Posted March 31, 2016 5:35 pm by Comments

By Justin Stakes

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Washington, DC -(AmmoLand.com)- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invests $1 Million in Philadelphia’s John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge to Foster Education and Community Engagement

Many environmental barriers and challenges face residents in southwest Philadelphia, including wide boulevards and train tracks that isolate neighborhoods from natural areas, significant flooding concerns and demand for industrial expansion.

Through close coordination with Audubon Pennsylvania and community groups such as the Eastwick Friends and Neighbors Coalition, City Lights Network, Southwest CDC, Empowered CDC, and others, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been working with several partners to close the gap between the area’s communities and green spaces to contribute to building a healthy, connected environment. Recent successes include year-round youth employment programs, environmental education in public schools and working with neighbors to restore community gardens.

To build on that collaborative work, the Service announced today that the agency will invest $1 million annually at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Philadelphia, to continue engaging urban communities and youth in conservation and outdoor recreation at the refuge and nearby areas such as Cobbs Creek and Bartram’s Garden.

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