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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Washington Native Plant Society’s (WNPS) Conservation Committee is now accepting grant applications for projects that propose to restore, improve, or otherwise support on-the-ground conservation
and protection of functioning native plant ecosystems in Washington, U.S.A. Proposals will be evaluated based on the public benefit provided, alignment with WNPS Conservation Principles (<a href="https://www.wnps.org/conservation">https://www.wnps.org/conservation</a>),
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2019 Applications will be accepted through midnight (PST) March 15 and responses will be sent in April.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Approximately $4000 will be awarded in 2019. Requests up to $1500 will be considered (typical range $500-$1000) and partial funding may be offered at the discretion of WNPS. Successfully funded
projects may be featured in the WNPS journal, <i>Douglasia</i>,<i> </i>or other WNPS publications.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For application information see:
<a href="https://www.wnps.org/conservation-grants">https://www.wnps.org/conservation-grants</a>. For questions or additional information, please contact: Becky Chaney, WNPS Conservation Chair, at 425-880-4220 or
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:conservation@wnps.org">conservation@wnps.org</a>.</span>
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