GLIN==> Great Lakes watershed restoration RFP from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

["Dave Dempsey" <davedem@hotmail.com>]

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Requests Proposals
for Great Lakes Watershed Restoration Grant Program

WASHINGTON - The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Foundation) 
announces a call for grant proposals for the Great Lakes Watershed 
Restoration Program.  Now in its second year, the program offers 
approximately $950,000 in grants of $35,000 to $100,000 to qualified 
grantees.

Funding for the program comes from the Foundation and several government 
agencies, including: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, and U.S. Forest Service.

The Great Lakes Watershed Restoration Program represents a step towards 
addressing the habitat restoration goals developed through the Great Lakes 
Regional Collaboration, a wide-ranging, public-private cooperative effort to 
design and implement a strategy for the restoration, protection, and 
sustainable use of the Great Lakes.

"Ever increasing pressure on our fresh water ecosystems underscores the need 
to protect and restore the Great Lakes, which represent ten percent of all 
fresh water globally," said Jeff Trandahl, Executive Director, National Fish 
and Wildlife Foundation.  "We are proud to work with federal, state and 
local partners to move Great Lakes restoration forward."

"This seed money will spur public-private partnership and show how 
cooperative conservation advances the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration," 
said Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency.  "Government can't do it alone and the 
grant recipients will help restore, enhance and protect the waters of the 
Great Lakes for the benefit of everyone."

Proposals are due to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation on November 
15, 2006.  For more information on the Great Lakes Watershed Restoration 
Program including applicant eligibility, eligible projects, and submission 
requirements visit www.nfwf.org/programs/greatlakes/.

Contact:
Moira Mcdonald
Senior Advisor
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
1 Federal Drive
Ft. Snelling, MN 55111
moira.mcdonald@nfwf.org


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