In a related story, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, or SNC, has just announced it will give away another 17 million in state grants to approved projects this year. The SNC is a state agency created by bi-partisan legislation and signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2004. The SNC region, which is made up of all or part of 22 counties and over 25 million acres, “is one of the most significant natural and biologically diverse regions in the world” and includes Amador County. According to the group’s website, the SNC “initiates, encourages, and supports efforts that improve the environmental, economic and social well-being of the Sierra Nevada Region, its communities and the citizens of California.” In fiscal year 2007/08, the SNC distributed nearly 17 million dollars to 146 projects throughout the Sierra Nevada, some of which went to Amador County groups. Most of that money came from Prop 84, or the 2006 Safe Drinking Water Bond Act.
Thursday, 24 July 2008 01:42
Sierra Nevada Conservancy Giving Out $17 Mil in Grants
In a related story, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, or SNC, has just announced it will give away another 17 million in state grants to approved projects this year. The SNC is a state agency created by bi-partisan legislation and signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2004. The SNC region, which is made up of all or part of 22 counties and over 25 million acres, “is one of the most significant natural and biologically diverse regions in the world” and includes Amador County. According to the group’s website, the SNC “initiates, encourages, and supports efforts that improve the environmental, economic and social well-being of the Sierra Nevada Region, its communities and the citizens of California.” In fiscal year 2007/08, the SNC distributed nearly 17 million dollars to 146 projects throughout the Sierra Nevada, some of which went to Amador County groups. Most of that money came from Prop 84, or the 2006 Safe Drinking Water Bond Act.
