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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Department of Resource Management
Grantee: Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”)
Grantor: Forest Preserve Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization to accept grant and enter into agreement
Purpose: Ecological restoration at Schubert’s Woods Preserve
Grant Amount: $9,000.00
Grant Period: 12/15/2020 - 9/30/2021
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: Grant and Mitigation 51010.521444
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer has approved this item. Final grant agreement is subject to legal review and approval.
District(s): 6
Summary: The Forest Preserves has been awarded grant funds by the Forest Preserve Foundation to support 2 acres of ecological restoration at Schubert’s Woods Preserve near the Village of Park Forest, along the Sauk Trail preserve system in southern Cook County. Schubert’s Woods is a rich woodland and floodplain forest that sits on an ancient moraine with rolling hills and is bisected by Thorn Creek. Restoration will include removal and treatment of invasive brush at a key location to improve the health of this preserve.
Total project costs to be covered in full by the grant amount are $9,000.00. The work will be conducted at no additional cost to the Forest Preserves. The grant award will require the execution of a grant agreement.
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