National Wildlife Federation Receives Record $25 Million Annenberg Challenge Grant for Largest Urban Wildlife Crossing in the World
Annenberg Foundation s Conservation Challenge Grant Serves as a Call to Philanthropists to Help Protect A Threatened Biodiversity Hotspot in Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A record $25 million conservation challenge grant from Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation to the National Wildlife Federation s #SaveLACougars campaign to build a wildlife crossing in the Los Angeles area will help the landmark project break ground later this year. The wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon over the 101 Freeway – which will be the largest wildlife crossing in the world will reconnect a long-fragmented ecosystem, a biodiversity hotspot, and help protect the endangered mountain lion population and other wildlife that make their home in the Santa Monica Mountains.
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Annenberg s donation may help the crossing break ground in November. (Living Habitats LLC/National Wildlife Federation)
AGOURA HILLS, CA Beverly Hills philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, president and CEO of the Annenberg Foundation, is awarding a $25 million challenge grant to the National Wildlife Federation s #SaveLACougars campaign to build a wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon, over the 101 Freeway. The National Wildlife Foundation said that this is the largest challenge grant it has ever received.
The grant stipulates that the 210-foot-bridge - the largest of its kind in the world once complete - will need to secure $35 million to unlock the Annenberg grant. So far, the crossing has raised $44 million, and is estimated to cost $87 million. If the project can secure the grant, it will reach its goal, and break ground in November, according to the Annenberg Foundation.
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A rendering of the wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon, which be adorned with native vegetation. The crossing could break ground in November thanks to the Annenberg grant. (Living Habitats LLC/National Wildlife Federation)
LOS ANGELES, CA Beverly Hills philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, president and CEO of the Annenberg Foundation, is awarding a $25 million challenge grant to the National Wildlife Federation s #SaveLACougars campaign to build a wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon, over the 101 Freeway. The National Wildlife Foundation said that this is the largest challenge grant it has ever received.
The grant stipulates that the 210-foot-bridge - the largest of its kind in the world once complete - will need to secure $35 million to unlock the Annenberg grant. So far, the crossing has raised $44 million, and is estimated to cost $87 million. If the project can secure the grant, it will reach its goal, and break ground in November, according to the Annenberg Foundation.