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Clean Water Management Trust Fund Reviews New Acquisition Grants in Columbus County RALEIGH - The North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund will review $31.3 million in grant requests for land acquisition projects to protect water quality Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. The CWMTF Board of Trustees will meet to consider the projects beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Club House located at 626 Richard Wright Road in Tabor City. On Sunday, Feb. 12, the board's grant criteria, stewardship, acquisition, infrastructure and wastewater, and personnel committees will meet, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the same location. Agendas are available on line at http://www.cwmtf.net/feb06agenda.htm In addition, Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Tabor City Mayor Marion Baxter has invited CWMTF trustees and staff to tour Lake Tabor and investigate erosion problems. On Saturday, CWMTF trustees and staff join the Lumber River Conservancy and staff from Lumber River State Park on a paddle tour of the Lumber River. Media wishing to attend should meet at old Scott Chevrolet property at 100-106 West Main Street (intersection of US Highway 76 and NC Highway 904) on the banks of the Lumber River at 1:00 pm in Fair Bluff. If the weather is poor contact Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at 910-668-8586 to determine if the trip is still on. During the board's Monday meeting, CWMTF trustees are scheduled to hear preliminary recommendations from the board's acquisitions committee on 40 funding requests, including two proposals deferred from previous grant cycles. Most of the requests were submitted on December 1, 2005. A complete list of proposals under review at the meeting is on line at http://www.cwmtf.net/feb06aq.htm Grant applications 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, depending on the availability of funds as determined by the N.C. General Assembly. The CWMTF was established in 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 more than $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 money from the fund. ### For more information, contact Lisa Schell at 919-716-0057 or 919-280-3292.
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