All Grant Recipients

 

Fall 2010 Freshwater Future Climate Grant Recipients 

 

2009 December Technology and Insight Grant Awards

Blanchard River Watershed Partnership
Purpose: Development Of A Web Site To Post Data And Information
December Technology Grant Award: $1,500

Citizens Against Racing Speedway (CARS)
Purpose: Develop A Strategy To Protect This Land, Develop A Membership Program, And A Financial Tracking System
December Insight Grant Award: $2,100 toward Freshwater Future consulting services

Clean Wisconsin
Purpose: Improve Infrastructure Related To Their Membership Database Management, Improve Their Rapidly Developing Website, Update Computer Workstations
December Technology Grant Award: $4,500

Friends of Jean Klock Park
Purpose: Purchase A Computer, Software, Printer, And Camera
December Technology Award: $1,400

Friends of the Jordan River Watershed
Purpose: Purchase A Video Camera And Computer To Produce High Quality Videos
December Technology Grant Award: $3,250

HIGHWAY J CITIZENS GROUP
Purpose: Purchase A Video Camera, Computer, And Software
December Technology Grant Award: $1,700

Kalamazoo River Sturgeon for Tomorrow
Purpose: Develop A Website And For Hardware And Software Needs
December Technology Grant Award: $1,550

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Purpose: Re-vamp Their Website And Purchase A Projector, Computer, Donation Database And External Hard Drive
December Technology Grant Award: $2,499

Native American Educational Technologies, Inc.
Purpose: Build A Website And Purchase Two Computers And Software
December Technology Grant Award: $3,000

Northwest Michigan Onsite Wastewater Task Force, Inc.
Purpose: Purchase A Computer, Software, Backup Drive, Projector, And Printer.
December Technology Grant Award: $2,160

Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Association
Purpose: Purchase A Computer, Software, Back Up Drive, Projector, And A Printer/scanner/fax
December Technology Grant Award: $2,043

Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance
Purpose: Purchase A Computer, Software, Hard Drive, And Hire A Consultant To Assist With Their Membership Database
December Technology Grant Award: $2,188

St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative
Purpose: Re-vamp Their Website
December Technology Grant Award: $1,000

Save The Wild UP
Purpose: Purchase Two Computers And Hire A Consultant To Assist With Their Database
December Technology Grant Award: $2,500

West Creek Preservation Committee
Purpose: Purchase A Computer, Software, And GPS
December Technology Grant Award: $2,065

Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Association
Purpose: Purchase A Computer, Software, Projector, Hard Drive, Video Recorder, Camera And Develop A Fundraising And Membership Plan.
December Technology Grant Award: $2,045
December Insight Grant Award: $1,500 toward Freshwater Future consulting services

Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Inc.
Purpose: Purchase A Computer, Software, And GPS
December Technology Grant Award: $1,600

Fall 2009 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

Adirondack Communities Advisory League (ACAL)
Project Title: Clean Water Act Citizens' Suit Continuation to Protect Moose Creek
Fall TA Grant Award: $3,500

Blue Eco Legal Council
Project Title: Petition to Supreme Court of Adverse Citizen Suit Decision in Federal Court
Fall Project Grant Award: $3,300

CROP PLUS (Concerned Residents of Portland, NY plus People Like Us)
Project Title: Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust: Are roads safe with coal ash?
Fall Insight Grant Award: $562.50 toward Freshwater Future consulting time
Fall Project Grant Award: $2,000
Fall TA Grant Award: $2,000

Finger Lakes Zero Waste Coalition, Inc. (FLZWC)
Project Title: Project FLOWS (Finger Lakes Organizing Waste Strategies)
Fall Project Grant Award: $2,000
Fall TA Grant Award: $2,000

HIGHWAY J CITIZENS GROUP
Project Title: Grassroots Initiative to Stop an Environmentally-Destructive Road Expansion Project in Wisconsin
Fall Project Grant Award: $1,000
Fall TA Grant Award: $3,500

Legal Environmetal Aid Foundation of Indiana, Inc. (LEAF)
Project Title: Strategic Planning for 2010-2013
Fall Insight Grant Award: $2,250 toward Freshwater Future consulting time
Fall Project Grant Award: $800

Paradise Lake Association
Project Title: Eurasian Water Milfoil Management
Fall Insight Grant of $393.75 toward Freshwater Future consulting services

Rotary Club of Grand Bend Inc.
Project Title: Kading Drain Community-Based Watershed Plan: Outreach, Stewardship and Monitoring
Fall Project Grant Award: $2925
Fall TA Grant Award: $375

Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance (SDCA)
Project Title: Preserving/Protecting the Lower Kalamazoo River & Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Region
Fall Project Grant Award: $3,000
Fall TA Grant Award: $2,000

Thumb Land Conservancy
Project Title: Upper Black River Restoration Plan
Fall Project Grant Award: $1,000
Fall TA Grant Award: $3,500

Spring 2009 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

Anishinaabe Niijii - Protect the Earth
Project Title: Truth Telling: Proving the Kennecott Ladysmith Metallic Sulfide Mine is Polluted
Spring Project Grant Award: $2500
Spring TA Grant Award: $1200

Friends of the Jordan River Watershed
Project Title: Site Specific Remediation Alternatives and Independent Technical and Regulatory Review to Defeat the Alba Injection Well
Spring Project Grant Award: $1500
Spring TA Grant Award: $3500

Front 40 Environmental Fight
Project Title: Front 40 Educational Outreach Project
Spring Project Grant Award: $2000

Georgian Bay Association Foundation
Project Title: Adopt A Wetland
Spring Project Grant Award: $2000

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Project Title: Back to Court with Nestlé Waters North America
Spring Project Grant Award: $2200
Spring TA Grant Award: $1800

Paradise Lake Association
Project Title: Aquatic Habitat Restoration: Controlling Eurasian Water Milfoil Growth with Biological Methods
Spring TA Grant Award: $1500

Residents for Responsible Government
Project Title: Educating the Public to Oppose Toxic Landfilling that Contaminates the Great Lakes
Spring Project Grant Award: $3500
Spring TA Grant Award: $1000

Save the Wild UP
Project Title: Protecting Watersheds of the Upper Peninsula and Great Lakes Basin Through Outreach and Education
Spring Project Grant Award: $2200

Two Rivers Coalition
Project Title: Black River and Paw Paw River Watersheds Phosphorous Fertilizer Outreach Project
Spring Project Grant Award: $1700
Spring TA Grant Award: $700

Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
Project Title: Holding the Line: Strategic Planning for a Watershed in Danger
Spring Project Grant Award: $1000

Fall 2008 Freshwater Future Grant Recipient

Blu Eco Legal Council
Project Title: Appeal of Adverse Citizen Suit Decision in Federal Court
Fall Project Grant Award: $2,000

Citizens Concerned for Michipicoten Bay
Project Title: Long-Term Cumulative Impacts of Quarry on Lake Superior
Fall TA Grant Award: $2,500

Door County Environmental Council, Inc.
Project Title: Promotion of Engineered/Created Wetland Wastewater System for Homeowners
Fall Project Grant Award: $1,000

Grosse Ile Nature and Land Conservancy
Project Title: Remediation of the Intrepid Detention Pond on the Grosse Ile Commerce Park Grounds
Fall Project Grant Award: $1,500

Highway J Citizens Group, U.A
Project Title: Grassroots Initiative to Stop an Environmentally-Destructive Road Expansion Project in Wisconsin
Fall TA Grant Award: $2,500

Junior Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Association
Project Title: Youth Taking Action - Spreading the Word
Fall Project Grant Award: $1,000

Norwood Township Citizens for Health and Safety
Project Title: Protect Norwood Township Resources: Wetlands, Parks, Whiskey Creek and Zoning
Fall TA Grant Award: $2,500

People In Need of Environmental Safety
Project Title: PINES Citizen Empowerment Project Phase III
Fall TA Grant Award: $3,500

Religious Coalition for the Great Lakes
Project Title: RCGL Education and Advocacy Training
Fall Project Grant Award: $2,700

Two Rivers Coalition
Project Title: Two Rivers Coalition Initialization Project
Fall TA Grant Award: $1,500

Save Lake Superior Association
Project Title: Protecting Minnesota's Waters from Metallic Sulfide Mining
Fall TA Grant Award: $3,000

Protect JKP
Project Title: Protect JKP From Private Development and Litigate National Environmental Policy Act Violations
Fall TA Grant Award: $2,500

Western Lake Erie Association
Project Title: Reducing Fish Kills in Power Plant Intakes
Fall TA Grant Award: $2,500

Spring 2008 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

Niagara River Area Property Owners Group
Project Title: Protect Our Wetlands(Niagara River/Lake Erie)
TA Grant Award: $2000

Ohio Coastal Resource Management Project
Project Title: Lake Erie Shore Lines: Who's Watching the Shore?
Project Grant Award: $1420
TA Grant Award: $580

