Applications for MWCD grant are now available

Applications for MWCD grant are now available
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Applications for the 2020 Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Foundation Mini Grant Program are now available.

                        

Applications for the 2020 Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Foundation Mini Grant Program are now available. The Mini Grant Program is open to the 13 youth camps along Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District lakes and funds programs and projects supporting recreation, natural-resource conservation, and outdoor and environmental education.

“2020 will be the fifth year of the Mini Grant Program,” foundation board of trustees chairman Jim Schoch said. “The program helps support the great work the youth camps are doing throughout the Muskingum Watershed.”

The annual program budget is $5,000. Last year the foundation funded four grants supporting projects at Camp Wakonda, Ohio FFA Camp Muskingum, Camp Aldersgate and Camp Roosevelt Firebird. Funds for the Mini Grant Program are derived from proceeds from the foundation’s annual meeting.

The application deadline is April 3. Applications and grant guidelines are available online at www.muskingumfoundation.org. Call John Hoopingarner at 330-556-4809 for more details.

The MWCD, a political subdivision of the state, was organized in 1933 to develop and implement a plan to reduce flooding and conserve water for beneficial public uses in the Muskingum River Watershed, the largest wholly contained watershed in Ohio.

Since their construction the 16 reservoirs and dams in the MWCD region have been credited for saving over $7 billion of potential property damage from flooding, according to the federal government, as well as providing popular recreational opportunities that bolster the region’s economy. A significant portion of the reservoirs are managed by the MWCD, and the dams are managed for flood-risk management by the federal U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

For more information about the MWCD, visit www.mwcd.org and follow the MWCD on Facebook and Twitter.


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