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<p class="MsoNormal">The Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) Conservation Committee is now accepting grant applications for on-the-ground projects that will restore, improve, or support functioning native plant ecosystems in the State of Washington, USA.
Successfully funded projects must provide public benefit and align with WNPS Conservation principles. Funds will be awarded based on the Conservation Committee’s determination of which projects would bring the most significant ecological benefit and the likelihood
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<p class="MsoNormal">Grant applications for 2017 will be accepted through March 1; responses will be sent by April 1. Requests up to $1500 will be considered, as will smaller requests. Funded projects will be featured in WNPS’s flagship journal,<i> Douglasia</i>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For application information see: <a href="http://www.wnps.org/conservation/conservation_grant.html">
http://www.wnps.org/conservation/conservation_grant.html</a> . For questions please contact Becky Chaney, Conservation Committee Chair: 425-880-4220 or
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