Friends of Oliphant Coastal Environments
Project Title: Building Awareness, Community Capacity and Municipal Support for Oliphant Coastal Preservation
Project Grant Award: $500
TA Grant Award: $1500

Friends of Jean Klock Park
Project Title: JEAN KLOCK PARK: Commitment to preserving an endangered Great Lakes coastal resource
Project Grant Award: $1500
TA Grant Award: $2500

Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council
Project Title: Promoting Low-Impact Development with Grassroots Advocacy, Education, and Ordinances
TA Grant Award: $2000

Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance
Project Title: Preserving & Protecting The Lower Kalamazoo River & Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Region
Project Grant Award: $2500

Watershed Watchers, inc.
Project Title: Grassroots Citizen Efforts to Protect Wetlands
TA Grant Award: $2000

Northwoods Wilderness Recovery
Project Title: NWR Media Project
Project Grant Award: $1500

Finger Lakes Future Alliance
Project Title: FLFA Campaign for an EIS
Project Grant Award: $2000
TA Grant Award: $3500

Residents for Responsible Government
Project Title: Protecting the Lake Ontario Watershed from Hazardous Waste
TA Grant Award: $2000

Fall 2007 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

Friends of Big Creek
Project Title: "Information and Promotion Program: Watershed Stewardship, Greenspace Preservation and the Organization's Role
Project Grant Award: $1,250

Friends of Fort Erie's Creeks
Project Title: "Friends of Fort Erie's Creeks Wetlands Awareness Initiative
Project Grant Award: $1,000

Friends of the Jordan River Watershed
Project Title: "Coordinating Responsible Public Advocacy in Implementing Long Term Best Management Practices (BMP's) in the Containment and Disposal of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) Materials
Project Grant Award: $2,000
Technical Grant Award: $3,500

Highway J Citizens Group
Project Title: "Grassroots Initiative to Stop an Environmentally-Destructive Road Expansion in Wisconsin
Project Grant Award: $3,500
Technical Grant Award: $1,000

Leelanau Forum
Project Title: "Northport Groundwater Discharge Challenge
Project Grant Award: $2,000
Technical Grant Award: $3,500

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Project Title: "Back to Court - Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Project Grant Award: $1,500
Technical Grant Award: $3,500

Onondaga Creek Conservation Association
Project Title: "Onondaga Creek Corridor Conservation Project: Capacity Building & Farm Campaign
Project Grant Award: $1,500
Technical Grant Award: $1,000

Root River Council
Project Title: "Revializing the Root River in Racine, WI
Project Grant Award: $1000

Save the Wild UP
Project Title: "Protecting U.P. Aquatic Resources by Protecting Surface Landowner Rights
Project Grant Award: $3500

Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Inc.
Project Title: "Increasing Access to Information Through Outreach Development
Project Grant Award: $2100

Spring 2007 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

EarthWatch Ohio
Project Title: Educate Ohio citizens about the importance of protecting the Great Lakes
Project Grant Award:$1167

East Michigan Environmental Action Council
Project Title: Water for Life Community and Youth Stewardship Campaign
Project Grant Award:$2500

Niagara River Area Property Owners Group
Project Title: Protect Our Wetlands (Niagara River/Lake Erie)
TA Grant Award:$2500

Indian Mission Conservation Club
Project Title: The "Protect Our Parks" initiative
TA Grant Award:$3500

Friends of Jean Klock Park
Project Title: JEAN KLOCK PARK: Commitment to preserving an endangered Great Lakes coastal resource.
Project Grant Award:$2000
TA Grant Award:$3500

Watershed Watchers/Taxpayers Against Airport Growth
Project Title: Grassroots Citizen Opposition to the City of West Bend Airport Expansion
Project Grant Award:$1000
TA Grant Award:$2500Adirondack Communities Advisory League
Project Title: Clean Water Act Citizens' Suit for the Protection of Moose Creek
TA Grant Award:$3500

Quinte Watershed Cleanup
Project Title: Bay of Quinte Shoreline Re-Naturalization
Project Grant Award:$3000

Anishinabek of the Gitchi Gami
Project Title: A Draft Vision for Fort William First Nation Aquatic Communities
Project Grant Award:$2700
TA Grant Award:$1300

Citizens Concerned for Michipicoten Bay
Project Title: Protection of eastern Lake Superior coastal habitat from proposed major industrial activity
Project Grant Award:$1000
TA Grant Award:$1500

Duluth Open Space and Urban Wilderness Alliance
Project Title: A Citizen-Driven Protection Strategy for Lake Superior Basin Public Lands/Watercourses
Project Grant Award:$2500

Fall 2006 Grant Recipients

Bad River Watershed Associaiton
Project Title: “Collaborating on Culverts for Watershed Health”
Project Grant Award: $2,500
Technical Grant Award: $3,500

Beach Aid-East Harbor
Project Title: “East Harbor State Park Beach Restoration Initiative”
Project Grant Award: $2,500

Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, Inc.
Project Title: “’Riverwatch’ Volunteer Waterway Monitoring Program”
Project Grant Award: $3,500
Technical Grant Award: $500

Citizens Concerned for Michipicoten Bay
Project Title: “Protection of Coastal Habitat on Lake Superior by Exercising Citizen Rights through the OMB”
Project Grant Award: $3,500
Technical Grant Award: $2,000

Highway J Citizens Group, U.A.
Project Title: “Grassroots Initiative to Stop an Environmentally-Destructive Road Expansion Project in Wisconsin”
Project Grant Award: $1,000
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $3,500

Junction Creek Stewardship Committee
Project Title: “Junction Creek Healthy Watershed Advocacy Project”
Project Grant Award: $2,500
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $1,000

Northwoods Wilderness Recovery
Project Title: “Northwoods Media Project”
Project Grant Award: $3,000

Protecting Escarpment Rural Land
Project Title: “Protecting the Niagara Escarpment From Quarry Proposal”
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $3,500

Scugog Lake Stewards, Inc.
Project Title: “Scugog Lake Stewards Shoreline Informational Brochure”
Project Grant Award: $1,550

Superior Broadcast Network
Project Title: “Diibiisku~Nibi: ‘We Are All Connected By Water’ – A Grassroots Community Media Campaign”
Project Grant Award: $3,500
Technical Assistance Grant: $2,000

2006 Theme Grants

Midwest Environmental Advocates
Project Title: Sustaining Communities Campaign: Connecting Smart Growth and Clean Water in the Great Lakes Basin
Project Grant Award: $8000

Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Project Title: Minimizing Residential Construction Impacts on Lake Superior Shoreline: A Citizen's Stormwater Initiative
Project Grant Award: $8000

River Alliance of Wisconsin
Project Title: Building Wisconsin Watershed Organizations' Ability to Protect their Waters from Conservation Activities
Project Grant Award: $6000

Wisconsin Wetlands Association
Project Title: Wetlands and Stormwater Management: A Proactive Approach to Protecting Watershed Health
Project Grant Award: $8000

Spring 2006 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

Beaver Island Property Owners' Association
Project Title: "Beaver Island: A great Lakes Jewel' - a grassroots eduaction/advocacy project
Project Grant Award: $3000

Friends of Silver Lake
Project Title: Promises Kept - Watchdogging the construction of the Vale Park Link
Project Grant Award: $3100

Georgian Bay Association
Project Title: Wetland Monitoring and Preservation (Eastern Georgian Bay)
Project Grant Award: $2500

Lone Tree Council
Project Title: Protect and preserve wetlands/floodplain in Saginaw Bay Watershed
Project Grant Award: $3800

Maumee Bay Association
Project Title: There is little to no need for lawn treatment companies to put phosphorus on existing lawns.
Project Grant Award: $3000

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Project Title: MI Citizens for Water Conservation v. Nestle' and the MI Supreme Court
Project Grant Award: $3500

Niagara River Area Property Owners Group
Project Title: Protect Our Wetlands (Niagara River/Lake Erie/Fort Erie)
Project Grant Award: $3300

Quinte Watershed Cleanup Inc.
Project Title: Reduce the use of cosmetic pesticides in the Bay of Quinte Watershed
Project Grant Award: $3000

Residents for Responsible Government
Project Title: Protecting the Lake Ontario Watershed and the Health of the Community
Project Grant Award: $5000

Save Lake Superior Association
Project Title: Protecting Minnesota's Waters from Sulfide Mining
Project Grant Award: $3500

Save Lighthouse Point
Project Title: Legal Assistance-Building Save Lighthouse Point's Organization to Protect the Two Harbors Waterfront
Project Grant Award: $5500

Watershed Watchers/ Taxpayers Against Airport Growth
Project Title: Grassroots Citizen Opposition to the City of West Bend Airport Expansion
Project Grant Award: $3000

2005 Freshwater Future Special Opportunity Grant Recipients

Highway J Citizens Group
Project Title: Stop the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Highway 164 four-lane expansion project
Project Grant Award: $500

