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January 04, 2008: The McKnight Foundation Awards $800,000 to The Nature Conservancy for its Mississippi River Work
The Nature Conservancy joins the McKnight Foundation in announcing that the Conservancy has been awarded an $800,000 grant for its efforts to conserve and restore the Mississippi River from its headwaters in Minnesota to its mouth in Louisiana.
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Chris Anderson
(612) 331-0747
(612) 845-2744 (mobile)
canderson@tnc.org |
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April 24, 2007: IBM Teams with The Nature Conservancy to Conserve Major River Systems
IBM and The Nature Conservancy today announced that they are collaborating to conserve some of the world's great rivers by meshing extraordinary computing power and science-driven conservation.
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Steve Ertel
(703) 841-2652
(703) 463-6432
(cell)
sertel@tnc.org |
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March 22, 2007: Conservancy Teams with African Wildlife Foundation to Conserve Africa’s Zambezi River
The Nature Conservancy and The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) today announced a partnership to protect and manage the Zambezi River for people and nature alike. The collaboration includes the addition of the Zambezi to the Conservancy’s Great Rivers Partnership.
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Chris Anderson
(612) 331-0747
(312) 218-0186 (cell)
canderson@tnc.org |
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November 27, 2006: Great Rivers Partnership Hires Ecosystems Services Specialist
The Nature Conservancy announced the hiring of Bruce McKenney as ecosystems services project director of its Great Rivers Partnership. McKenney’s work will focus on demonstrating the economic and ecological value of freshwater habitats and exploring market-based conservation strategies.
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Chris Anderson
(612) 331-0747
(312) 218-0186 (cell)
canderson@tnc.org |
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July 26, 2006: Great Rivers Partnership Celebrates the Passage of Water Resources Development Act
The long-awaited Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) passed the full Senate July 19, putting it on track for congressional approval. The bill now heads to a House-Senate conference committee before moving to the President for final approval.
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Chris Anderson
(312) 759-8017, ext. 30
(312) 218-0186 (cell)
canderson@tnc.org |
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July 10, 2006: Nature Conservancy Researcher Highlights Benefits of Great River Systems at International Conference
Paul West, associate science director for the Conservancy’s Great Rivers Center for Conservation and Learning, a virtual science center created to house and share important research on major rivers, presented his analysis at the conference during a Conservancy-led session on ecosystem services.
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Chris Anderson
(312) 759-8017, ext. 30
(312) 218-0186 (cell)
canderson@tnc.org |
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April 17, 2006: Great Rivers Partnership Announces New Deputy Director
The Nature Conservancy announced the hiring of 38-year-old Peter Bryant as deputy director of its Great Rivers Partnership (GRP) today. Bryant will lead staff across three continents who work to sustain the world’s great river systems and the people, plants and animals that depend on them.
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Chris Anderson
312-759-8017 x30
canderson@tnc.org |
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January 15, 2005: $12 Million from Caterpillar, Inc. to The Nature Conservancy Launches Great Rivers Partnership
The Nature Conservancy, with a generous $12 million gift from the Caterpillar Foundation of Caterpillar Inc., is undertaking an ambitious project that will guide protection of the world’s vanishing freshwater supply and transform the way large working river systems are preserved and protected. The Great Rivers Partnership will create integrated models for sustaining great river systems of the world.
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Chris Anderson
(612) 331-0747
(312) 218-0186 (cell)
canderson@tnc.org |
