$32,000 awarded to Wildlife Conservation Society in
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) will hire Sarah Reed as Project Leader for the Western Private Lands and Connectivity Conservation Project, building on work Sarah has already done with WCS through her David H. Smith Conservation...
$40,000 awarded to USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station in
The U.S. Forest Service's Northern Research Station, based in Amherst, Massachusetts, hired Susannah Lerman to lead a project to incorporate a wildlife habitat component to the NRS's urban forest evaluation program. The end goal was to...
$20,000 awarded to Pinchot Institute for Conservation in
The Pinchot Institute for Conservation has been awarded a third year of funding for Amy Rogers as Project Director, continuing to develop a conservation program for the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador focusing on reforestation and, this...
awarded to Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association in
This grant will allow the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association to expand Leslie Abramson's position to full time at the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Leslie will fill the role of Project Manager for the Whale/Vessel...
$20,000 awarded to Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition in
Dustin Mulvaney will continue his research into the safety and sustainability of the solar photovoltaic industry for a third year. Dustin and Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) will build on the momentum of the past two years of Dustin...
$30,000 awarded to Maine Department of Conservation in
This grant provides a second year of funding for Misha Mytar’s position as Senior Planner in Maine’s Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands. Misha’s work focuses on enhancing the economic and community development potential...
$40,000 awarded to California Public Utilities Commission in
Beckie Menten will work as a consultant with the California Public Utilities Commission in researching and developing energy efficiency implementation strategies to incorporate the goals of the recently adopted Energy Efficiency Strategic...
$25,000 awarded to California Invasive Plants Council in
Under this Leadership Grant, Doug Johnson, Executive Director of the California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC), will spend a portion of his time acting as Chair of the California Invasive Species Advisory Committee. The Committee is the...
American Rivers has hired Dr. Mark Tompkins to serve as a technical and policy advisor in high-level stakeholder deliberations on California’s Central Valley Flood Management Plan. Mark will develop technical studies, provide engineering...
Whale Trust received this Leadership Grant to hire Meagan Jones as its first full-time Executive Director. Meagan was one of the founders of the organization in 2001 and has been involved with the organization from the start. This year, she...