Pigeon River Fund Awards $350,365 in Water Quality Grants
By Marge | Published 2025-11-30T16:21:41.726+00:00
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November 30, 2025: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Press Release: The Pigeon River Fund of The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) awarded twelve grants totaling $350,365 to environmental groups working to improve surface water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitats, expand public use and access to waterways, and increase water quality awareness in Buncombe, Haywood, and Madison counties.
With these grants and since 1996, the Pigeon River Fund has distributed $10,594,556 in grants.The most recent Pigeon River Fund grant recipients are:$50,000 to Asheville GreenWorks to expand its cleanup operations, train and recruit new Streamkeeper volunteers, and replace two Trash Trout litter collection devices.$7,700 to Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District to support environmental education programming in Buncombe County, such as Camp RIO and the In Real Life afterschool prog