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September 24, 2009: The Nature Conservancy's Statement on the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative
The Nature Conservancy welcomes the news of the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative
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Chris Anderson
Wisconsin Media Contact
tel: (612) 331-0747
mobile: (612) 845-2744 |
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June 25, 2009: Ingram Barge Company Helps The Nature Conservancy Restore Forests and Wetlands along the Mississippi
Ingram Barge has made a financial commitment to support conservation activities
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Chris Anderson
The Nature Conservancy
612-331-0747; 612-845-2744
canderson@tnc.org
Ingram Barge Company Contact:
Keel Hunt
615-321-3110
keel@tsgnashville.com |
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December 08, 2008: New Initiative Focuses on Water Quality Improvement in the Mississippi River Basin & Gulf of Mexico
Monsanto Company launched a new effort to help reduce nutrients and sediments in agricultural runoff by partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Iowa Soybean Association, Delta Wildlife and The National Audubon Society on conservation projects in the Mississippi River Basin.
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Chris Anderson
The Nature Conservancy
(612) 331-0747
canderson@tnc.org
Lee Quarles
Monsanto Company
(314) 694-2330
lee.quarles@monsanto.com
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November 10, 2008: The Nature Conservancy Hires Assistant Director to Help Restore the Upper Mississippi River
The Nature Conservancy announced the hiring of Gretchen Benjamin as assistant director of its Upper Mississippi River Program today. Benjamin will help organize the Conservancy’s efforts to develop a basin-wide strategy that recognizes the river’s tremendous ecological and economic value.
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Chris Anderson
(612) 331-0747
(612) 845-2744 (mobile)
canderson@tnc.org |
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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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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
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
(612) 331-0747
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
(612) 331-0747
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
canderson@tnc.org |
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