country Club Meadows Homeowners Association, $15,600.00.
Seeding of Quality Wetlands. The association has 34 acres of
wet-mesic remnant prairie. With partners, the Stormwater
Management Commission of Lake County and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
conservation funding will restore the high-quality remnant
wetlands. Funding will pay for seeding and site preparation.
This will be phase three in a multiyear restoration plan. The
land is dedicated conservancy easements, both private and common
to the association.
Upper Little Wabash Partnership
Counties: Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper,
Marion and Shelby
- Effingham County Soil and Water Conservation District,
$158,046.00.
Restore Our Forest Communities. A total of
1,500 acres of native oak-hickory woodland, savanna and barren
will be restored. The goal of the forest community enhancement
approach is requiring a forestry management plan, forest stand
improvement, prescribed fire and exotic species control.
Upper Rock River Partnership
Counties: Boone, Stephenson and Winnebago
North Fork Kent Creek Habitat Restoration
Project. Phase two of a multiphase project will improve
approximately 5,000 linear feet of the main branch and a small
tributary of the North Fork of the Kent Creek by implementing
in-stream habitat projects, restoring stream bank stability,
removing sedimentation with rock weirs, artificial riffles,
lunker structures, boulder clusters and stream-narrowing
techniques.
Upper Rock River Partnership, $20,000.00. Upper Rock
River Planning Grant. This funding will assist the partnership
with the second phase of their strategic plan and begin to
develop an implementation plan.
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