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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"><span class="caas-attr-item-author" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><span class="caas-author-byline-collapse" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, </span></span><span class="caas-attr-time-style" style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><time class="caas-attr-meta-time" datetime="2021-11-17T15:33:00.000Z"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">November
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program partnership today announced
$2.5 million in new grants for 10 Pennsylvania-based projects that will protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding watershed. The $2.5 million grants announced today, when combined with the $8.5 million in grants announced earlier this year,
w</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">ill together generate $20 million in grantee match. When all combined, these funds will have a conservation impact of more than $31 million in Pennsylvania.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">The new PA-MEB grant program is one of the three core programs under NFWF’s </span><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=smhrSn4curymvTEjTt3cxsrbhWHPup8qfTaS56LOren9-FYFdmZha9LJokKBs_cxXJnPrlOmjrCHwCNc54-BuYd1wISU713UMEYQ4iNtj_8RlGqfKu1xYKQf-2wwaIQVc816HPJdoWo0Pb2JkNsVbinvviSxW-EEmNItSDWZGBk=" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Chesapeake
Bay Stewardship Fund</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"> (CBSF). Additional grants were awarded earlier this year under the </span></span><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=bd5xVS2Pb_2RVDxwmEmT6kagHfbtEvVpGIiDkUflN7ultvvkvn3Qi4axYczZ-o2Lh3NrMknb_5o-iybePbg77XhX3CU3kuF9cAvNKUPBQBWiEw1wo20de6GTJ5bKfUSWoQxkpaCv4iiXsscI3myFTkVqoZNG6NmNmuR5cHBnyOxMT2e7gGxO0CpXws96amnL9SCfnt1BvJVnYUzJiTyMjXgAI40isQaC15gOlOhtpMs=" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction (INSR) Grants program"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Innovative
Nutrient and Sediment Reduction (INSR) Grants program</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"> and the </span></span><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=dXT_orAtsthSudm7896bCDtYJAq14WDFn5TxmObzn8XF81tERI_ajTT8WwFmwYz7byiNaQzK1vpdYybA81v5o0FYeVPRNBIHkkxl_1OU7XtLMmq_WEm6ugbtT6MtHcXKtTXl3kmRNRlcfznzU9QiUVh9c6tFBrp9CyE_g9-1SiOlOhHGykXozPDvBlNOuc4t" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Small Watershed Grants (SWG) program"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Small
Watershed Grants (SWG) program</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;">Link to article: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nfwf-epa-announce-2-5-153300282.html</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></o:p></p>
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