Recent Environmental Program Grant Awards
The working wharf in Port Clyde, ME. Local nonprofits like the Island Institute and Coastal Enterprises, Inc. have worked with the Maine fishing community to preserve the state’s dwindling access to working waterfronts.
2011 Grants
Fisheries Grants
Cobscook Bay Resource Center, Eastport, ME
A three-year, $75,000 grant to enable the Cobscook Bay Resource Center to continue working for sustainable development in the Cobscook region of Maine using community-based approaches to resource management.
Island Institute, Rockland, ME
A $20,000 grant for a gear research project aimed at decreasing fossil fuel usage and minimizing seafloor impact in Maine fisheries.
Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, Gloucester, MA
A $10,000 grant to refine and test a Financial Forecasting Tool to be used by Community Supported Fisheries (CSF) and to support the product launch at a proposed CSF conference in early 2012.
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
A $25,000 grant to provide a range of technical assistance to the 16 new groundfish sectors in the Gulf of Maine. Support will include business modeling, operational planning and organizational training.
Northern Forest Grants
Northern Forest Center, Concord, NH
A two-year, $65,000 grant to support the organization’s work in the areas of renewable energy, ecosystem services, rural destination tourism, and sustainable forestry and wood products.
Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Waitsfield, VT
A $25,000 grant to support the agency’s work to steward and celebrate the natural environment along the 740-mile trail that span New York, Vermont, Quebec, New Hampshire and Maine.
2010 Grant
Cobscook Bay Resource Center, Eastport, MA $10,000
Supplemental funding for the agency’s sustainable development work in the Cobscook region.
2009 Grants
Fisheries Grants
Penobscot East Resource Center, Stonington, ME, $105,000
Over three years, general support for the organization’s work to secure a future for the fishing communities of Eastern Maine.
Other
N.E. Grassroots Environment Fund, Montpelier, VT, $120,000
Over three years, to support NEGEF’s work providing small grants and other support to New England-based grassroots groups.
2008 Grants
Fisheries Grants
Cobscook Bay Resource Center, Eastport, ME $60,000
Over three years, general support for the organization’s sustainable development work in the Cobscook region.
Cobscook Bay Resource Center, Eastport, ME $15,000
Capital support for a new shared-use facility in Eastport, ME to be used as a center for sustainable community development.
Island Institute, Rockland, ME $15,000
To create and distribute a multimedia DVD to lobster fishermen to help them adapt to changes in their industry.
Penobscot East Resource Center, Stonington, ME $20,000
Supplementary general support for 2008.
Penobscot East Resource Center, Stonington, ME $5,000
To support a professional development leadership training opportunity for the Executive Director.
Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Ipswich, MA $75,000
In support of Marine Program Director Jen Atkinson’s project to advance community-based, adaptive marine area management in the Muscongus Bay area of Maine.
Northern Forest Grants
Northern Forest Alliance, Stowe, VT $90,000
Over three years, general support for the organization’s efforts to lead community enhancement and land conservation initiatives in the Northern Forest.
Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Waitsfield, VT $75,000
Over three years, general support for the organization’s work to enhance community stewardship along the trail.
Northern Forest Center Concord, NH $120,000
Over three years, general support for the organization’s work to link social change and conservation in the Northern Forest.