Duck and Otter Creeks Partnership, Inc.
Project Title: Special Opportunity Grant to finance consultant for Duck and Otter Creeks Partnership strategic planning.
Project Grant Award: $300

Illinois Audubon Society
Project Title: Attendence to the US Fish & Wildlife Service's pre-season Piping Plover conference in Pellston, MI
Project Grant Award: $250

Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council
Project Title: Newsletter and website evaluation grant award recipient
Project Grant Award: $250

Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Inc.
Project Title: Hydrology Plan - Yellow Dog Plains
Project Grant Award: $500

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Project Title: Printing and mailing over 3,000 pieces of mail to residents in the city of Evart and 2 surrounding townships
Project Grant Award: $500

Ann Kierst
Project Title: Deny any movement of existing soils, new soils, any dredging, including the building of homes on this property (SOG05)
Project Grant Award: $500

Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Project Title: Defray the legal costs of working to save Lighthouse Point from development (SOG05)
Project Grant Award: $500

Fall 2005 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

Protect The Earth-Anishinaabe Niijii
Project Title: Protecting Our Wild Endangered Rice ("P.O.W.E.R".) Sharing Circles
Project Grant Award: $2,500

Citizens Concerned for Michipicoten Bay (CCMB)
Project Title: Utilizing the OMB process to protect coastal habitat on Lake Superior
Project Grant Award: $5,000

Friends of the Crooked River
Project Title: Green Energy? Brown Valley!! Save the Cuyahoga River from Hydro Proposal
Project Grant Award: $3,500

Mona Lake Watershed Council
Project Title: Water quality monitoring to justify a flow-through marsh project
Project Grant Award: $1,420

Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, Inc.
Project Title: Strategic Communications and Fundraising Capacity Building for Watershed Protection
Project Grant Award: $1,750

Friends of the Coves Subwatershed Inc.
Project Title: Community Aquatic Rehabilitation Project (CARP)
Project Grant Award: $2,000

Harbor Friends
Project Title: Develop grassroots community involvement in protecting the Grand Marais harbor
Project Grant Award: $3,500

Pesticide Free Ontario
Project Title: Lawn Care That Won't Cost the Earth
Project Grant Award: $2,800

Highway J Citizens Group
Project Title: Grassroots initiative to stop an environmentally-destructive road expansion project in Wisconsin
Project Grant Award: $3,000

Citizens Against Toxic Substance (CATS)
Project Title: Citizens Against Toxic Substances
Project Grant Award: $5,000

Save Lighthouse Point
Project Title: Building Save Lighthouse Point's Organization to Protect Two Harbor's Waterfront
Project Grant Award: $4,000

Spring 2005 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

Antrim County United Through Ecology (ACUTE)
Project Title: Antrim Citizen Coalition Seeking Solutions to Trillions of Gallons of Groundwater Contamination by TCE
Project Grant Award: $3,000

Bad River Watershed Association
Project Title: Citizen Advocacy to Improve Town Road Work in Streams
Project Grant Award: $3000
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $2,000

Bob Cragin
Project Title: Protect the Viability of the Clough Island Complex
Project Grant Award: $2000
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $1,000

Friends of the Boyne River
Project Title: Save the Boyne River
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $2,800

Friends of the Detroit River
Project Title: Disseminating Public Information About the Environmental Problems Along the Detroit River
Project Grant Award: $3,000

Gaia Defense League
Project Title: The Gaia Defense League On and In the Streams
Project Grant Award: $3,500

Kalamazoo River Protection Association
Project Title: Informing stakeholders along the Kalamazoo River of failures to remove 6 million cubic yards of contamination
Project Grant Award: $3,000
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $2,000

Niagara River Area Property Owners
Project Title: Protect Our Wetlands (Niagara River/Fort Erie)
Project Grant Award: $2,000
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $3,500

Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition
Project Title: The Wave: Healthy Yards - Healthy Waters program to reduce phosphorus in runoff
Project Grant Award: $2,500

Residents for Responsible Government
Project Title: Lake Ontario watershed sampling and educational program
Project Grant Award: $2,800

Taxpayers Against Airport Growth
Project Title: Grassroots Citizen Opposition to the City of West Bend Airport Expansion
Project Grant Award: $3,000
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $2,000

Tinkers Creek Land Conservancy
Project Title: A grassroots initiative to encourage and facilitate land conservation priorities in the watershed
Project Grant Award: $3,200

Wolfe Island Wildlife Association
Project Title: The Wolfe Island Wetland Corridor, Phase II - Mobilizing Community for Aquatic Habitat Protection
Project Grant Award: $500
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $1,800

2005 Theme Grants

Biodiversity Project
Project Title: Great Lakes Blog: Connecting Communities on the Web
Project Grant Award: $8000

Clean Water Fund
Project Title: Grassroots Media Training
Project Grant Award: $7100

Great Lakes State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)
Project Title: Stormwater as a resource in the Great Lakes: Grassroots Communications Tools
Project Grant Award: $8000

Native American Educational Technologies (NAET)
Project Title: Giving Voice to Gitchi Gumi (Lake Superior): Organizing our Indigenous Homelands
Project Grant Award: $7000

2004 Special Opportunity Grants

Friends of the Detroit River
Project Title: Fees for Friends of the Detroit River Board Development Workshop
Project Grant Award: $500

Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Project Title: Efforts to greatly expand the grassroots network of citizens involved in the protection of aquatic habitats.
Project Grant Award: $500

Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers
Project Title: Assistance with funding to send Cheryl Nenn to a one-week training.
Project Grant Award: $500

Riversides Stewardship Alliance
Project Title: Purchasing equipment to continue the RiverSafe Carwash Campaign in order to achieve zero discharge of polluted runoff to storm sewers.
Project Grant Award: $426

Black Swamp Conservancy - Lake Erie Islands Chapter
Project Title: Purchasing a traveling exhibit to be used as part of a membership campaign and to promote conservation easement programs for Lake Erie water snake habitat.
Project Grant Award: $295

Climate Change Awareness Rally
Project Title: Facilities, phone and travel expenses for an event at the Michigan state capital on global warming and its impacts on our environment.
Project Grant Award: $250

Dunkirk High School Earth Science Club
Project Title: Planting beach grass plugs on Dunkirk's Point Gratiot to stop erosion.
Project Grant Award: $300

Erie County Environmental Coalition
Project Title: Purchasing a replacement computer for communicating with members.
Project Grant Award: $350

Greg Reisig
Project Title: Publicity and expenses for promoting the Rock the Wetlands event.
Project Grant Award: $500

Highway J Citizens Group
Project Title: Professional consulting services performed by Cedarburg Science, LLC.
Project Grant Award: $500

Lake Superior Alliance
Project Title: Airfare and part of registration costs for the annual conference of the Waterkeeper Alliance in San Diego, CA.
Project Grant Award: $280

Lower Dead River Watershed Citizen Advisory Council
Project Title: Spring stream clean up along Badger Creek.
Project Grant Award: $100

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Project Title: Upgrading the computer system utilized by the organization for communication on water issues.
Project Grant Award: $350

Mona Lake Watershed Council
Project Title: Develop a display board and materials for use in May 2005 Second Annual Mona Lake Watershed Day.
Project Grant Award: $450

Niagara River Area Property Owners Group
Project Title: Protect Our Wetlands (Niagara River/Fort Erie)
Project Grant Award: $500

North Toronto Green Community
Project Title: Assisting with the tuition costs for the Institute for Conservation Leadership's Complete Fundraiser Program.
Project Grant Award: $300

River Raisin Watershed Council
Project Title: Office transition expenses.
Project Grant Award: $500

Taxpayers Against Airport Growth
Project Title: Grassroots Citizen Opposition to the City of West Bend Airport Expansion
Project Grant Award: $500

Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay
Project Title: Airfare to/from San Diego for the annual Waterkeeper Alliance meeting.
Project Grant Award: $280

Wisconsin Association of Lakes
Project Title: Host a symposium on October 8, 2004 about managing aquatic exotics in Wisconsin's inland lakes.
Project Grant Award: $250

Fall 2004 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

Cirque du Lake Water Cycle Circus
Project Title: Go Deeper - A video documentary about watershed issues and community.
Project Grant Award: $2,809

Citizens Against Toxic Substance (CATS)
Project Title: Protect wildlife, wetland/100-year floodplain and quality of human environment.
Project Grant Award: $3,500

Citizens' Environment Watch
Project Title: Improving citizen engagement in water quality monitoring in southern Ontario
Project Grant Award: $3,442
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $1,978

Duck and Otter Creeks Partnership, Inc.
Project Title: Public input on watershed and wetlands restoration plans plus build organizational capacity.
Project Grant Award: $3,500

Friends of the Bayfield River
Project Title: Protecting the Huron shoreline: A guide for home & cottage owners
Project Grant Award: $3,500

Friends of the Boyne River
Project Title: Save the Boyne River
Project Grant Award: $3,500

Highway J Citizens Group
Project Title: Grassroots initiative to stop an environmentally-destructive road expansion project in Wisconsin.
Project Grant Award: $3,500
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $2,000

