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Preservation Endowment The McDowell Sonoran Conservancy created an endowment to support ongoing preservation program needs. This endowment allows MSC to enhance and expand critical preservation programs. These currently include producing informational publications; guiding educational hikes and rides; training and overseeing trail building crews; enabling elementary schoolchildren to visit the Preserve; maintaining the Preserve Steward training classes and a partnership with Scottsdale Community College in the Center for Native and Urban Wildlife. The MSC partners with the Arizona Community Foundation which manages nearly $300 million in assets. The MSC Preservation Programs Endowment was started in November 2000. "In addition to all of our other activities, we must plan for the future of our preservation programs in a fiscally responsible manner. After careful research, we have determined that an endowment is the best tool to ensure the Preserve will always have strong community advocates.” MSC Board of Directors |
