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Causes: Economic Development, Microfinance, Rural Economic Development
Mission: The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable purposes. The specific charitable purposes of the corporation include to receive and administer funds for mitigation of impacts to aquatic resources in the elizabeth river watershed, in the public interest and lessening the burden of government in the restoration of this natural resource. Funds held by living river restoration trust shall be used to support and implement the elizabeth river project's most currently adopted watershed action plan through means including, but not limited to, administration of funds received for land conservation and the mitigation of impacts to aquatic resources and promotion of land conservation, including but not limited to accepting and managing conservation easements and donated or otherwise acquired land.
Programs: Mitigation of impacts to the elizabeth river, including remediation of contaminated sediment and ongoing monitoring of results; conservation of conserved open space/wildlife habitat through ongoing management of existing conservation easements and pursuit of additional land conservation opportunities.