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- Mainspring Conservation Trust
Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Swain, Jackson, and Macon
Grant Amount: $8,500
Fiscal Year 2025
to engage Solid Ground Consulting for strategic planning. - Foothills Conservancy
Rutherford
Grant Amount: $47,000
Fiscal Year 2024
to cover a portion of the acquisition costs for the permanent protection of 1,711 acres in the Pinnacle Mountains section of the South Mountains located in Rutherford County. - The Village Green
Jackson, Macon, and Transylvania
Grant Amount: $11,300
Fiscal Year 2024
to fund unforeseen expenses associated with a quasi-judicial hearing process in which The Village Green is advocating to preserve and protect its properties from potentially significant environmental degradation related to mountainside developments in Cashiers. - Wildlands Network (as fiscal sponsor for the Safe Passage Fund Coalition)
Haywood
Grant Amount: $30,000
Fiscal Year 2024
to further advance wildlife habitat connectivity in Western North Carolina.