Kalamazoo River Protection Association
Project Title: A report and film on the Kalamazoo river to clean it up.
Project Grant Award: $3,500
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $2,000

Les Cheneaux Watershed Council
Project Title: Les Cheneaux Watershed Council community education and capacity development.
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $1,440

Michigan River Alliance
Project Title: Strengthening the Michigan River Alliance by building capacity and coalitions.
Project Grant Award: $2,750
Technical Assistance Grant Award: $1,000

Mona Lake Watershed Council
Project Title: Mona Lake Watershed Council Capacity building through equipment purchase.
Project Grant Award: $2,500

People in Need of Environmental Safety
Project Title: Pines Citizen Empowerment Project Phase II
Grant Award: $3,500

Presque Isle Audubon Society
Project Title: Alternative Lawn Care Conference
Project Grant Award: $3,500

Residents for Responsible Government
Project Title: Protecting the Lake Ontario Watershed and the Health of the Community
Project Grant Award: $3,500

Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association
Project Title: Seneca Lake Watershed Community Environmental Awareness: Town of Torrey, Yates County
Project Grant Award: $3,500

White Earth Land Recovery Project
Project Title: Manoomin Ogitchidaag (Defending the Rice) through video documentation and distribution.
Project Grant Award: $3,000

Spring 2004 Freshwater Future Grant Recipients

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
Project Title: Environment Stewardship Research Project
Grant Award: $2,000

Citizens Concerned For Michipicoten Bay
Project Title: Enforcing existing legislation for the protection of coastal habitat on Lake Superior
Grant Award: $3,500

Family Farm Defenders
Project Title: Building a Statewide Grassroots Network to Challenge Factory Farm Expansion in Wisconsin
Grant Award: $1,000

Friends of Silver Lake
Project Title: Save Silver Lake, Create Community Park
Grant Award: $2,500

Maumee Bay Association
Project Title: Maumee Bay - Dredging & Power Plant Intakes
Grant Award: $2,800

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Project Title: Water: Safeguarding the Commons and Public Trust
Grant Award: $3,100

Midwest Environmental Advocates
Project Title: Clean Water Act Implementation and Enforcement Project
Grant Award: $2,000

Niagara River Area Property Owners Group
Project Title: Protect Our Wetlands (Niagara River Fort Erie)
Grant Award: $1,800

Northwoods Wilderness Recovery
Project Title: Front 40 Media Project
Grant Award: $1,500

Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Association
Project Title: PLEWA: Creating Change In Our Watersheds
Grant Award: $1,500

Port Hope Nuclear Environmental Watchdogs
Project Title: Environmental Issues Involving the Nuclear Industry in Port Hope, Ontario - Community Tabloid
Grant Award: $1,800

Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources (POWER)
Project Title: Appeal to Ontario Cabinet to Deny Expansion of Massive Niagara Escarpment Quarry
Grant Award: $3,000

Saving Wetlands and Trees in Chesterfield Township, Inc
Project Title: Protecting Citizen's Rights To Speak Out
Grant Award: $3,100

Southeast Environmental Task Force
Project Title: Lake Calumet Vision Implementation
Grant Award: $1,500

Taxpayers Against Airport Growth
Project Title: Grassroots Citizen Opposition to the City of West Bend Airport Expansion
Grant Award: $1,300

Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation
Project Title: Groundwater study to provide scientific data to stop proposed confined hog operation
Grant Award: $2,300

2003 Special Opportunity Grants

Earthology
Project Title: Recruit New Volunteers for Great Lakes Organizations
Grant Award: $500

Friends of the Detroit River
Project Title: Dinner and Forum Meeting
Grant Award: $500

Erie Streams Association of Volunteer Monitors
Project Title: Data Collection on Lake Erie Basin Streams
Grant Award: $500

Highway J Citizens Group
Project Title: Professional Fees for Effort to Stop Construction of HWY J
Grant Award: $500

Lone Tree Council
Project Title: Project to Stop Pier Expansion in Bay City
Grant Award: $500

Lake Superior Alliance
Project Title: Travel costs to Waterkeeper Alliance
Grant Award: $380

Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC)
Project Title: Prevent Bridge Construction Across the Boardman River
Grant Award: $500

Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund
Project Title: Sunoco Refinery Good Neighbor Campaign
Grant Award: $500

Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
Project Title: Ecofluency: the Video
Grant Award: $494

Greg Reisig
Project Title: Advocacy Work at two Endangered Wetland Sites in the Grand Traverse Bay Watershed
Grant Award: $500

Troy Wildlife and Wetlands
Project Title: Grassroots Activism to Protect Aquatic Habitats in the City of Troy, Michigan
Grant Award: $455

Fall 2003 - Grant Recipients

Citizens Environment Watch
Project Title: Changing Currents in the Greater Toronto Area: Strengthening Citizen Involvement in Aquatic Habitat Protection
Grant Award: $2,500

Environmentally Concerned Citizens of the Lakeland Area
Project Title: Shoreland Connection Toolkit and Advocacy Campaign
Grant Award: $2,500

Erie Streams Association of Volunteer Monitors
Project Title: Watershed Awareness and Community Involvement Project
Grant Award: $2,000

Friends of the Detroit River
Project Title: Partners Fighting the Riverview Trenton Railroad and Supporting the Wildlife Refuge
Grant Award: $3,300

Friends of the Salmon River
Project Title: Protect Deer Creek Marsh, Selkirk Fen, the Salmon River and its estuary
Grant Award: $3,000

Highway J Citizens Group
Project Title: Grasssroots Initiative to Stop An Environmentally-Destructive Road Expansion Project in Wisconsin
Grant Award: $2,900

Minnesotans for Responsible Recreation
Project Title: Empowering Citizens to Protect Wetlands from Off-Road Vehicle Damage
Grant Award: $3,000

North Shore Watershed Watch
Project Title: Power Analysis of Citizen Opportunities to Shape Policy on Minnesota's North Shore
Grant Award: $3,000

People in Need of Environmental Safety
Project Title: PINES Citizen Empowerment Project
Grant Award: $3,500

Residents for Responsible Government
Project Title: Protecting the Lake Ontario Watershed and the Health of the Community
Grant Award: $3,000

Taxpayers Against Airport Growth
Project Title: Grassroots Citizen Opposition to the City of West Bend Airport Expansion
Grant Award: $2,700

Troy Wildlife & Wetlands Coalition
Project Title: Grassroots Activism to Protect Aquatic Habitats in the City of Troy, Michigan
Grant Award: $2,000

Waukegan Harbor Citizens' Advisory Group
Project Title: Waukegan Harbor CAG Public Outreach Funding Request
Grant Award: $1,500

White Earth Land Recovery Project
Project Title: Manoomin Ogitchidaag (Defending the Rice) Community Outreach Campaign
Grant Award: $2,500

Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Inc.
Project Title: Hydrology Pan - Yellow Dog Plains
Grant Award: $2,000

Spring 2003 - Grant Recipients

Bi-state Council of Wolf Lake Stewards
Project Title: Development of Volunteer Stewardship and Restoration at Wolf Lake Natural Area Sites
Grant Award: $1000

Residents for Environmental Action & Community Health
Project Title: Implementing More Effective and Less Toxic Methods of Controlling West Nile Virus
Grant Award: $797

Saving Wetlands and Trees in Chesterfield Township, Inc
Project Title: Protecting Chesterfield Township's Wetlands Through Action
Grant Award: $3000

Lone Tree Council
Project Title: The Beauty and Benefits of Saginaw Bay's Coastal Marshes: An Educational Outreach Program
Grant Award: $2800

Save Lake Superior Association
Project Title: Cessation of Wetland Destruction by MNDNR Resulting from Beaver Dam Removal
Grant Award: $2500

Earthology
Project Title: Waterfest: A Great Lakes Wetland Education and Recruitment Campaign
Grant Award: $3000

Canandaigua Lake Watershed Alliance
Project Title: Tracing Toxins in runoff to Canandaigua Lake
Grant Award: $2000

Friends of Sheldon Marsh
Project Title: Legal Intervention Supporting Protection and Restoration of Sheldon Marsh
Grant Award: $3000

Friends of Red Hill Valley
Project Title: Red Hill Valley - No Place for a Road
Grant Award: $3500

Shoreline Stewardship Association of Cloud Bay
Project Title: Cloud Bay Wetland Public Awareness & Long Term Protection Programme
Grant Award: $3000

Grey Association for Better Planning
Project Title: Conserving Ontario's Water Supplies
Grant Award: $3000

Oakvillegreen Conservation Association
Project Title: Saving the Trafalgar Moraine from Encroaching Development
Grant Award: $3300

Junior PA Lake Erie Watershed Association
Project Title: "Making the News" - Project Clean Sweep's public education effort
Grant Award: $2000

Lake Superior Alliance
Project Title: Building an Internet Community for Lake Superior Waterkeeper
Grant Award: $2750

