2011 Environment Program Grants

To work on conservation issues in Oregon state forests. $60,000

For activities supporting sensible climate friendly transportation in Oregon's cities. $15,000

Empowering the environmental community to promote sustainability in Oregon. $6,800

To support the development of a hiking trail, similar to the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails, showcasing the beautiful features of Oregon's high desert. $5,000

To protect biodiversity in Oregon's Owyhee Canyonlands. $40,000

To promote ocean conservation in Oregon. $20,000

To establish a network of marine reserves in Oregon. $75,000

General support for land conservation and preservation in the Virginia Piedmont. $45,000

For ongoing efforts to monitor the progress of Redfish Rocks marine reserve in Oregon. $25,000

To ensure that the conservation community in the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion collaborates effectively. $20,000

Note: This organization merged with the Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center in 2011.

General support for land conservation and preservation in the Soda Mountains of southwestern Oregon. $15,000

To promote sound environmental policies in Virginia. $25,000

To more fully understand the extent of the roads system on national forests across the western United States. $5,000

To protect and restore the Clearwater Basin in north-central Idaho. $20,000

For work with hunting and angling community in Idaho, with a special emphasis in the Clearwater Basin in north-central Idaho. $20,000

To pursue progressive forest policy on state and federal lands in Oregon. $50,000

To protect sage grouse, a keystone species in the sagebrush sea, from extinction in the western United States. $15,000

Supporting a grassroots constituency favoring road removal in ecologically sensitive areas of national forests in Oregon and Washington. $10,000