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DATE: 9/6/07 |
CONTACT: Lisa Schell, (919) 716-0057 |
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RELEASE: Immediate |
DISTRIBUTION: Statewide |
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WATER MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND BOARD RALEIGH -- The 21-member board of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund meets September 9-10 in Alamance County to consider grant applications for land acquisition projects to protect water quality across the state. The meeting will take place at The Summit at Haw River State Park, 339 Conference Center Drive, Browns Summit, beginning with board committee meetings at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 9. The full board will meet Monday,September 10, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at The Summit. Agendas for all committee meetings, as well as the full board session scheduled for Monday are available on line here. Before the board are some 60 requests for approximately $40 million in water quality grants for acqusition projects in communities all across the state. The grant requests were submitted for consideration on March 1, 2007. A complete list of projects submitted on March 1, 2007 can be found on line here. In addtion to consideration of grant requests, Director of State Parks Lewis Ledford, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Steve Troxler will address the trustees. The board will also be provided an update on the conservation efforts along the Haw River and the Haw River Trail. 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 $17 billion is needed to protect and restore water quality in North Carolina. The independent, CWMTF Board of Trustees has full responsibility over the allocation of moneys from the Fund. -30- For more information,
contact Lisa Schell at 919/716-0057. The complete agenda is available by clicking here.
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