Caterpillar Makes Donation

Equipment company gives $12 million to Great Rivers Partnership.

 

Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., has donated a total of $12 million over the next five years to the Nature Conservancy’s Great Rivers Partnership project.

 

The project works to conserve the large river systems on three continents—the Upper Mississippi River in the United States, the Paraguay/Parana River in Brazil, and the Upper Yangtze River in China.

 

The donation is the second largest in Caterpillar’s history, according to a release from the company.