Sustainability nonprofit awards grants to 3 organizations

The Wright Foundation for Sustainability and Innovation (WFSI), a nonprofit headquartered in West Des Moines, has announced three grants totaling $162,376 to three Iowa organizations. Friends of Des Moines Parks received a $50,243 grant to plant 150-250 trees to address the decline of mature trees in the city’s public golf courses and cemeteries. The proposed project seeks to offset the effects of bur oak blight, emerald ash borer, age and wind events with a 12-year reforestation plan, according to a news release. The UNI Center for Energy & Environmental Education was awarded $62,133 to plant 3,000 trees in urban and rural communities affected by climate disasters throughout Iowa. A $50,000 grant to the Nature Conservancy in Iowa will aim to improve adoption of conservation agronomy practices at two lakesheds in northwest Iowa.

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