Chi-Cal Rivers Fund Announces $1.85M in Grants for Habitat, Climate Resilience, and Community Engagement

The Chi-Cal Rivers Fund partners announced $1.85M in grants to improve and enhance waterways in the Chicago-Calumet region. These investments will protect and conserve fish and wildlife habitat, reduce stormwater runoff, and improve access to and use of natural areas and greenspace for communities. The grants will generate $1.7M in matching contributions for a total conservation impact of $3.55M.

The grants were awarded through the Chi-Cal Rivers Fund (Chi-Cal), a partnership between NFWF and BNSF Railway, Cleveland-Cliffs, Crown Family Philanthropies, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Hunter Family Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, Salesforce, the Walder Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service.

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