Seventeen Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grants totaling more than $55-thousand dollars have been awarded for habitat development at schools and other public places.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Conservation Foundation announced today the recipients include DeSoto Grade School, for its sixth through eighth graders standard pollinator garden and Bartelso School District 57 in Clinton County, for the pollinator garden overseen by its fifth through eighth graders.
Applications will be accepted soon for the next round of Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action grants, with an application deadline of November 30.
