Streamkeepers Announce 2021 Grant Established in Honor of WC’s Fred Anliot

Grant Designed to Assist Area Water Quality Projects Dr. S. Fredrik Anliot, emeritus professor of biology at Wilmington College, advocated for clean waterways in the area with both his compelling voice and extensive background in science. PICTURED: Dr. Fred Anliot is pictured in 2004 leading a flora and fauna tour of the College's Hazard Arboretum and adjacent farmland along the Lytle Creek Greenway. Then, following his death in 2012, his estate plans directed the establishment of a fund designed "for the improvement of water quality in the Little Miami River and its tributaries in Clinton and Greene Counties of Ohio.” Administered through the Clinton Streamkeepers' Sture Fredrik Anliot Fund, 2021 grants are available for various amounts for projects related to water quality including such activities as stream cleanups, monitoring, buffer strips, wetland restorations and other habitat work. Organizations eligible to receive the grant include civic groups, environmental organizations, nonprofits, schools or educational institutions, and watershed groups. The grant application is due April 9 with grants being awarded later that month. More information, including a downloadable application can be found at http://bit.ly/ccrpcnews. Applications should be submitted by the deadline to <staff@clintoncountyrpc.org> or mailed to: Clinton Streamkeepers, c/o Clinton County Foundation, P.O. Box 831, Wilmington, OH 45177. Anliot was a member of the biology faculty at Wilmington College for 35 years. He studied the watershed extensively, authoring articles and the book The Vascular Flora of Glen Helen, Clifton Gorge and John Bryan State Park.