Southeast Aquatics Fund To Help Conservation, Species Protection In North-Central Alabama

By Michael Sznajderman

Helping save a tiny freshwater fish that hadn’t been seen in Alabama for more than a half-century and assessing ways to better protect two watersheds in the north-central portion of the state are the goals behind two grants going to Alabama nonprofits.

Birmingham-based Cawaco Resource, Conservation & Development Council (Cawaco RC&D) and the Nature Conservancy, Alabama Chapter, also based in the Magic City, will be the lead organizations on the two projects, which are being funded through the recently established Southeast Aquatics Fund. The fund is overseen by the nonprofit National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

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