2002 Special Opportunity Grants

Blue Mountain Watershed Trust
Project Title: Silver Creek Wetlands Research and Public Information Campaign
Grant Award: $500

A Few Friends for the Environment
Project Title: Transcripts for a Contested Case Hearing
Grant Award: $500

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe
Project Title: Travel to the Great Lakes United Meeting in Chicago
Grant Award: $500

Duluth Audubon Society, Inc
Project Title: Bird Census in the Spirit Mountain Old Growth Forest and Wetlands Area
Grant Award: $500

Highway J Citizens Group
Project Title: Stop Unnecessary Road Expansion
Grant Award: $500

Lake Superior Walkers
Project Title: Travel to the Great Lakes United Meeting in Chicago
Grant Award: $344

River Alliance of Wisconsin
Project Title: Statewide Rivers Conference
Grant Award: $500

Thunder Bay Field Naturalists
Project Title: Saving Williams Bog
Grant Award: $500

EUP Conservation Design Task Force
Project Title: Exhibit on Conservation Design and Zoning at County Fair
Grant Award: $125

Friends of the St. Joe River Association
Project Title: Upgrading Website to Include Water Quality Monitoring Goals
Grant Award: $500

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Project Title: Education Video For Water Wars
Grant Award: $500

Bad River Watershed Association
Project Title: Purchasing a Stereoscopic Microscope for Water Quality Monitoring
Grant Award: $500

Friends of the Detroit River
Project Title: International Wildlife Refuge Media Advocacy
Grant Award: $500

Quinte Watershed Cleanup, Inc.
Project Title: Back to Nature Campaign: Display and Workshops
Grant Award: $500

Waukegan Harbor Citizen's Advisory Group
Project Title: Dunal Area Amphibian Community Inventory
Grant Award: $1000

Fall 2002 - Grant Recipients

THE LIVING BY WATER PROJECT
PROJECT TITLE: On the Living Edge: Your Handbook for Waterfront Living
GRANT AWARD: $2,800.00

CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR MICHIPICOTEN BAY
PROJECT TITLE: Preserving the Integrity of the Coastline and Coastal Habitat of Michipicoten Bay
GRANT AWARD: $3,300.00

CITIZENS FOR BUCKEYE BASIN PARKS, INC.
PROJECT TITLE:: Appraisal of Marsh Headwater Land to Leverage $50,000 Purchase Grant Awarded by NAWCA
GRANT AWARD: $1,400.00

BEAVER ISLAND PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION
PROJECT TITLE: Preservation Assessment of Beaver Island Shoreline Public Land
GRANT AWARD: $2,500.00

FRIENDS OF THE CEDAR RIVER
PROJECT TITLE: Cedar River Designated Natural River
GRANT AWARD: $2,900.00

CLEAN WATER ACTION COUNCIL OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
PROJECT TITLE: Fox River Cleanup and Compensation Project
GRANT AWARD: $3,500.00

FRIENDS OF THE BUFFALO NIAGARA RIVERS, INC.
PROJECT TITLE: Restoration of the Niagara River Ecosystem through Power Project Relicensing
GRANT AWARD: $3,200.00

SOUTHEAST ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE
PROJECT TITLE: Calumet Community Development and Open Space Enhancement
GRANT AWARD: $2,750.00

TAXPAYERS AGAINST AIRPORT GROWTH
PROJECT TITLE: Grassroots Citizens Opposition to the City of West Bend Airport Expansion
GRANT AWARD: $2,800.00

HIGHWAY J CITIZENS GROUP
PROJECT TITLE: Grassroots Initiative to Stop an Environmentally Destructive Road Expansion Project in Wisconsin
GRANT AWARD: $3,300.00

FIRELANDS LAND CONSERVANCY
PROJECT TITLE: Outreach to Landowners on the Vermillion River
GRANT AWARD: $1,500.00

BERNACCHI WETLAND LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
PROJECT TITLE: Bernacchi Wetland Defense
GRANT AWARD: $2,200.00

CAYUGA LAKE WATERSHED NETWORK, INC.
PROJECT TITLE: Increasing Collaboration of and Access to Water Monitoring Data
GRANT AWARD: $2,500.00

Spring 2002 - Grant Recipients

ADIRONDACK WATERSHED INSTITUTE
PROJECT TITLE: Adirondack Lake Assessment Program
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,800

BALLYCROY AREA RURAL CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
PROJECT TITLE: Opposing a large golf course resort and recreational facility located within the upper reaches of the Humber River Watershed on the Oak Ridges Moraine.
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

BULL CREEK STAKEHOLDERS ASSOCIATION
PROJECT TITLE: Monitoring Water Quality and Aquatic Habitat Improvements of Bull Creek Stabilization/Restoration Project
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,500

CEDAR CREEK WILDLIFE PROJECT
PROJECT TITLE: Supporting the State of Indiana's Authority to Regulate Isolated Wetlands
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,000

SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
PROJECT TITLE: Investing Today for Tomorrow's Environmental Leaders
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

FAMILY FARM DEFENDERS
PROJECT TITLE: Building Rural-Urban Coalitions to Challenge Factory Dairy Farms in Wisconsin
AMOUNT FUNDED: $1,000

FRIENDS OF THE DETROIT RIVER
PROJECT TITLE: Community Action Fund for Gibraltar, Michigan
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,800

FRIENDS OF SHELDON MARSH
PROJECT TITLE: Continued Advocacy for the Restoration and Protection of Sheldon Marsh
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

GREY ASSOCIATION FOR BETTER PLANNING
PROJECT TITLE: Conserving Ontario's Water Supplies
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA (INDIANA DIVISION)
PROJECT TITLE: Cedar Creek Natural Areas and Water Quality Preservation Advocacy Project
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

MICHIGAN CITIZENS FOR WATER CONSERVATION
PROJECT TITLE: Protecting Michigan's Water Resources: The Case Against Perrier
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES
PROJECT TITLE: Factory Farm Citizen Education and Enforcement Project
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,500

PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATION FOR WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS
PROJECT TITLE: Lake Erie Watershed Clean Water Act Training
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,800

PESTICIDE FREE ONTARIO
PROJECT TITLE: Front Page Challenge: A Coordinated Media Campaign
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,800

2001 Special Opportunity Grants

Bayfield County Lakes Forum
PROJECT TITLE: Northern Wisconsin Lakes Fair 2001
AMOUNT FUNDED: $340.00

Citizens United for Action
PROJECT TITLE: Citizen Wetland Protection, "The Meadows" Proposed Subdivision
AMOUNT FUNDED: $163.36

Friends of Sheldon Marsh
PROJECT TITLE: Public Information Campaign
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Hamilton Naturalists' Club
PROJECT TITLE: Drawing the Line Against Urban Sprawl: Challenging the Decision to Expand Hamilton's Urban Boundary at the Ontario Municipal Board
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
PROJECT TITLE: Open Lands Day Community Restoration Workday Project
AMOUNT FUNDED: $300

Lake Superior Alliance
PROJECT TITLE: Shoreline Development: The Economic and Environmental Impacts Talk
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Public Access Keweenaw
PROJECT TITLE: Website to Educate the Public re: State of Michigan Purchase of Sensitive Aquatic Habitat Lands in Keweenaw Peninsula
AMOUNT FUNDED: $174

River Alliance of Wisconsin
PROJECT TITLE: Scholarships to Great Lakes Grassroots Leaders to Statewide Rivers Conference
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Shiawasee River Task Force
PROJECT TITLE: Promote Watershed Stewardship and Conduct the First Annual "Shiawasee River Headwaters Day"
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Fall 2001 - Grant Recipients

C.U.F.A. (Citizens United for Action)
PROJECT TITLE: Fight to Preserve Inkster Wetland
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,500

FRIENDS OF ROSE TOWNSHIP
PROJECT TITLE: Action to Protect The Buckhorn Lake Complex
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,500

H2INFO
PROJECT TITLE: What's In Your Sewers?
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,600

LAKE SUPERIOR ALLIANCE
PROJECT TITLE: Strategic Planning for Long-Term Organizational Sustainability
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,500

MILL CREEK BIOLOGICAL VOLUNTEER MONITORING PROJECT
PROJECT TITLE: Saving Mill Creek
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN AUDUBON, INC. (NEW AUDUBON, INC.)
PROJECT TITLE: Wisconsin Frogs - Places to Hear Frogs and Toads Near Our Urban Areas
AMOUNT FUNDED: $800

PLACE (Portage Land Association for Conservation & Education)
PROJECT TITLE: Breakneck Creek Conservation Area Strategic Conservation Initiative
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,600

SAVE THE PRAIRIE SOCIETY
PROJECT TITLE: Wetland and Watershed Seminar at Wolf Road Prairie
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,000

SCAJAQUADA CREEK WATERSHED ADVISORY COUNCIL
PROJECT TITLE: Best Management Practices to Protect and Restore Riparian Aquatic Habitat on Scajaquada Creek
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,200

