The FORWARD Endowment has now provided over $130,000 dollars in grants to projects and groups in Manitowoc County over the past 25-years.
According to a news release this week from Dean Halverson Chair of the Gift Committee, the Manitowoc County trust, established to contribute to hunting, fishing, conservation & related education, recently awarded approximately $8,300 dollars to 6-projects.
The awards went to:
*Valders High School Fishing Club for equipment & competition needs.
*The Pigeon Lake Association for its’ fish stocking Program.
*Bullhead Lake Association to handle Alum treatment for Lake Restoration.
*4H Camp Tapawingo for Geocaching & Navigation Program.
*Conservation Education Inc for Snowshoe Program Development.
*and the Wisconsin Maritime Museum and its’ Sensory Friendly Nights Education Program.
FORWARD stands for Friends of Resources, Wildlife, and Recreational Development. It was founded in 1993 by the Manitowoc Unit of County Fish & Game and is an independent 501-C3 charitable trust.
The Manitowoc County Fish & Game Protective Association was founded in ‘1907’ and is recognized as one of the oldest groups of its’ kind in the ‘nation.’