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PROPOSED DISBURSEMENT
Department(s): Resource Management
Action: Request to disburse payment
Payee: Friends of the Forest Preserves, Chicago, Illinois
Good(s) or Service(s): Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps (CCLC) internship program, Summer 2014
Fiscal Impact: $200,000.00
Accounts: Intern Programs 09-6758, Habitat Restoration 09-6750
Contract Number(s): 13-31-118
Summary: The CCLC program is a six week internship that engaged 60 youth and 18 leaders in hands-on restoration and ecologically based educational activities throughout the Forest Preserves. Friends of the Forest Preserves and their partner the Student Conservation Association worked with District staff at several host sites to promote stewardship of natural lands by the next generation of conservation leaders.
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