SKYLINE PLANNING & PRESERVATION ALLIANCE
PROJECT TITLE: A Concerned Citizen's Guide to Exploring and Protecting the Threatened Creeks of Duluth
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,500

TROY WILDLIFE & WETLANDS COALITION
PROJECT TITLE: Grassroots Activism to Protect Aquatic Habitat in the City of Troy
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,500

UXBRIDGE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
PROJECT TITLE: Duffins Creek Watershed Program
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,600

WALNUT CREEK S.E.W.E.R. PROJECT
PROJECT TITLE: Walnut Creek S.E.W.E.R. Project: The Next Step
AMOUNT FUNDED: $1,500

WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF LAKES, INC.
PROJECT TITLE: Waterfront Property Owners' Education Project
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,500

Spring 2001 - Grant Recipients

AWAKE (Association Working Against Keweenaw Exploitation)
PROJECT TITLE: Citizen Watershed Monitoring Project
AMOUNT FUNDED: $1,600

CAYUGA LAKE WATERSHED NETWORK, INC.
PROJECT TITLE: Member Recruitment
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,750

FOREVER GREEN
PROJECT TITLE: Strategic Planning for Land and Habitat Preservation
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,500

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS OF SENECA PARK
PROJECT TITLE: Consultation Regarding the Seneca Park Zoo Expansion
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,500

FRIENDS OF SHELDON MARSH
PROJECT TITLE: Advocate for the Restoration and Protection of Sheldon Marsh
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,100

FRIENDS OF THE BRANCH RIVER
PROJECT TITLE: Provide Advocacy to Restore and Protect Lake Michigan Bluffs and Habitat
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,750

GLINODO EARTH FORCE
PROJECT TITLE: Earth Force Aquatic Habitat Project 2001-2002
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA
PROJECT TITLE: Vegetative Assessment of Spirit Mountain
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,800

LAPORTE COUNTY CONSERVATION TRUST, INC.
PROJECT TITLE: Craven Pond Restoration - Botanical Survey
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES
PROJECT TITLE: Organizational Development
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

MUTUAL ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LAKE ENVIRONMENTS (MAPLE)
PROJECT TITLE: MAPLE Manual, Website, and Nursery Development
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,000

SAVE OUR LAKES AND RIVERS
PROJECT TITLE: Log Off
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,500

SHORELINE STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION OF CLOUD BAY
PROJECT TITLE: Cloud Bay Wetland Public Awareness and Protection Programme
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3,100

WAUKEGAN HARBOR CITIZENS' ADVISORY GROUP
PROJECT TITLE: Plant Survey of Dunal Areas
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2,600

2000 Special Opportunity Grant Recipients

Clean Water Action Council of Northeast Wisconsin, Inc.
PROJECT TITLE: Cover extra costs related to local citizen participation in the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA)
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Huron River Watershed Council
PROJECT TITLE: Provide technical assistance to citizens and other key stakeholders in watershed communities
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Citizens Environment Alliance
PROJECT TITLE: Provide financial assistance to interested people unable to afford the full cost of the boat tour
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Northern Tittabawassee River Task Force
PROJECT TITLE: Mailing
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Friends of the Detroit River, Inc.
PROJECT TITLE: Activities to build appreciation and support for protection of the Detroit River
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Friends of the Land of Keweenaw
PROJECT TITLE: Public Meeting
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Indigenous Environmental Network
PROJECT TITLE: Educational Workshop
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Macomb Land Conservancy
PROJECT TITLE: Creating a citizen-based water-monitoring program
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

The Mill Creek Biological Monitoring Project
PROJECT TITLE: Monitoring of Mill Creek
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Citizens' Environment Watch
PROJECT TITLE: Conference
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Sugarloaf Interpretive Center Association
PROJECT TITLE: Stream water testing and analysis
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Fall 2000 - Grant Recipients

Ohio Environmental Council
PROJECT TITLE: "Starting Up - Friends of Euclid Creek"
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2500

Buffalo Audubon Society, Inc.
Project Title: Urban Wetlands Outdoor Education to Promote Preservation
AMOUNT FUNDED: $1500

West Creek Preservation Committee
PROJECT TITLE: West Creek Watershed Awareness and Preservation Campaign
AMOUNT FUNDED: $1500

New York Conservation Education Fund
PROJECT TITLE: Dombind in the U.S.
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3300

Superior Hiking Trail Association
Project Title: Teaching Leave No Trace Ethics to promote responsible hiking and camping
AMOUNT FUNDED: $500

Toronto Bay Initiative (TBI)
PROJECT TITLE: Toronto Bay Initiative Maple Leaf Aquatic Habitat Project
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3200

Environmental Bureau of Investigation
PROJECT TITLE: Establishment of a Water Keeper program on the North Shore of Lake Ontario
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3500

Friends of the Coves Sub-Watershed
PROJECT TITLE: Office Start-Up Project
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3452

WILDHEARTS
Project Title: Elk River Chain-Of-Lakes Watershed: Loon Protection Project Initiative #1 - Habitat Preservation: Lake Bellaire Loon Nursery
AMOUNT FUNDED: $3500

Sierra Club Eastern Canada Chapter
PROJECT TITLE: The Sierra Club Conference on intensive livestock operations and the environment
AMOUNT FUNDED: $1700

Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council
Project Title: State of the Aquatic Habitat of the Mid-Michigan Region
AMOUNT FUNDED: $2800

Spring 2000 - Grant Recipients

Coalition for Sensible Growth
Project Title: Smarter Roads to Protect the Boardman River
Grant Award: $3000

EUP Conservation Design Task Force
Project Title: Conservation Design Project
Grant Award: $3000

Northwoods Wilderness Recovery
Project Title: Wild and Scenic Rivers Project
Grant Award: $2000

West Skyline Planning and Preservation
Project Title: West Skyline Planning and Preservation Alliance Lawsuit
Grant Award: $2500

Canandaigua Lake Watershed Task Force
Project Title: Direct Impacts: Direct Drainage
Grant Award: $2000

New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Project Title:Genesee River Watershed Network
Grant Award: $2000

Coalition for a Safe Environment
Project Title: Portage River Pollution Prevention Project
Grant Award: $3000

Bert Miller Nature Club of Fort Erie
Project Title: Marcy Woods Preservation Project
Grant Award: $2500

GreenCASE
Project Title: Public Education on Local Wetland and Woodland Conservation: Values and Management
Grant Award: $1800

The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
Project Title: Beach and Dune Management Guidance Manual for the Town of Saugeen Shores, Ontario
Grant Amount: $2500

Ontario Streams
Project Title: River Rendezvous
Grant Award: $2000

Glinodo Earth Force
Project Title: Earth Force Aquatic Habitat Project 2000-2001
Grant Amount: $3000

League of Women Voters - Ashland
Project Title: Land Use Forums in Ashland County
Grant Award: $2500

Midwest Environmental Advocates
Project Title: Factory Farm Enforcement Project
Grant Award: $3000

1999 Special Opportunity Grant Recipients

Michigan Environmental Protection Foundation
Description: Information dissemination regarding a recent DEQ administrative law judge decision
Grant Award $500.00

West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Description: Reed Lake Lakewatch Program's water quality monitoring citizen involvement campaign
Grant Award $490.00

Michigan Drain Code Coalition
Description: Production and distribution of a series of articles and case studies to inform citizens of the need for Drain Code reform
Grant amount $500.00

Friends of the Crystal River
Description: Support for a court case, Friends of the Crystal River vs. Kuras Propoerties, MDNR, in the form of preparation of legal briefs and a media campaign
Grant amount $500.00

Black River Audubon Society
Description: Application for IRS tax-exempt status
Grant amount $500.00

WATER
Description: Teaching high school students to perform water sampling and sampling sites requested by community groups
Grant amount $500.00

Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC)
Description: Legal representation to help fight an appeal to place a vehicular access bridge across the North Branch of the Boardman River, a state-designated Natural River
Grant amount $500.00

Aki-kwe
Description: Travel expenses for a strategy meeting at Walpole Island
Grant amount $500.00

SmallMediaLarge
Description: Expenses associated with the development of a grassroots coalition to form a regional buying association in order to stimulate growth of the green power industry to help protect aquatic habitats in the area
Grant amount $500.00

Fall 1999 Grants Program Recipients

Firelands Land Conservancy
Project Title: Launching the Firelands Land Conservancy
Amount Funded: $2000

Fischer Creek Alliance
Project Title: Strengthening and Expanding the Fischer Creek Alliance
Amount Funded: $2500

Friends of the Crooked River
Project Title: Parma Wetlands Permit Appeal
Amount Funded: $3000

Friends of the Detroit River
Project Title: Wetlands Project
Amount Funded: $$1800

Hastings Price Edward Land Trust
Project Title: Pt. Petre to Prince Edward Pt. Conservation Project
Amount Funded: $1750. (U.S. Funds)

