PORTLAND, Ore. – On Thursday, August 25th in Portland, Oregon, Governor John Kitzhaber will award $481,690 in thirteen grants to aid farmers, landowners, and local governments for being stewards of our natural resources.
The grants are funded by the Oregon Governor’s Fund for the Environment, which is supported by pollution penalties. Since its inception in 2005, polluters have been ordered to pay nearly $5 million into the fund.
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