| Fisheries
Grants |
| Cape
Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association, Chatham,
MA $20,000 |
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In support of
a campaign to protect the Atlantic herring from overfishing
and to reduce by-catch in this important fishery. |
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| Conservation
Law Foundation, Boston, MA $25,000 |
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A two-year grant,
in collaboration with the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s
Association, to help document and assess the first community-based
quota system in New England. |
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| Northwest
Atlantic Marine Alliance, Saco, ME $75,000 |
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Over three years,
to help strengthen the administrative capacity of this organization
dedicated to restoring and enhancing an enduring Northwest Atlantic
marine system. |
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| Northwest
Atlantic Marine Alliance, Saco, ME $5,000 |
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For a series of
technical support consultations. |
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| The
Lobster Conservancy, Friendship, ME $15,000 |
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To enhance the
Conservancy’s ability to sustain a thriving lobster fishery
through science by assisting it with a change in leadership. |
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| Northern
Forest Grants |
| American Chestnut
Foundation, Bennington, VT $25,000 |
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Continued support of efforts to
restore the American chestnut tree to its native range using
a scientific research and breeding program. |
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| Appalachian
Mountain Club, Boston, MA $25,000 |
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In support of community economic
development that supports and exploits conservation goals, particularly
the work of Businesses for the Northern Forest. |
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| National Wildlife
Federation, Montpelier, VT $28,000 |
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Over two years, to support expansion
of the model A Forest for Every Classroom professional
development program for Vermont teachers. |
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| Northern Forest
Center, Concord, NH $150,000 |
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Over three-years, to increase the
Center’s capacity to build a public consensus to conserve
and enhance the cultural, civic, economic and ecological wealth
of the Northern Forest. |
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| Quebec-Labrador
Foundation, Ipswich, MA $30,000 |
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Over two years, to support of the
Community Forest Program to expand community ownership and management
of productive forestland as a community development strategy. |
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| Residents’
Committee to Protect the Adirondacks, North Creek, NY, $15,000 |
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In support of the Adirondack Park
Sustainable Forestry Project to build a local wood products
industry that uses certified, Adirondack-grown wood. |
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| N.E.G.E.F |
| N.E.
Grassroots Environment Fund, Montpelier, VT $200,000 |
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Sustaining support over 5 years
for this small grants program designed to foster and give voice
to grassroots environmental initiatives in Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. |
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