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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) is accepting grant applications for projects that will restore, improve, or support on-the-ground, functioning native plant ecosystems in the State
of Washington, USA. Successful projects must provide public benefit and must align with WNPS Conservation Principles. Applications will be evaluated based on the quantity and quality of ecological benefit to Washington’s native plants and their habitats
and the likelihood of project long-term success. Ap</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">plications will be accepted until midnight of March 1, 2021. Awards will be announced April 1, 2021.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">WNPS plans to award $5500 USD in 2021. Requests up to $1500 will be considered (typical range $500-$1000) and partial funding may be offered at the discretion of WNPS. Upon completion, funded
projects may be featured in </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i>Douglasia</i></span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">, the WNPS journal, or other WNPS publications. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">For application information: </span><a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=76b3e910-2928d002-76b3c1a0-86b2e136ff17-d8788a4f6401b461&q=1&e=7e52a573-7c3d-463e-8afb-e2755fda2f04&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnps.org%2Fconservation-grants" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.wnps.org/conservation-grants</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">For questions, contact Becky Chaney, WNPS Conservation Chair:
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<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Grant Applications for Research and Education projects are also due on March 1</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">, 2021. For more information see <a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=75a3d766-2a38ee6e-75a3ffd6-86e696e30194-724e0501d6f1ca8c&q=1&e=bd89799d-b4d1-4626-9a07-a6e44e27f9e5&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnps.org%2Fresearch" id="LPlnk">https://www.wnps.org/research</a> and <a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=cf00f392-909bca9a-cf00db22-86e696e30194-a1a48ed23b61233f&q=1&e=bd89799d-b4d1-4626-9a07-a6e44e27f9e5&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wnps.org%2Feducation-grants" id="LPlnk">https://www.wnps.org/education-grants</a>,
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