Throwe Environmental (TE) serves as Field Liaisons for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Great Lakes Grant Programs (GLGP), including the Sustain Our Great Lakes (SOGL) Program, the Chi-Cal Rivers Fund, the Southeast Michigan Resilience Fund (SEMRF), and the Conservation Partners Program (CPP). 

To date, SOGL has awarded more than $140 million to projects that support restoration in the Great Lakes basing; Chi-Cal has awarded more than $16 million to improve the health, vitality, and accessibility of the waterways in the Chicago and Calumet regions; SEMRF has awarded more than $9 million to help increase the resilience of communities and natural resources in Southeast Michigan; and CPP has awarded more than $85 million to supporting voluntary conservation partnerships on private, working lands.

As Field Liaisons, TE provides one-to-one assistance to prospective and current GLGP grantees as they seek to develop competitive NFWF proposals.