Loup Basin RC&D Council is Awarded 2010 Grant From NDEQ

The Loup Basin RC&D Council has been awarded a grant in the amount of $27,840 from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality’s Litter Reduction Public Education program.  This award was one of 22 grants awarded in Nebraska for the Public Education category of this program. Altogether, a total of $1,900,000 was awarded to 76 projects in all categories.  Funds for the Litter Reduction and Recycling grant Program are generated from a fee charged to certain manufactures, wholesalers, and retailers of products that commonly contribute to litter.

The Loup Basin Council will use these funds to support Keep Loup Basin Beautiful activities including environmental education projects programs, and environmental information for all ages, pre-school through adults in Blaine, Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Howard, Loup, Sherman, Valley, and Wheeler counties.   

“Once again the department received applications from many outstanding projects from across the state,” said Mike Lander, Director of NQEQ.  “Local programs and communities are essential to the state’s efforts to promote litter reduction and recycling.”        

Please call 308-728-3393 or visit the Loup Basin RC&D, office located in Ord at the Ag Complex, if you would like more information about the 2010 education projects.