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The INDEPENDENT, January 16, 2003
N eh alem W atershed C ouncil receives one of 15 national grants
tance Grant (WAG) in 2002. work necessary to build strong
These grants will enable orga watershed protection organiza
nizations to build local water tions. But, we know that com
shed partnerships and advance munity-based watershed orga
local watershed restoration ef nizations are essential for wa
forts. Specifically, the UNWC tershed problems to be identi
will use the grant to cover the fied, prioritized and solved as
filing fees and technical support quickly and cost-effectively as
costs involved in establishing possible. EPA should be
the watershed council as a praised for its commitment to
501(c)(3) Non-Profit organiza support the development of lo
tion. This will enable the UNWC cally-initiated watershed part
to receive foundation support nerships,” said Don Elder, Riv
for watershed improvement er Network’s Vice President of
and salmon recovery projects Program Development
in the future.
‘This year’s Watershed As
“Nationally, there is very little sistance Grant awardees, in
money available to fund the cluding the Upper Nehalem
The Upper Nehalem Water
shed Council has received a
Watershed Assistance Grant
from River Network, a national
organization supporting the
protection and restoration of
rivers and their watersheds.
River Network administers the
Watershed Assistance Grant
program funded by the U.S.
Environm ental
Protection
Agency (EPA).
Through an extremely com
petitive process, River Network
and a committee of national ad
visors recently selected UNWC
as one of only 15 applicants to
receive a W atershed A ssis
BUNNY BERNADETTE GIRT
Watershed Council, represent
some of the very best and most
promising groups of their kind
in the United States. We are
proud to support them through
this program,” Elder concluded.
In 2003, 15 partnerships
from across the country will re
ceive funding through WAG;
since the program’s inception in
1999, River Network has fund
ed 79 projects, totaling over
$1.2 million. River Network is a
national, non-profit river con
servation organization based in
Portland. Founded in 1988, the
organization is dedicated to
helping people understand,
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