Improving Kids' Environment (IKE)
Project Title: Right-to-Know for CSO's
Amount Funded: $1500

Michigan Environmental Law Center
Project Title: Capacity Building for the Michigan Environmental Law Center
Amount Funded: $3000

Minnesotans for Responsible Recreation
Project Title: Mobilizing Citizens to Prevent Off-Highway Vehicle Damage to the Great Lakes Watershed
Amount Funded: $2750

Northeastern Wisconsin (New) Audubon, Inc.
Project Title: Wisconsin Frogs - A Guide to Listening Sites in Urban Wetland Habitats
Amount Funded: $1000

Quinte Watershed Cleanup Inc.
Project Title: Eliminate Dombind
Amount Funded: $1500 (U.S. Funds)

Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition (STORM)
Project Title: To build more effective network of STORM's membership and increase outreach to affiliated groups-individuals
Amount Funded: $2500

Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association, Inc.
Project Title: Advocating Water Quality through Municipal & Grassroots Partnerships in the Seneca Lake Watershed
Amount Funded: $2750

Uxbridge Conservation Association
Project Title: Oak Ridges Watershed Intervention
Amount Funded: $3000 (U.S. Funds)

Waukegan Harbor Citizens' Advisory Group
Project Title: Breeding and Migrant Bird Population Survey of the Dunal Area of Concern
Amount Funded: $2100

Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund (WCAF)
Project Title: Family Farm Stewardship Campaign - East River Watershed Protection Initiative
Amount Funded: $3000

Grant Recipients Spring 1999

Lake Bluff Open Lands Association
Project Title: Newsletter Announcement of Ravine Control and Pond Enhancement Open Lands Workday
Amount Funded: $2,500.00

ACRES, Inc.
Project Title: An Examination of the Cedar Creek and Its Tributaries to Determine the Status of the Endangered Indiana Bat
Amount Funded: $2,500.00

Charlevoix County Land Conservancy
Project Title: Office Basics for Building Grassroots Protection and Networking Capabilities
Amount Funded: $1,000.00

Coalition for Sensible Growth
Project Title: Boardman River Transportation Alternatives
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

Friends of the Crystal River
Project Title: US Army Corps Hearing and Comment Period for Homestead 404 Permit Application
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

Neighborhood Wetland Monitors
Project Title: The Inventory, Monitoring, and Education of Vulnerable and Unprotected Wetlands in Kent County
Amount Funded: $1,125.00

Friends of the North Shore
Project Title: Community Education Project Concerning Lake Superior
Amount Funded: $2,475.00

Great Lakes Regional Indigenous Environmnetal Network
Project Title: Walk Around Lake Superior
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

Finger Lakes Land Trust
Project Title: Leadership Training for Key Volunteers
Amount Funded: $2,000.00

Friends of Edison Woods
Project Title: Awareness Campaign to Protect Edison Woods
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

David Vasarlhelyi
Project Title: West Creek Preservation Public Awareness, Education, and Involvement Campaign
Amount Funded: $2,000.00

Environment North
Project Title: Identifying and Assisting Grassroots Community Support for the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area Proposal
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

Save Our Ravines
Project Title: Opposition of Appeal to Ontario Municapal Board
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

Water Protection Coalition of South Grey
Project Title: Protection of Wetland Habitat Through Opposition to Proposed Water Taking by Artemesia Waters Ltd.
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

Glinodo Earth Force
Project Title: Earth Force Aquatic Habitat Projects
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

EarthWINS
Project Title: Grassroots Rural Online Webworks (GROW)
Amount Funded: $2,500.00

League of Women Voters
Project Title: Public Information Campaign for Shoreline Zoning Ordinance Revision
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

Wisconsin Stewardship Network
Project Title: Protecting Wisconsin's Environment by Empowering State Employees
Amount Funded: $2,200

Northwoods Alliance
Project Title: Northwoods County Initiative to Protect Waters from Metallic Mining
Amount Funded: $2,350

Lake Superior Alliance
Project Title: Northshore Activist Project
Amount Funded: $2,000.00

Fall 1998 Grants Program Recipients

Friends of the Chicago River
Project Title: Watershed Action Plan for the North Branch Chicago River Watershed in the Cook County Forest Preserves
Amount Funded: $1,000.00

Illinois PIRG Education Fund
Project Title: Toxics Right To Know
Amount Funded: $2,000.00

Bernacchi Wetland Legal Defense Fund
Project Title: Bernacchi Family Wetland Legal Defense Fund
Amount Funded: $1,000.00

Chocolay River Watershed Project
Project Title: Protecting Critical Habitat Watershed by Watershed
Amount Funded: $2,500.00

Friends of the Detroit River
Project Title: Wetlands Project
Amount Funded: $1,500.00

Project Watershed Central New York
Project Title: Project Watershed's Select-A-Stream Program
Amount Funded: $2,500.00

Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association
Geneva NY 14456-0247
Project Title: Building Water Quality Advocacy in the Seneca Lake Watershed
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

Kelleys Island Audubon Society
Project Title: Kelleys Island Natural Areas Preservation
Amount Funded: $2,900.00

The Black Swamp Conservancy
Project Title: Preserving the Maumee River Watershed--A Mini-Conference Series
Amount Funded: $3,000.00

AKI - KWE
Project Title: NIIBI
Amount Funded: $2,000.00

Kingston Field Naturalists
Project Title: Little Cat Restoration Project
Amount Funded: $2,000.00

Rondeau Bay Watershed Rehab Program
Project Title: Rondeau Bay Watershed Habitat Rehabilitation/Management Plan
Amount Funded: $2,000.00

Toronto Environmental Alliance
Project Title: Getting the Word Out: A Media Campaign About Pesticides
Amount Funded: $2,000.00

WATER
Project Title: Watershed Stewardship Programme, Involving University, Community and High
Amount Funded: $1,000.00

Chequamegon Audubon Society
Project Title: Northern Wisconsin Aquatic Habitat Protection Initiative
Amount Funded: $1,500.00

Fischer Creek Alliance
Project Title: Launching the Fischer Creek Alliance
Amount Funded: $2,500.00

Green Onion Resource Center
Project Title: Woods & Waters Initiative
Amount Funded: $2,500.00

1998 Special Opportunity Grants Program Recipients

Friends of the North Shore
Description: Defray cost of informational mailing concerning the proposed development of a boat launch
Grant Award: $500.00

Coalition to Stop the Des Moines
Description: Support public outreach campaign concerning the proposed establishment of a new state park
Grant Award: $500.00

Save the Dunes Conservation Fund
Description: Support grassroots advocacy through reimbursement of Great Lakes Initiative related expenses
Grant Award: $84.24

Hermantown High School
Description: Enhance efforts of the Miller Creek Task Force through participation in River Congress
Grant Award: $485.00

West Creek Preservation Committee
Description: Generate support for a natural park through publication of West Creek Preservation Committee newsletter
Grant Award: $500.00

Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education
Description: Sponsor the attendance of EAGLE's Debbie Ortman at the Sustainable America Conference
Grant Award: $314.00

Inland Sea Society (ISS)
Description: Sponsor the attendance of ISS's Mike Gardner at the Great Lakes Executive Directors Program Rendezvous
Grant Award: $498.00

Watershed Report Card (Rouge Valley Foundation)
Description: Cover costs associated with hosting a watershed training workshop for community groups
Grant Award: $500.00

Kingston Field Naturalists
Description: Collect and research background information required to proceed with landowner contact for the stewardship and buffer enhancement project on the East Branch of the Little Cataraqui Creek.
Grant Award: $500.00

Paradise Lake Association
Description: Special Opportunity Grant to support the Paradise Lake Eurasian Watermilfoil Biological Control Public Information Program
Grant Award: $500.00

Oakland Land Conservancy
Description: To hire a consultant to conduct financial research for the acquisition of a critical piece of property along the Clinton River.
Grant Award: $500.00

Michigan Environmental Council
Description: Special Opportunity Grant to Prepare Amicus Curie Brief for Friends of Crystal River v. Kuras Properties, et al.
Grant Award $350.00

Spring 1998 Grants Program Recipients

Belfountain Community Planning Organization
Title: BCPO Watershed Planning Project
Granted Award: $2,500.00

Canandaigua Lake Watershed Task Force
Title: Sucker Brook Survey & Report
Grant Award: $2,750.00

Clean North
Title: Pesticide Bylaw Project
Grant Award: $3,000.00

Coalition for a Safe Environment
Title: Planning & Building to Protect Habitats Beyond 2000
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Duluth Citywide Environmental Coalition
Title: Media & Electoral Training for Environmentalists
Grant Award: $3,000.00

Flintsteel Restoration Assc, Inc./AWAKE
Title: Citizen Based Watershed Monitoring
Grant Award: $2,750.00

Friends of the Land of Keweenaw
Title: Keweenaw Threatened - Keweenaw Preserved
Grant Award: $2,500.00

