CLARKSVILLE, TN – Google recently announced a $100,000 contribution to the Southeastern Grasslands Institute (SGI) at Austin Peay State University to support ecological restoration, improved water quality, and community engagement in the Spring Creek Watershed. Google became part of the Clarksville-Montgomery County community in March 2018 when it broke ground on its data center campus.
Through this contribution, SGI will work with area volunteers, including Google employees, to develop a grassland program to support environmental efforts at Google’s property in Clarksville. In the coming years, the area will train and empower volunteers while providing an essential link in a growing network of grasslands in the Clarksville area spearheaded by SGI.
“This project has the potential to significantly impact our community and further the conservation efforts of the Southeastern Grasslands Institute,” said Dr. Dwayne Estes, APSU professor and executive director of SGI. “In so many ways, Google has become an important partner for Austin Peay, Clarksville, and the entire Southeastern region, and we are excited to be a part of that. Our vision requires dreaming big and thinking outside the box, and we could not imagine working with a more cutting-edge company than Google.”…