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2008 Environment Program Grants

1000 Friends of Oregon
Portland, OR (bob@friends.org)
To promote a vision for transportation in Oregon that is responsive to the threat of global warming.  $20,000
Advocates for the West
To protect the sagebrush-steppe through reform of public lands grazing.  $30,000
Alaska Conservation Alliance
Anchorage, AK (kate@akvoice.org)
To offer general support, including projects that unite Alaska's environmental community.  $15,000
Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States
Chevy Chase, MD (neal@audubonnaturalist.org)
To hire a Sanctuary Director who will oversee operations at the Rust Sanctuary. $5,000
Bark
Portland, OR (alex@Bark-out.org)
To improve organizational capacity and augment efforts to protect Mount Hood.  $10,000
Campaign for America's Wilderness
Durango, CO (jgilroy@leaveitwild.org)
To offer general support, including efforts to protect desert ecosystems in Oregon.  $25,000
Citizens' Utility Board Educational Fund
Portland, OR (jbissonnette@igc.org)
To work with a diverse group of people on global warming issues in Oregon.   $25,000
Climate Solutions
To empower the Oregon business community to reduce emissions that cause global warming.  $15,000
Coast Range Association
Corvallis, OR (chuckw@coastrange.org)
To educate the public about the importance of marine protected areas, including marine reserves, in Oregon.  $10,000
Columbia Riverkeeper
Hood River, OR (brentfoster@gorge.net)
To protect the Columbia estuary from high-impact coal and liquid natural gas projects.  $20,000
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity
San Francisco, CA (cgbd@cgbd.org)
To support collaboration among foundations interested in protecting biodiversity.  $7,000
Crag Law Center
Portland, OR (chris@crag.org)
To offer general support, including work on public lands, salmon, water, wetlands and livable communities.  $20,000
Duke University
Durham, NC (weinthal@duke.edu)
To support the Student International Discussion Group of the Nicholas School of the Environment.  $15,000
Earthjustice
Oakland, CA (dbergez@earthjustice.org)
To encourage leading individuals from coastal communities to speak publicly about the importance of restoring wild salmon in the Klamath Basin.  $10,000
Environment Oregon Research and Policy Center
To educate the public about the importance of marine protected areas, including marine reserves, in Oregon.  $23,893
To promote a vision for transportation in Oregon that is responsive to the threat of global warming.  $20,000
Forest Ethics
San Francisco, CA (candace@forestethics.org)
To protect wildlife and sensitive habitat in the inland temperate rainforest of British Columbia.  $20,000
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
Portland, OR (emily@gptaskforce.org)
To influence the travel management plan process in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.  $15,000
Goose Creek Association
Middleburg, VA (goosecreek@erols.com)
To offer general support, including ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the Goose Creek Watershed.  $5,000
Green Fire Productions
To educate Oregonians about the importance of protecting Oregon’s ocean through screenings of an inspirational video called “Common Ground II.”  $17,800
To produce a video that educates Oregonians about the benefits of fully protected marine reserves.  $26,550
Hells Canyon Preservation Council
La Grande, OR (greg@hellscanyon.org)
To offer general support, including efforts to protect the fragile Hells Canyon ecosystem.  $5,000
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