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KALISPELL – The Glacier National Park Conservancy plans to spend $2.5 million to support 75 preservation, education and research projects in the Montana park next year.
The projects
to be funded by the park’s nonprofit fundraising arm include a citizen science
program that lets scientists use data collected by volunteer visitors who
spread out across the vast the park. They also include the park’s first social
media summit and research on Canada lynx, elk, rare plants and water quality.
The $2.5
million is an increase from the $2.3 million the conservancy earmarked for
projects in 2018.
The “Daily
Inter Lake” reports the bulk of the money raised, $1.2 million, will go to 37 preservation
projects. Another $865,000 will go to 25 education projects and $500,000 will
be earmarked for 13 scientific research projects.