Environmental Trust official assures grants will be awarded, despite pause

Environmental Trust official assures grants will be awarded, despite pause

Members of the Nebraska Environmental Trust met Thursday but took no action on removing a “pause” in awarding $18 million in grants this year. (Paul Hammel/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — The Nebraska Environmental Trust took no action Thursday on a request to lift a pause on lottery grant awards for conservation and wildlife groups amid worries that Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan to sweep $40 million from the agency would “kill” the operation. The Trust a…