National Wildlife Federation Receives Record $25 Million Annenberg Challenge Grant for Largest Urban Wildlife Crossing in the World
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Friday, May 14, 2021
b'LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A record $25 million conservation challenge grant from Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation to the National Wildlife Federation\'s #SaveLACougars campaign to build a wildlife crossing in the Los Angeles area will help the landmark project break ground later this year.
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- b'LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A record $25 million conservation challenge grant from Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation to the National Wildlife Federation\'s #SaveLACougars campaign to build a wildlife crossing in the Los Angeles area will help the landmark project break ground later this year.
- The #SaveLACougars campaign to build the crossing will serve as a model for urban wildlife conservation efforts across the globe.
- With this donation, the campaign has raised over $44 million to date, and needs to secure an estimated $35 million to unlock the Annenberg Challenge Grant and to break ground in November.\n"This incredible conservation challenge grant from Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation the largest ever received by the National Wildlife Federation puts us closer to breaking ground this year.
- The core partners include Caltrans, the National Park Service, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy/Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the National Wildlife Federation.