There are many ways to contribute to The Mendon Foundation, and your contribution is essential to keeping green areas around for future generations. Green space is essential for recharging our aquifers, preventing pollution of surface and ground waters, filtering sediments, limiting air pollution, and maintaining wildlife habitat and other natural systems. Open space preserves our heritage. When we maintain open land we sustain our natural environment of forests, prairies, mountains, rivers, beaches, farmland, etc. that have uniquely shaped the character of our country and its people. Open space creates economic activity from the productive use of lands for recreation and tourism, agriculture, and forestry. Open space helps state and local governments work efficiently. Preserving open space means that government services will be better focused, tax dollars will be saved and vital productive resources will be saved for the future.
