Rensselaer Land Trust receives $5K grant | Environment

A $5,000 grant has been awarded to the Rensselaer Land Trust by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).

The grant is in support of the RBC Blue Water Project.  According to a release by RBC, the land trust will use the grant money to increase watershed awareness by developing an online interactive map of Rensselaer County’s watersheds, water districts and water sources.

“We will make information on water sources easily available to anyone with internet access, increasing awareness about the importance of water resources and how to keep water clean,” said the President of Rensselaer Land Trust Nick Conradin a statement. “We could not accomplish our mission without the support of companies like RBC who share in our beliefs about the value of protecting nature’s most precious resource.”

The RBC Blue Water Project is a program that hopes to foster a culture of water stewardship.  RBC is working to create a “blue water future” of sustainable water resources worldwide.