Inland Sea Society, Inc.
Title: Community Stewardship Program
Grant Award: $2,500.00

League of Women Voters-Milwaukee
Title: Wetland Workshop for Township Elected Officials
Grant Award: $2,750.00

Northwoods Alliance
Title: Voices From Lake Elliot Speaking Tour
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Rivers Unlimited
Title: Campaign for Increased Citizen Involvement in Water Pollution Permitting in Ohio's Great Lakes Basin
Grant Award: $2,500.00

St Joseph River Watershed Initiative
Title: River Friendly Farmer Program
Grant Award: $1,150.00

Superior Wilderness Action Network
Title: Superior Northwoods Wildlands Project, Outreach & Forest Watch
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Inc.
Title: Yellow Dog Watershed Effectiveness Improvement Program
Grant Award: $2,500.00

Fall 1997 Grants Program Recipients

Bernacchi Family Wetland Legal Defense
Title: Legal defense to protect wetland from drainage by drainage board
Grant Award: $1,000.00

Coalition for Sensible Growth
Title: Boardman River Bridge Alternatives
Grant Award: $3,150.00

Dowagiac Watershed Master's Project/MEANDRS
Title: Feasibility Assesssment of Rehabilitating the Dowagiac River System
Grant Award: $700.00

The Friends of the Jordan River Watershed, Inc.
Title: Jordan River Watershed Handbook
Grant Award: $3,000.00

Michigan Environmental Protection Foundation
Title: Restructuring and Strategic Planning
Grant Award: $3,000.00

Michigan Hydro Relicensing Coalitionn
Title: Community Involvement in Hydroelectric Dam Operations
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Muskegon Lake and White Lake Public Advisory Councils
Title: Demonstration Plantings and Strategic Planning
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Clean Water Fund
Title: Clean Water Action Activist Network
Grant Award: $2,500.00

Miller Creek Task Force
Title: Miller Creek Restoration and Preservation
Grant Award: $3,200.00

Minnesota Parks and Trails Council
Title: Implementation of North Shore Opportunities Plan
Grant Award: $2,250.00

Atlantic States Legal Foundation
Title: Tuscarora Nation Environment Program
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Cayuga Nature Center
Title: Cayuga Lake Watershed Network Organizing
Grant Award: $3,000.00

Finger Lakes Land Trust
Title: Owning Our Future: Citizen Planning In The Cayuga Watershed
Grant Award: $3,000.00

Nine Mile Creek Conservation Council
Title: Board Development and Critical Environmental Area Monitoring
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation
Title: Landowner Survey/Contract Program
Grant Award: $2,450.00

Couchiching Conservancy
Title: Wetlands Involvement Project
Grant Award: $2,100.00

Wildlands League
Title: Ontario Forest Protection Project
Grant Award: $2,331.00

Mill Creek Project II
Title: Advocacy for a Healthy Watershed
Grant Award: $2,500.00

Friends of Pheasant Branch, Inc.
Title: Land and Water Resource Protection in the Pheasant Branch Watershed
Grant Award: $2,500.00

Nine Springs Network
Title: 1998 Information, Education, and Advocacy Campaign
Grant Award: $2,500.00

1997 Special Opportunity Grants Program Recipients

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Description: Attend Wetland Conference
Grant Award: $500.00

Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination
Description: Support participation as Amicus Curiae
Grant Award: $500.00

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Description: Attend Wetland Conference
Grant Award: $255.00

Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council (Mid-MEAC)
Description: Support participation as Amicus Curiae
Grant Award: $500.00

Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC)
Description: Attend Congress of New Urbanism in Toronto
Grant Award: $500.00

Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC)
Description: Support participation as Amicus Curiae
Grant Award: $500.00

Whetstone Creek Watershed Project
Description: Generate Support and Promote Volunteer Efforts
Grant Award: $500.00

Michigan Environmental Protection Foundation
Description: Sponsor meeting to re-generate public interest environmental legal defense services
Grant Award: $500.00

Clean Water Action
Description: Attend Membership Recruitment and Development Training
Grant Award: $335.00

Superior Wilderness Action Network
Description: Cover expenses to host 11th Annual Forest Reform Rally
Grant Award: $400.00

Duluth Community Garden Program
Description: Sponsor Sustainable Landscape Fair
Grant Award: $500.00

Spring 1997 Grants Program Recipients

Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland
Title: Appeal of Certification for Nationwide Permit 26 in Ohio
Grant Award: $3,500.00

Cedar Creek Wildlife Project, Inc.
Title: Protecting Neotropical Migrant Birds by Saving Watershed Riverine Forests
Grant Award: $2,310.00

Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education
Title: Green Thumb Project
Grant Award: $3,000.00

Friends of the Shiawassee River
Title: Self-help Environmental Assessment of the Shiawassee River
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Kenosha/Racine Land Conservation Fund, Inc.
Title: Local Land Trust Development
Grant Award: $3,000.00

Les Cheneaux Chamber of Commerce
Title: Les Cheneaux Compatible Economic Development Project
Grant Award: $1,250.00

Lake Superior Alliance
Title: Michigan Upper Peninsula Mining Issues Advocacy Project
Grant Award: $3,000.00

Medina County Land Conservancy
Title: Rocky River and Wolf Creek Preservation Project
Grant Award: $2,500.00

Michigan Clean Water Fund
Title: Making the Aquatic Habitat Protection-Drinking Water Connection Project
Grant Award:$3,000.00

Northwatch
Title: North Shore Project
Grant Award: $3,500.00

Rondeau Bay Watershed Rehabilitation Program
Title: The Rondeau Bay Lead Sinker and Jig Awareness Campaign
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Schultz Lake Property Owner's Assoc.
Title: Inform and Advise Schultz Lake Property Owners
Grant Award: $825.00

Friends of Sandy Pond Beach
Title: Establishing the Independence of the Friends of Sandy Pond Beach Group
Grant Award: $1,250.00

Strong Vincent High School
Title: The Cascade Project
Grant Award: $2,500.00

Traverse City Children's Theater
Title: Learn From the Animals
Grant Award: $300.00

Watershed Action Towards Environmental Responsibility
Title: Watershed Stewardship Programme
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Fall 1996 Grants Program Recipients

Affinity Newspaper
Title: Special Center Spread in Affinity: A focus on Aquatic Habitats
Grant Award: $1,600.00

Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, Inc.
Title: Chautauqua Watershed Habitat Stewardship Project
Grant Award: $2,600.00

Huron River Watershed Council
Title: Community Participation in the Protection of Fleming Creek Watershed
Grant Award: $945.00

Friends of Wetlands
Title: Multi-Media Membership & Fundraising Campaign
Grant Award: $2,080.00

Inland Sea Society, Inc.
Title: Organizational Renewal and Development
Grant Award: $2,250.00

Friends of the Menomonee River
Title: Capacity Building--Computer Purchase
Grant Award: $2,000.00

Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council (Mid-MEAC)
Title: Red Cedar River Homeowner Association Stewardship Project
Grant Award: $2,650.00

Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC)
Friends of Crystal River
Title: Environmental Summit--Judicial Threats to the Protection of Michigan's Wetlands
Grant Award: $2,500.00

Ontario Streams
Title: River Rendezvous
Grant Award: $2,300.00

Friends of Pheasant Branch, Inc.
Title: Restoration and Water Resource Preservation in the Pheasant Branch Marsh
Grant Award: $2,000.00

River Alliance of Wisconsin
Title: Research and Strategy Development to Address Small Dam Removal
Grant Award: $1,500.00

St. Clair/Six Mile Lake Natural Area
Title: Natural Area Protection, Promotion, and Public Outreach Project
Grant Award: $1,000.00

The Wetlands Project
Title: The Wetlands Project Media Network
Grant Award: $3,250.00

Save the Prairie Society
Title: Stream Corridor Recovery Project (Wolf Road Prairie)
Grant Award: $1,000.00

Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy, Inc (SWMLC)
Title: Volunteer Development, Recruitment, and Training
Grant Award: $2,250.00

Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Inc.
Title: Yellow Dog Community Outreach Program
Grant Award: $2,250.00

1996 Urgent Funding Program (SOG) Recipients

Blackbrook Audubon Society
Description: Mentor Lagoons Preservation Ballot Proposal
Grant Award: $500.00

Citizens for Buckeye Basin Parks, Inc.
Description: Fundraising for Land Purchase with purchase agreement deadline of 12/31/96
Grant Award: $500.00

Lower Trent Region Conservation Authority
Description: Study of damage to Salem Creek from dam breakage before winter
Grant Award: $500.00

Wisconsin Wetlands Association
Description: Volunteer equipment for Lake View Farm Wetland Restoration
Grant Award: $250.00

Tinkers Creek Land Conservancy
Description: Attend 1996 National Land Trust Rally
Grant Award: $500.00

River Alliance of Wisconsin
Description: Defray costs of "How to Build a Sustainable Organization for River or Watershed Protection" workshop
Grant Award: $500.00