CLEAN WATER MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND BOARD TO CONSIDER LAND ACQUISITION FUNDING REQUESTS

RALEIGH - The board of trustees of the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF) holds its regularly scheduled meeting Monday, February 14, 2005.

Monday’s meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro.

The board's acquisition and legislative committees will meet on Sunday, February 13 beginning at 11:00 a.m., also at the zoo.  Complete agendas for all February meetings can be found by clicking here.

During the board's Monday meeting, CWMTF trustees are scheduled to hear preliminary recommendations from the board’s acquisition committee on at least 50 funding requests totaling $66.4 million to acquire lands to protect water quality. That includes 26 new acquisition and planning grant requests and 24 requests deferred from previous cycles. 

The projects under consideration include 11 requests to purchase property that will not only protect the state's water resources but also will protect several of the state's military installations from encroachment from development.

A complete list of projects under consideration can be found on line at http://www.cwmtf.net/feb05list.htm

Projects on the board’s February agenda will receive initial review by trustees.  Final decisions on funding for the projects will be made later this year. 

The CWMTF was established 1996 to help finance projects that enhance or restore degraded waters, protect unpolluted waters, and/or contribute toward a network of riparian buffers and greenways for environmental, educational, and recreational benefits. CWMTF estimates that over $10.5 billion is needed to protect and restore water quality in North Carolina.

The 21-member, independent, CWMTF Board of Trustees has full responsibility over the allocation of moneys from the Fund.

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For more information, contact Lisa Schell at 919/716-0057 or 919/280-3292 (mobile). The meeting agenda is available on-line here.

Additional Resources:

List of Projects Under Review on February 14, 2005

December 2005 Grant Application List (Complete list of projects)

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