Article published May 30, 2003
U.S. grant to benefit Kitty Todd Preserve
The Ohio Chapter of the Nature Conservancy will receive $86,711 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help preserve endangered species at the conservancy-owned Kitty Todd Preserve in western Lucas County.
The award was one of 113 grants totaling $9.4 million nationwide announced this week by Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton as part of the Private Stewardship Grant program.
The conservancy's Ohio chapter will use the grant to hire seasonal workers to remove overgrown trees and brush at the 630-acre preserve to create habitat for the endangered Karner blue butterfly and other species at risk, conservancy officials said.
The Kitty Todd Preserve is part of the Oak Openings Region Green Ribbon Initiative, directed by a coalition that includes the conservancy, Toledo Area Metroparks, and the Toledo Zoo.
The effort's aim is to conserve an additional 6,000 acres in a section of western Lucas County and in Fulton and Henry counties known as home to 180 species of rare plants and animals.
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