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| Organization Name | Grant Name | Grant Amount | Grant Cycle | Region |
Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $25,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
To assist with funding a Precision Ag Conservationist (PAC) Position in East Central Illinois in order to develop solutions that will encourage producers to adopt new practices that will improve their environmental impact. | ||||
City of Mattoon | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $20,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
For continued support of the City of Mattoon’s tree planting and replacement along roads, parks, lakes, and cemeteries. | ||||
Fresh Taste – Illinois Regenerative Agriculture Initiative (Fiscal Sponsor: Forefront) | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $50,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
To build leadership capacity in Regenerative Agriculture at the University of Illinois by catalyzing collaboration among units on campus with relevant, complementary expertise. | ||||
Champaign County Soil & Water Conservation District Foundation | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $40,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to gather information from grazers in the Embarras Watershed and surrounding areas to develop relationships with stakeholders and create relevant educational resources to support the implementation of successful regenerative grazing in the region. | ||||
Prairie Rivers Network | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $20,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to expand the monitoring of herbicide drift on forests, prairies, and public lands as well as train farmers, land managers and agency staff on symptom identification. | ||||
Grand Prairie Friends | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $40,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to supplement general operations of the non-profit including staffing, maintenance, and other essential expenses to continue their natural area restoration projects and increase their community outreach capacity. | ||||
Eastern Illinois University Department of Biological Sciences | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $20,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to develop native plant landscapes and increase the engagement and participation of the community with nature through interpretive sessions and citizen scientist training workshops. | ||||
Delta Institute | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $25,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to support the development of an economic tool that integrates soil health indicators when calculating property value to promote practices with the potential to assess land managed with sustainable agriculture practices at a higher value over conventional agriculture. | ||||
Sola Gratia Farm | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $53,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to develop the farm’s active practices, demonstration, and education of nature-based solutions to climate change and climate resiliency for the public, peer farmers and researchers while showcasing urban regenerative farming techniques, agroforestry, and green stormwater management. | ||||
The Nature Conservancy | Nature-Based Climate Action Program | $50,000.00 | 2023 | East Central Illinois |
to support outreach efforts to transition 40,000 acres of Illinois farmland to regenerative grazing management by 2025. Funds will also go toward strategic development plans to expand partner relationships and provide technical assistance to IL grazers. | ||||
