Duke Energy Foundation Issues Grants

The Duke Energy Foundation awards $250

Indiana nonprofit environmental organizations will benefit from grants from the Duke Energy Foundation. Ten organizations will receive $154,577 to improve the state’s environment.

“We understand the importance of maintaining a commitment to environmental responsibility in our communities,” said Melody Birmingham-Byrd, Duke Energy Indiana state president. “That’s why we work with a number of stakeholders to develop initiatives that lessen the impact of energy production on surrounding habitats.”

Organizations receiving grants:

• Sycamore Land Trust Beanblossom Bottoms nature preserve trail project in Monroe County – $27,500 –  to make the trail more accessible to visitors with disabilities
• Indiana Forest Alliance in Jackson County – $15,000 –  to enhance an aquatic salamander habitat in Indian Creek and the Blue River
• Wabash River Enhancement Corporation in Tippecanoe County – $24,077 –  to purchase supplies for water sampling on the Wabash River
• Blue River Community Foundation in Shelby County – $11,000 –  to help build two canoe access ramps to the river
• Indiana Natural Resources Foundation in Greene County – $20,000 –  to help fund interpretive exhibits in the Goose Pond fish and wildlife area
• Jeffersonville Township Public Library in Clark County – $15,000 – to help pay for a rain garden landscape project at the library’s Clarksville branch
• Indiana Wildlife Federation in Vigo County – $15,000 –  to help fund ongoing restoration efforts at Lake Le Fer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
• Owen County Soil and Water Conservation District in Owen County – $7,500 –  for the MYPath ecological restoration project
• Vermillion Trails Alliance in Vermillion County – $5,000 –  to help fund the Trail Head Park
• Hamilton County Parks and Recreation in Hamilton County – $14,500 –  toward a mobile environment and nature education trailer