Water Management Trust Fund awards $26 million
The N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund is closing out the 2017 grant year after having given nearly $26 million in awards.
The grant dollars funded 66 projects throughout the state, protecting more than 16,000 acres, more than 11,400 of which will be open for hiking and other recreational uses. Grant projects restore more than 33 miles of state waterways, protecting hundreds of species of rare plants and animals.
The $26 million total includes $4 million raised through license plate sales since the initial grants were awarded in September 2017. While more than $20 million was awarded at that time, grant requests totaling $67 million were left unfunded due to lack of funds, so the CWMTF board made a list of projects to be funded with any extra revenue from license plate sales and returned grants.
